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steer

Pronunciation: /stɪə/

The English word “steer” has 11 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
  2. To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
  3. To direct a group of animals.
  4. To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
  5. To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
  6. To direct a conversation.
  7. To direct or send an object into a specific place
  8. To castrate (a male calf).

noun

  1. A suggestion about a course of action.
  2. A helmsman; a pilot.
  3. The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English steeren, steren, stiren, sturen, steoren, from Old English stēoran, stīeran, stȳran (“to steer; guide a vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną (“to steer”). The noun is from Middle English steere, stere (“rudder”), steor, from Old English stēor, stȳr (“steering; guidance; direction”). Compare Dutch stuur, German…

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