To restrain; to keep from approaching.
To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything.
To gain; to carry off, as a prize.
To remove one of one's own checkers from the board. The first player to bear off all checkers is the winner.
To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
To shift aft.
To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
To turn.
A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.