Crossword clues for veered
veered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Veer \Veer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Veered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Veering.] [F. virer (cf. Sp. virar, birar), LL. virare;
perhaps fr. L. vibrare to brandish, vibrate (cf. Vibrate);
or cf. L. viriae armlets, bracelets, viriola a little
bracelet (cf. Ferrule). Cf. Environ.]
To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the
west or north. ``His veering gait.''
--Wordsworth.
And as he leads, the following navy veers.
--Dryden.
an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as
passion or as interest may veer about.
--Burke.
To veer and haul (Naut.), to vary the course or direction; -- said of the wind, which veers aft and hauls forward. The wind is also said to veer when it shifts with the sun.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: veer)
Usage examples of "veered".
The pirate and the cruiser continued to blast away even as they touched the bottom of their parabola and veered upward toward the sky.
The crash claxon pierced even storm howl as two sleds collided, one to dip over the baffle and land nose down on the plascrete while the other veered out of control like a flat rock skipping across water, coming to a crumpling halt against the far wall.
Potria veered upward when her target changed, and retreated, but not until Plennafrey poked a small hole in the shield.
With a violent check, the snake turned a sharp corner and veered towards the stream, but five metres of body was a lot to manoeuvre.
Ford said, glancing at the area map, and veered in the appropriate direction as he flipped on the forward screen for a visual check of their arrival.
The enemy must have been reading the same information on its screens, because the two pirate vessels veered suddenly, breaking orbit and heading in different directions.
They wheeled and veered and, Caissa thought, seemed to be urging her towards the eastern side of the ridge, away from the crash.
Occasionally, a vivid orange line shot across the sky and a flying figure veered abruptly out of its way.
Then they veered slowly in another direction, landing on top of another facility.
Killashandra immediately veered northeast to the Guild Complex and was relieved when half the monitors desisted.
He seemed to be on the most congenial terms with every transport or freight captain who had ever touched down at or veered close to the Shanganagh Moon base.
She veered the sled about to port and lifted above the higher cliffs, hovering just briefly over their paint mark, satisfied that it would survive this storm and a few more before wind-carried abrasives scoured the rock clean again.
Five kilometres later he let out an exclamation and veered the tractor-float to the left, his hands busy with dials and switches.
He veered to the right, slowing the sled and neatly landing it on the bottom of the ravine.
The girl veered the machine over toward the trees, and around the next bend, Yana saw a little pavilion set up on the ice, smoke rising from a hole in the top.