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veerverb to change one's course or directionat this point the river veers to the southwest before finally emptying into the Atlantic Ocean detour, deviate, diverge, sheer, swerve, swing, turn, turn off, wheel tack, zigzagdouble (back), turn back to change the course or direction of (something)veered the ship abruptly to the right to avoid a collision deflect, divert, redirect, swing, turn, wheel, whip avert, deviate, move, rechannel, shift, shunt, sidetrack, swerve, switch, transferswivel, twist, whirl, zigzagbend, curve, swayreverse, turn back to depart abruptly from a straight line or coursewithout warning the car veered to the left and into an oncoming truck break, cut, sheer, swerve, yaw, zag, zig skew, slew(also slue)arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curve, hook, round, sweep, wheelabout-face, pivotcircle, coil, curl, loop, spiralturn, twist, windweave, zigzagdeviate, stray, wander, waver straighten swerve, veer, deviate, depart, digress, diverge mean to turn aside from a straight course.swerve may suggest a physical, mental, or moral turning away from a given course, often with abruptness.swerved to avoid hitting the dog veer implies a major change in direction.at that point the path veers to the right deviate implies a turning from a customary or prescribed course.never deviated from her daily routine depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type.occasionally departs from his own guidelines digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse.a professor prone to digress diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions.after school their paths diverged in the 15th century |