Verb

• S: (v) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut (turn sharply; change direction abruptly) "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense) "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) veer (shift to a clockwise direction) "the wind veered"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) switch, change over, shift (make a shift in or exchange of) "First Joe led; then we switched"
• S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
• antonym
• W: (v) back [Opposed to: veer] (shift to a counterclockwise direction) "the wind backed"
• sentence frame