steer
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Old English stēor.
Noun[edit]
steer (plural steers)
- The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 2
- He counted the cattle over and over. It diverted him to speculate as to how much weight each of the steers would probably put on by spring.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 2
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Translations[edit]
castrated male of cattle
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Verb[edit]
steer (third-person singular simple present steers, present participle steering, simple past and past participle steered)
- (transitive) To castrate (a male calf).
Etymology 2[edit]
Old English stieran
Noun[edit]
steer (plural steers)
- (informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
- I tried to give you the steer, but I guess I didn't get it over. Everybody knew it but you. (Mark Hellinger, 1939, The Roaring Twenties)
Translations[edit]
informal: suggestion about course of action
Verb[edit]
steer (third-person singular simple present steers, present participle steering, simple past and past participle steered)
- (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- When planning the boat trip we had completely forgotten that we needed somebody to steer.
- (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- I find it very difficult to steer a skateboard.
- I steered my steps homeward.
- (transitive) To direct a group of animals.
- (transitive) To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
- Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.
- (transitive) To direct a conversation.
Translations[edit]
intransitive: to guide the course of
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transitive: to guide the course of
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to direct a group of animals
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to maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action
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to direct the conversation
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Noun[edit]
steer (plural steers)
- (obsolete) A helmsman; a pilot.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
