Definitions and meaning of veer
veer
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɪə̯/
- (General American) IPA(key): /vɪ(ə)ɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Dutch vieren (“to slacken”).
Verb
veer (third-person singular simple present veers, present participle veering, simple past and past participle veered)
- (obsolete, nautical) To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French virer.
Noun
veer (plural veers)
- A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
Translations
Verb
veer (third-person singular simple present veers, present participle veering, simple past and past participle veered)
- (intransitive) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
- (intransitive, of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
- 1966, F. K. Hare, The Restless Atmosphere, 4th edition, Hutchinson University Library
- 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.
- (intransitive, nautical, of the wind) To shift aft.
- (intransitive, nautical) To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
- (transitive) To turn.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “of the wind, to shift clockwise”): back
- (antonym(s) of “of the wind, to shift aft”): haul forward
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
veer (plural veers)
- (Cornwall) A piglet or a heifer.
References
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch veer.
Pronunciation
Noun
veer (plural vere)
- feather
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veːˀər/, [ˈʋeːˀɐ]
- Rhymes: -eːˀər
Noun
veer
- plural of ve
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veːr/, [vɪːr]
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- Hyphenation: veer
- Rhymes: -eːr
Etymology 1
A contraction of veder, from Middle Dutch vedere, from Old Dutch fethara, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The sense "spring" is derived from the ability of feathers to resume their shape when bent.
Cognate with Low German Fedder, German Feder, West Frisian fear, English feather, Danish fjer, Swedish fjäder.
Noun
veer f (plural veren, diminutive veertje n)
- a feather, plume
- Synonym: pluim
- a mechanical spring (e.g. metallic helix which resists stress)
- a twisted leaf, notably of a fern
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: veer
- → Caribbean Javanese: pir
- → Indonesian: per (“spring”)
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch vere f, from Old Dutch *feri (in toponyms), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *farjǭ.
Cognate with German Fähre.
Noun
veer n (plural veren, diminutive veertje n)
- ferry
- Synonyms: overzet, pont, veerpont, veerboot
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: veer
- → Sranan Tongo: fer
- → Caribbean Hindustani: fer
- → Caribbean Javanese: fir, pir
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
veer
- inflection of veren:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
Dutch Low Saxon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Low German, from Middle Low German vêr, from Old Saxon fiuwar. Ultimately cognate to German vier.
Numeral
veer
- four (4)
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *veeri.
Pronunciation
Noun
veer (genitive veere, partitive veert)
- edge
Declension
Further reading
- “veer”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “veer”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- veer in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German vêr, from Old Saxon fiuwar. Ultimately cognate to German vier, English four.
Numeral
veer
- (in some dialects, including Low Prussian and Münsterland) four (4)
Coordinate terms
See also
Jutish
Etymology
From Old Norse vita.
Pronunciation
Verb
veer
- (Fjolde) to know
References
- “veer” in Anders Bjerrum and Marie Bjerrum (1974), Ordbog over Fjoldemålet, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.
Limburgish
Etymology
From earlier vēr, from Middle Dutch vier, from Old Dutch *fier, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veːʁ/
- Rhymes: -eːʁ
Numeral
veer (Eupen)
- (cardinal number) four
Middle English
Noun
veer
- alternative form of firre
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
veer m
- indefinite plural of ve
Old French
Verb
veer
- alternative form of veoir
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin vidēre, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βeˈeɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
Verb
veer
- to see
- 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Ai ondas que eu vim veer (facsimile)
Conjugation
Descendants
- Galician: ver
- Portuguese: ver
Spanish
Verb
veer (first-person singular present veo, first-person singular preterite veí, past participle veído)
- obsolete spelling of ver
Conjugation
Further reading
- “veer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Source: wiktionary.org