veer

To let out or release (a line or an anchor train).

To turn aside from a course or established direction; swerve.

To deviate from a purpose, behavior, or previous pattern: synonym: swerve.

To shift clockwise in direction, as from north to northeast. Used of the wind.

To change the course of a ship by turning the stern to the wind while advancing to windward; wear ship.

To alter the direction of; turn.

To change the course of (a ship) by turning the stern windward.

A change in direction; a swerve.

To turn; specifically, to alter the course of a ship, by turning her head round away from the wind; wear.