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Definition of veering : 1. of Veer
2. Shifting.

Synonyms:

detour, change, variation, swerve, swerving, yaw

straying, digressing, varying, wandering, differing, diverging, deviating, changing

dispersing, splitting, spreading, separating, deflecting

Usage examples:

• It seems there is another veering fit, Since on a gold- haired lady's eyeballs pure I looked with little prospect of a cure, The while her mouth's red bow loosed shafts of wit. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• This much of meat they encountered, and no more, though, once, half- mile high and veering toward the west and the Yukon, they saw a wild- duck wedge drive by. - "Smoke Bellew", Jack London.
• Unable to reach Veragua, the ships were obliged to put back to Puerto Bello, and when they would have entered that harbor, a sudden veering of the gale drove them from the land. - "The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)", Washington Irving.