Word Direct Answers

What does "steer" mean?

Steer: To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course. "No helmsman steers." Tennyson.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily. Where the wind Veers oft, as oft [a ship] so steers, and shifts her sail. Milton.
  2. 3.To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
  3. 4.A rudder or helm. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  4. 5.A helmsman, a pilot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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