Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A young ox, especially one castrated before sexual maturity and raised for beef.
- intransitive verb To guide (a vessel or vehicle), especially by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or wheel.
- intransitive verb To set and follow (a course).
- intransitive verb To direct the course of: synonym: conduct.
- intransitive verb To advise or direct (a person) toward a place or course of action: synonym: guide.
- intransitive verb To guide a vessel or vehicle.
- intransitive verb To follow or move in a set course.
- intransitive verb To admit of being steered or guided.
- noun A piece of advice.
- idiom (steer clear of) To stay away from; avoid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young male of the ox kind; a bullock, especially one which has been castrated and is raised for beef. In the United States the term is extended to male beef-cattle of any age.
- To guide by the movements of a rudder or helm; direct and govern, as a ship on her course.
- To pursue in a specified direction; direct: as, to
steer one's way or course. - To guide; manage; control; govern.
- To plan; contrive.
- To lead; conduct; draw: as, a bunko-man steers his victim to a bunko-joint. See
bunko-steerer . - To direct and govern a vessel in its course.
- To direct one's course at sea; sail in a specified direction: as, the ship steers southward; he steered for Liverpool.
- To answer the helm: as, the vessel steers with ease.
- Figuratively, to take or pursue a course or way; hence, to direct one's conduct; conduct one's self.
- To make a steer of; castrate (a young bull or bull-calf).
- noun An obsolete or dialectal variant of
stir . - noun A rudder; a helm.
- noun A helmsman; a pilot.
- noun A guide; a director; a governor; a ruler.
- noun Guidance; direction; government; control.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
- transitive verb To castrate; -- said of male calves.
- noun obsolete A rudder or helm.
- noun obsolete A helmsman; a pilot.
- noun 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 . - intransitive verb To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
- intransitive verb To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
- intransitive verb To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
castrated male ofcattle , especially one raised forbeef production. - noun informal A
suggestion about a course of action. - verb intransitive To
guide thecourse of avessel ,vehicle ,aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as arudder ,paddle , orsteering wheel ). - verb transitive To
guide thecourse of avessel ,vehicle ,aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as arudder ,paddle , orsteering wheel ). - verb transitive To
direct agroup ofanimals . - verb transitive To
maneuver ormanipulate aperson orgroup into aplace orcourse ofaction . - verb transitive To
direct aconversation . - noun obsolete A
helmsman ; apilot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb direct (oneself) somewhere
- verb be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- verb direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- noun an indication of potential opportunity
- noun castrated bull
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word steer.
Examples
-
I just let my misreading of the title steer me in the wrong direction.
-
Another, more basic navigational aid helps the captain steer through tight spots like the Panama Canal, where a nasty scrape against the sides is only 90ft away.
Ruling the waves: Cunard's new liner Tom Kington 2010
-
First a Grade A Choice Holstein steer was chased into a swamp a mile and a half from a road and shot several times.
-
Pollan buys a steer from a pasture in South Dakota, whereupon it is loaded onto a truck.
Hard to Swallow 2007
-
Pollan buys a steer from a pasture in South Dakota, whereupon it is loaded onto a truck.
Hard to Swallow 2007
-
In the great state of Texas, a man takes it like a man, or a steer, which is not a camel or a cow.
whitehelmet Diary Entry whitehelmet 2004
-
Driving herds long distances to quench their thirst runs off their fat, and as cattle are now sold by the pound, instead of by the piece, as formerly was the case, the heavier a steer is the more money he brings.
The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders Willard F. Baker
-
The leopard's _strength_ is so great that he can break a steer's neck with a blow of his paw.
The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two Sarath Kumar Ghosh
-
The steer was a big one, raw-boned, leggy, a typical old-time long-horn of the Texas ranges, and now in fear and rage it put forth all the strength of which it was capable.
The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916
-
Other technologies are very direct transfers, like brake steer, which is very similar to the F1 system.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Paul Hudson 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.