dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/vee_MW.json
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{
"veer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a change in course or direction":[
"a veer to the right"
],
": to change course by turning the stern to the wind":[],
": to change direction or course":[
"the economy veered sharply downward"
],
": to let out (something, such as a rope)":[],
": to shift in a clockwise direction \u2014 compare back entry 4 sense 2":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The story of Hiroo Onoda shows how Herzog\u2019s fascination with dreams can veer into Freudian nonsense\u2014a reluctance to attribute people\u2019s behavior to very obvious real-world causes, preferring instead to dwell on the mazy mysteries of the mind. \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"If a nearby human driver suddenly and without any warning opts to veer into the side or rear of an AI self-driving car, there really isn\u2019t anything the AI driving system can do to avert the car crash that ensues. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Nashville artist Charlotte Terrell creates custom murals for her clients that reference traditional scenics but veer more towards abstraction. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 25 May 2022",
"Traditional cowboy boots usually have a taller shaft, while ropers veer on the shorter side. \u2014 Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
"Daniel Biss, a mathematician who appreciates how quantification can veer into absurdity. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
"Having such a theme as the foundation for a show could easily veer corny, if not tasteless. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
"Fire's aim is true, though its tone tends to veer wildly, ricocheting from cutting AbFab wit to the kind of broad strokes Bridgerton wouldn't shake a powdered wig at. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
"Maybe the healthiest approach would have been for either to veer at least slightly more toward a middle road. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Cross a dirt road and veer left to continue another 0.3 miles on Outer Limits to the Bottom Out junction. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Drawing on the uncanny collective experience of womanhood, Chahine and Falaknaz veer into performance art, becoming the subjects of their own work at times. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 15 Mar. 2022",
"One big difference this season was the Beavers\u2019 understanding of Kirchhoff\u2019s veer offense that\u2019s run out of the shotgun. \u2014 David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Gary Mills, in the back of Cashe\u2019s Bradley, felt the vehicle veer right just before the blast. \u2014 Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Dec. 2021",
"A few thousand veer into Blue Creek, whose headwaters lie far up in the Siskiyou Wilderness. \u2014 Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The Falcons found the end zone on the ensuing drive when Padilla kept the ball on a veer option and bolted through the middle of the Brennan defense for a 13-yard touchdown. \u2014 Zach Mason, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Nov. 2021",
"From the trailhead, follow the Bullseye Trail a short distance and veer right onto the Blowout Canyon Trail at the first fork. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The first is the narrative\u2019s occasional veer toward twee, a tonal choice likely intended to counterbalance darker strains in the story. \u2014 Emily Gray Tedrowe, USA TODAY , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The aides described the then-president\u2019s efforts to persuade Pence to veer from his ceremonial role and object as Congress counted the electoral votes on Jan. 6. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"After all: very expensive leather trash bags veer dangerously close to deeply bad taste. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Adaptations are always a tricky business: strictly imitate the source material and be accused of a lack of creativity; veer too far away from what is perceived as the original\u2019s soul, rhythms, or vibe, and be accused of missing the point. \u2014 Roxana Hadadi, Vulture , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Mueller likely won't veer too far from his report or offer a lot of details that aren't already included in that. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 24 July 2019",
"Vanya being a lousy marksman, the play doesn\u2019t veer into tragedy. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Bicycles and bicyclists veer to the political left. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Our only hope to avoid worsening global warming effects\u2014including more extreme floods, droughts, wildfires, and even ecosystem collapse\u2014is to veer away from fossil fuels by the end of this decade. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Soon after superstorm Sandy struck New York and New Jersey a year ago today, the public became aware that a half-dozen U.S. weather models had incorrectly predicted that the storm coming up the coast would veer northeast out to sea. \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 29 Oct. 2013"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1611, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English veren , borrowed from Middle Dutch *vieren or Middle Low German v\u012bren , perhaps from a Frisian verbal derivative of Old Frisian f\u012br \"far\"; akin to Old English feorr far entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English veren , probably altered from Anglo-French virer \"to whirl, turn, revolve\" (continental Old French, \"to throw with a twisting motion\"), going back to Vulgar Latin *v\u012br\u0101re , reduced from Latin vibr\u0101re \"to wave, propel suddenly\" \u2014 more at vibrate":"Verb",
"noun derivative of veer entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vir"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for veer Verb (1) swerve , veer , deviate , depart , digress , diverge mean to turn aside from a straight course. swerve may suggest a physical, mental, or moral turning away from a given course, often with abruptness. swerved to avoid hitting the dog veer implies a major change in direction. at that point the path veers to the right deviate implies a turning from a customary or prescribed course. never deviated from her daily routine depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type. occasionally departs from his own guidelines digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse. a professor prone to digress diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions. after school their paths diverged",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225359",
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"veer off course":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to begin to go in the wrong direction":[
"The rocket veered off course ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122029"
},
"veery":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an American thrush ( Catharus fuscescens ) common in the eastern U.S.":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vir-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Four blue-winged teal, a cattle egret, and a veery at Squantum, two piping plovers at Wollaston Beach, six purple martins at Stony Brook Sanctuary in Norfolk, and a Louisiana waterthrush at Fowl Meadow in Canton. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Also spotted were a least flycatcher, a veery , and an orchard oriole. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2018",
"The forest is a large and welcome habitat for forest birds like the veery , wood thrush, and a variety of owls and woodpeckers. \u2014 Denise Coffey, Courant Community , 26 Apr. 2018",
"The veeries may have already passed through while the hermit thrushes may not have arrived quite yet. \u2014 Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver , 13 Oct. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably imitative of its downward-spiraling song":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122031"
},
"veer away":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to let out : slacken and let run : pay out":[
"veer away the cable",
"veer out a rope"
],
": to permit to drift off by letting out a line":[
"veer the ship away"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143454"
},
"vee tail":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an airplane tail in which longitudinal and directional stability and control are provided by two surfaces inclined to each other and to the plane of symmetry so that in section they form a V \u2014 see ruddervator":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-171627"
},
"vee":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the letter v":[],
": something shaped like the letter V":[],
"Venezuelan equine encephalitis":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8v\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But instead of injectors squirting fuel on the intake side of the heads near the valley of the vee , the injectors are located between the exhaust valves, a design cribbed from Chevy's Indy V-6. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The wide valley provides the bedrock for the exhaust manifolds and twin turbochargers, arranged in a hot- vee configuration. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 19 May 2021",
"Flocks of hundreds of sharp-eyed cranes lift off the Red River, moving and shifting in masses, not in the classic vee of migrating geese, but more like iron filings shivering around a magnet. \u2014 Andrew Mckean, Outdoor Life , 20 Oct. 2020",
"Having the exhaust ports aimed into the vee at the turbos results in a very short trip for exhaust gases that spin the turbines. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Best lures have been Choo Choo Buzzbaits and the Bull Wake Shad cranked to make a vee -wake at the surface. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 18 Oct. 2019",
"According to Navistar's website, its Huntsville facility covers almost 700,000 square feet and produces the company's line of vee engines. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al.com , 14 June 2019",
"Most new turbocharged V-6s or V-8s are a hot- vee design\u2014Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and even Ford\u2019s 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics , 27 Dec. 2018",
"Supercharged V-8s put their blowers in the vee of the block, close to the intake valves. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics , 27 Dec. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-234534"
}
}