[{"word":"veering","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The car slid on the ice and veered out of control."},{"definition":"(of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of the wind) To shift aft.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To turn.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["haul forward","back"]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A motion that veers; a sudden swerve.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/veer","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/veering"]}]