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| Main Entry: |
veer
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change direction |
| Synonyms: | angle off, avert, be deflected, bear, bend, change, change course, curve, cut, deflect, depart, deviate, digress, dip, divagate, diverge, divert, drift, get around, make a left, make a right, pivot, sheer, shift, skew, skid, swerve, swing, swivel, tack, train off, turn, twist, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl |
| Antonyms: | go direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form or cause a curve |
| Synonyms: | angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become different |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, make innovations, make over, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, recondition, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remake, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, restyle, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, tamper with, temper, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bending in a shape or course |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, incurve, inflect, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | deflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce off; turn aside |
| Synonyms: | avert, bend, cover up, curve, deviate, disperse, diverge, divert, fend, glance off, hold off, hook, keep off, parry, pivot, ricochet, sheer, shy, sidetrack, slew, slip, swerve, twist, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, wind |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diverge from normal, expected |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cast, desert, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, discard, dissent, excurse, forsake, ramble, reject, repudiate, stray, swerve, turn aside, vary, veer, wander |
| Antonyms: | continue, keep to, linger, stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation from normal, expected |
| Synonyms: | aberration, branching off, branching out, change, declination, deflection, difference, digression, divergence, diversion, in thing, innovation, last word, latest thing, new wrinkle, novelty, rambling, shift, straying, turning, variance, variation, veering, wandering |
| Antonyms: | abidance, continuation, keeping, stay |
| Main Entry: | deviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stray from normal path |
| Synonyms: | aberrate, angle off, avert, bear off, bend, bend the rules, break pattern, circumlocate, contrast, deflect, depart, depart from, differ, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, edge off, err, get around, go amiss, go haywire, go off on tangent, go out of control, go out of way, leave beaten path, not conform, part, shy, swerve, swim against stream, take a turn, turn, turn aside, vary, veer, wander |
| Antonyms: | go straight, keep, stay |
| Main Entry: | digress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stray, deviate |
| Synonyms: | aberrate, be diffuse, beat about the bush, circumlocute, depart, divagate, drift, excurse, get off the point, get off the subject, get sidetracked, go by way of, go off on a tangent, long way, meander, ramble, roam, swerve, turn aside, veer, wander, wander away |
| Antonyms: | be direct, stay |
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