From en.wiktionary.org:
[Veer]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
Borrowed from [en].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] [en] To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
2. * [5]
*** Etymology 2
[en] Borrowed from [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A turn or swerve ; an instance of veering.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1917 | title=Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
|passage=[...] there is always a sudden, though small rise in the barometer,
and a sudden drop of temperature of several degrees, sometimes as much as ten
or fifteen degrees; there is also a sudden VEER in the wind direction.}}
***** Translations
[turning]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Georgian: [ka]
- Italian: [it]
- Persian: [fa]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
[trans-bottom]
[change of direction - of the wind]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Galician: [gl]
- Maori: [mi]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] [en] To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve .
2. * [passage=And as he leads, the following navy VEERS .]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1796 | author=w:Edmund Burke | title=Letters on a Regicide Peace
|passage=We are in a war of a peculiar nature. It is not with an ordinary
community which is hostile or friendly as passion or as interest may VEER
about.}}
1. * [en]
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=November 7, 2012 | author=Matt Bai | title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds | work=New York Times | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/us/politics/in-president-obamas-second-term-familiar-challenges.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
|passage=At this time in 2008, even as the global economy VEERED toward
collapse, optimism about Washington ran surprisingly high.}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en-GB]
3. [en] To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere , or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere ). [1]
4. * 1966 , F. K. Hare, _The Restless Atmosphere_ , 4th edition, Hutchinson University Library
5. *: It is clear that when a front passes the observer, there must be a sudden shift in wind: in the northern hemisphere it will always VEER , that is, shift in a clockwise sense.
6. [en] To shift aft . <ref name="bowditch-2002" />
7. [en] To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
8. [en] To turn .
***** Antonyms
- [of the wind, to shift clockwise] [en]
- [of the wind, to shift aft] [en]
***** Translations
[to change direction or course suddenly]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[of wind: to shift in a clockwise direction]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Maori: [mi] [can refer to any direction] , [mi]
[trans-bottom]
[to change direction into the wind]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
[trans-bottom]
[transitive: to turn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] [of wind or current]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 3
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A piglet or a heifer .
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1868 | author=Mary Elizabeth Braddon | journal=Belgravia | volume=5 | page=490
|passage=But with us VEERS are little pigs; and in some parishes heifers are
called VEERS too. So you see it is not such a noble name with us, that I was
going to be startled at the idea of a VEER eating up my grass.}}
*** References
References:
[1]. Bowditch 2002
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Afrikaans
*** Etymology
From [af].
*** Pronunciation
- [af]
*** Noun
[vere]
1. [en]
[af]
** Danish
*** Pronunciation
- [da]
- [da]
*** Noun
[da]
1. [da]
** Dutch
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 1
A contraction of [nl], from [nl], from [nl], from [nl], from [nl], from [nl],
from [ine-pro]. The sense "spring" is derived from the ability of feathers to
resume their shape when bent.
Cognate with [nds], [de], [fy], [en], [da], [sv].
**** Noun
[f]
1. a feather , plume
2. a mechanical spring (e.g. metallic helix which resists stress)
3. a twisted leaf , notably of a fern
***** Alternative forms
- [nl]
***** Derived terms
[nl]
***** Descendants
- [af]
- [jvn]
- [id]
*** Etymology 2
From [nl], from [nl] (in toponyms), from [nl], from [nl].
Cognate with [de].
**** Noun
[n]
1. ferry
***** Derived terms
{{col|nl|title=general |fietsveer |trekveer |veerboot |veerdienst |veergeld
|veerloon |veerman |veerpont |veerweg |voetveer }} {{col|nl|title=toponyms
|Barendrechtse Veer |Gastelsveer |Katerveer |Keizersveer |Kralingse Veer
|Kuipersveer |Looveer |Molletjesveer |Oude Veerdijk |Papenveer |Penningsveer
|Pinkenveer |Raamsdonksveer |Slikkerveer |Sluissche Veer |Stoppeldijkveer
|Wedderveer |Wormerveer |Zaamslagveer }}
***** Descendants
- [af]
- [srn]
- [hns]
- [bor=1]
*** Etymology 3
[nonlemma]
**** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
*** Anagrams
- [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
** Dutch Low Saxon
*** Alternative forms
- [nds-nl] [Gronings]
*** Etymology
From [nds-nl], from [nds-nl], from [nds-nl]. Ultimately cognate to [de].
*** Numeral
[nds-nl]
1. four (4)
[nds-nl]
** Estonian
*** Etymology
From [et].
*** Pronunciation
[et]
*** Noun
[veere]
1. edge
**** Declension
[veer]
*** Further reading
- [R:EKSS]
- [R:et:EÕS]
- [R:Sõnaveeb]
** German Low German
[nds]
*** Etymology
From [nds-de], from [nds-de]. Ultimately cognate to [de], [en].
*** Numeral
[nds-de]
1. [nds-de] four (4)
**** Coordinate terms
[nds-de-cardinal]
*** See also
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
[nds-de]
** Jutish
*** Etymology
From [jut].
*** Pronunciation
- [jut]
*** Verb
[jut]
1. [jut] to know
*** References
- [33446]
** Limburgish
*** Etymology
From earlier [li], from [li], from [li], from [li], from [li], from [li].
*** Pronunciation
- [li]
- [li]
*** Numeral
[li] [li]
1. [li] four
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Noun
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Old French
*** Verb
[fro]
1. [fro]
** Old Galician-Portuguese
*** Etymology
[roa-opt], from [roa-opt].
*** Pronunciation
- [roa-opt]
- [roa-opt]
*** Verb
[roa-opt]
1. to see
2. * 13TH CENTURY , 吴语: Pergaminho Vindel , 吴语: Martín Codax , _Ai ondas que eu vim veer_ (see http://cantigas.fcsh.unl.pt/cantiga.asp?cdcant=1314&pv=sim) ( facsimile (see http://cantigas.fcsh.unl.pt/8789894529/N_001_1_1314.jpg) )
3. *: {{ quote | roa-opt | Ay ondas que eu uin UEER / ſe me ſaberedes dizer / por que tarda meu amigo sẽ mj
|translation=Oh waves that I came to SEE / say unto me / Why my lover lingers
thus away from me?}}
**** Conjugation
[roa-opt-conj (veer)]
**** Descendants
- [gl]
- [pt]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es-verb]
1. [es]
**** Conjugation
[es-conj]
*** Further reading
- [R:es:DRAE]