steer

Meanings

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 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.
• To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
• To direct a conversation.
• To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
• To direct or send an object into a specific place
• To castrate (a male calf).

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

• ox

Narrower meaning words

• stirk, bullock

Broader meaning words

• cattle

Origin

• From Middle English steeren, steren, stiren, sturen, steoren, from Old English stēoran, stīeran, stȳran, from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan ("to steer"), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną ("to steer").
• The noun is from Middle English steere, stere, steor, from Old English stēor, stȳr. Compare Dutch stuur, German Steuer, Icelandic stýri.
• From Middle English stere, steer, ster, steor, from Old English stēor ("a young bull or cow; steer"), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz ("bull; steer"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros ("wild bull; aurochs"). Cognate with Dutch stier, German Stier, Icelandic stjór, Latin taurus ("bull"), Greek ταύρος. tur.