Steer
[stɪə] or [stɪr]
Definition
(verb.) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.
(verb.) direct (oneself) somewhere; 'Steer clear of him'.
Editor: Olivia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.
(v. t.) To castrate; -- said of male calves.
(n.) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
(v. i.) To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
(v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily.
(v. i.) To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
(v. t.) A rudder or helm.
(n.) A helmsman, a pilot.
Editor: Vicky
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Young ox.
v. a. Direct (as a vessel by the helm), guide, pilot, conduct, govern, have or take the direction of.
v. n. [1]. Direct one's course.[2]. Be directed, be governed.
Edited by Adrian
Definition
n. a Scotch form of stir.
n. a young ox esp. a castrated one from two to four years old.—n. Steer′ling a little or young steer.
v.t. to direct with the helm: to guide: to govern.—v.i. to direct a ship in its course: to be directed: to move.—ns. Steer′age act or practice of steering: the effect of a rudder on the ship: an apartment in the fore-part of a ship for passengers paying a lower rate of fare; Steer′age-way sufficient movement of a vessel to enable it to be controlled by the helm; Steer′er Steers′man a man who steers a ship; Steer′ing; Steer′ing-wheel the wheel by which the rudder of a ship is turned.
Typed by Jolin
Examples
- He steered his geese with that stick as easily as another man would steer a yawl. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Can you steer? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- That a northerly course would quickest lead me toward the more settled portions of the planet immediately decided the direction that I should steer. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The sailors want to steer, although they know nothing of the art; and they have a theory that it cannot be learned. Plato. The Republic.
- He is fuller of boredom than a steer drawing a cart on the highroad. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Say, cherubic parent taking the lead, in what direction do we steer first? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You take this oar and hold it under your arm close to the side of the boat and steer and I'll hold the umbrella. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Our single boatman attended to the sail; Raymond steered; Clara sat at his feet, clasping his knees with her arms, and laying her head on them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I steered a middle course between the Objective side and the Subjective side. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But with a sort of second consciousness he steered the car towards a destination. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He steered his geese with that stick as easily as another man would steer a yawl. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He steered straight for Mrs Plornish's end of Bleeding Heart Yard, and arrived there, at the top of the steps, hotter than ever. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- After a darkening hour or so, suddenly the rudder-lines tightened in his hold, and he steered hard towards the Surrey shore. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We passed through the Sea of Marmora and the Dardanelles, and steered for a new land--a new one to us, at least--Asia. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In this way one hand could control both the steering and the balancing of the planes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- With sensitive accumulators of this character hydraulic machinery is much used on board ships for steering them, and for loading, discharging and storing cargoes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The old lady was evidently accustomed to tell her company what they ought to think, and to regard no subject as quite safe without her steering. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The honoured parent steering Northward, had not gone far, when he was joined by another disciple of Izaak Walton, and the two trudged on together. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It is a case (as a sailor would say) of very fine steering. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This was mounted on two pneumatic-tired wheels which were fitted to the front fork together with necessary steering devices. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The tandem rider on the forward seat did the steering and the foot pedaling, and the rear rider operated the motor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It steers a course between exploitation by a bureaucracy in the interests of the consumer--the socialist danger--and oppressive monopolies by industrial unions--the syndicalist danger. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- March 17 to April 16, three steers were fed ensilage and corn. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Third, that she steers well, and can be turned with ease. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Edited by Leopold