Definitions
1.verbTo let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
2.verbTo change direction or course suddenly; to swerve."The car slid on the ice and veered out of control."
3.verb(of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
4.verb(of the wind) To shift aft.
5.verbTo change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
6.verbTo turn.
7.nounA motion that veers; a sudden swerve.