English → French
veer /BrE vɪə 
, AmE vɪr /
A
transitive verb
1 Nautical (alter direction of) faire virer [ship]
2 (slacken) filer [rope, chain]
B
intransitive verb
1 (change direction) [ship] virer; [person, road, wind] tourner
to veer away from/towards sth se détourner de/vers qch
to veer off the road s'éloigner de la route
to veer away or s'éloigner
to veer off course dévier de sa route
the car veered across the road la voiture a traversé la route
2 [person, opinion, emotion] changer
to veer (away) from sth se détourner de qch
to veer towards sth se tourner vers qch
to veer between depression and elation osciller entre le découragement et l'allégresse