steer

IPA: stˈɪr

noun

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

verb

  • (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
  • (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
  • (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
  • (transitive) To direct a group of animals.
  • (transitive) To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
  • (reflexive) To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
  • (transitive) To direct a conversation.
  • (transitive) To direct or send an object into a specific place
  • (transitive) To castrate (a male calf).
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Examples of "steer" in Sentences

  • I just let my misreading of the title steer me in the wrong direction.
  • Pollan buys a steer from a pasture in South Dakota, whereupon it is loaded onto a truck.
  • The leopard's _strength_ is so great that he can break a steer's neck with a blow of his paw.
  • In the great state of Texas, a man takes it like a man, or a steer, which is not a camel or a cow.
  • Other technologies are very direct transfers, like brake steer, which is very similar to the F1 system.
  • First a Grade A Choice Holstein steer was chased into a swamp a mile and a half from a road and shot several times.
  • Another, more basic navigational aid helps the captain steer through tight spots like the Panama Canal, where a nasty scrape against the sides is only 90ft away.
  • The steer was a big one, raw-boned, leggy, a typical old-time long-horn of the Texas ranges, and now in fear and rage it put forth all the strength of which it was capable.
  • Driving herds long distances to quench their thirst runs off their fat, and as cattle are now sold by the pound, instead of by the piece, as formerly was the case, the heavier a steer is the more money he brings.

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