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steer
/stɪɹ/
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What does steer mean?
verb
- To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
- To direct a group of animals.
More meanings (9)
verb
- To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
- To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
- To direct a conversation.
- To direct or send an object into a specific place
- To castrate (a male calf).
noun
- (informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
- The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
- (obsolete) A helmsman; a pilot.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/stɪɹ/
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You remember, then, that after he matriculates--after he gets the grand bump, said steer does not have to do another thing.
These planes or rudders steer the machine from side to side, answering the same purpose as the rudder of a boat.
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This night it was my turn to steer, or, as the sailors say, my trick at the helm, for two hours.
Even after I got so I could steer pretty fairly I was so afraid of those stones that I always hit them.
‘Maybe you lose a steer and learn not to make somethings with your eyes at married men,’ Mrs. Shimerda told her hectoringly.