See veer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1951 April, R. S. McNaught, “Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 269:",
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"ref": "2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, pages 38, 39:",
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"ref": "2023 October 11, Jonathan Jones, “Frieze London art fair review – a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
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"text": "1966, F. K. Hare, The Restless Atmosphere, 4th edition, Hutchinson University Library\nIt 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."
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of wind: to shift in a clockwise direction",
"word": "rechtdrehen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "can refer to any direction",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of wind: to shift in a clockwise direction",
"word": "tōrua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of wind: to shift in a clockwise direction",
"word": "kōrure"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hvaštam vjatǎra",
"sense": "to change direction into the wind",
"word": "хващам вятъра"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to change direction into the wind",
"word": "kääntyä tuuleen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to change direction into the wind",
"word": "virer"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obrǎštam",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "обръщам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stočit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "kääntää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "virer"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mobruneba",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "მობრუნება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "drehen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "kōtore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of wind or current",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "tōrua"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "virar"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "virâž dâdan",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "ویراژ دادن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tağyir jahat dâdan",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "تغییر جهت دادن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "virar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "menjátʹ kurs",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "меня́ть курс"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povoráčivatʹ",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "повора́чивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povernútʹ",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поверну́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "скренути"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "skrenuti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive: to turn",
"word": "virar"
}
],
"word": "veer"
}
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