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virare.

to turn, to rotate (the winch, in order to pull up the anchor)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/viˈra.re/
  1. to turn, to rotate (the winch, in order to pull up the anchor)

    transitive
  2. to turn, to rotate (a ship, a plane)

    transitive
  3. to veer, turn away

    intransitive
  4. to come about, change course; to tack

    intransitive
  5. to bank (of an aircraft)

    intransitive
  6. to turn (a particular color) [with a]

    intransitive
  7. to vary in color (of paint)

    intransitive
  8. to chemically replace silver granules with colored ones

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old French virer, possibly from Vulgar Latin *virāre, perhaps a cross between Latin gȳrāre and vibrō.

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