THESAURUS
bear off
about ship, angle, angle off, avert, back and fill, bear away, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, bend, bias, box off, branch off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change course, change the bearing, change the heading, come about, crook, curve, deflect, depart from, detour, deviate, digress, divagate, divaricate, diverge, double a point, draw aside, drift, drift off course, drive, ease off, edge off, fall down, fetch about, fetch away, fly off, gee, glance, glance off, go about, go off, gybe, haul off, haw, head off, head to leeward, heave round, heel, jib, jibe, jibe all standing, make leeway, make way for, miss stays, move aside, oblique, pay off, ply, put about, put back, put off, round a point, run from, sag, sail away from, sheer, sheer off, shift, shove aside, shove off, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, skew, slew, slue, stand from, stand off, steer away from, steer clear of, step aside, sway, swerve, swing round, swing the stern, switch, tack, throw about, trend, turn, turn aside, turn away, turn back, twist, vary, veer, veer off, wear, wear ship, wind, yaw, yaw off
ROGET THESAURUS
bear off
Taking
VB
take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off,
bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.
Deviation
VB
alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel,
bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.
