[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another:The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.Synonyms: diverge , swerve , deviate", "(of the wind)to change direction clockwise ( back1def31 ).Nautical.to shift to a direction more nearly astern ( hauldef8c ).", "to change direction clockwise ( back1def31 ).", "Nautical.to shift to a direction more nearly astern ( hauldef8c )."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to alter the direction or course of; turn.", "Nautical.to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a change of direction, position, course, etc.:a sudden veer in a different direction."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to slacken or let out:to veer chain."]}]