veering in English

verb

1

change direction suddenly.

an oil tanker that had veered off course

synonyms: turn, swerve, curve, swing, sheer, career, weave, wheel, change direction, change course, go off course, deviate

2

slacken or let out (a rope or cable) in a controlled way.

noun

• swerve, swerving

verb

• turn, swerve, curve, swing, sheer, career, weave, wheel, change direction, change course, go off course, deviate
• trend, slew, sheer, cut, slue, swerve, curve

Use "veering" in a sentence

1. And that same electric veering-out for me reading the sunflower poem at age

2. Bilk In these straitened times, courtesy of the left veering right, university libraries have to balk at being Bilked

3. Woman who left cyclist with fractured knee by veering into him as she prepared to hurl abuse walks free; Aimee Baty, of Wallsend, knocked Matthew Smith, of Heaton, off his bike in Newcastle city centre

4. Eleven songs showcased the Velvets' dynamic range, veering from the pounding attacks of "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "Run Run Run", the droning "Venus in Furs" and "Heroin", the chiming and celestial "Sunday Morning", to the quiet "Femme Fatale" and the tender "I'll Be Your Mirror", as well as Warhol's own favorite song of the group, "All Tomorrow's Parties".