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What does veer mean?

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Verb
  1. (obsolete, nautical) To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
Noun
  1. A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
  2. (wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
  3. (intransitive, nautical, of the wind) To shift aft.
  4. (intransitive, nautical) To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
  5. (transitive) To turn.
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