veer Definition

veer
verb, intr veered, veering

1. To move abruptly in a different direction.

Example: The car veered off the road into the ditch
Thesaurus: swerve, curve, turn, bend, shift, tack, deviate, deflect.
2. Said of the wind: to change direction clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern.
3. naut.
To change course, especially away from the wind.

noun

1. A change of direction.

Etymology: 16c: from French virer to turn.