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verb

Steer v. t. To castrate; said of male calves.

Steer v. t. (past & past part. steered; pres. part. steering) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; applied especially to a vessel in the water. "That with a staff his feeble steps did steer."

Steer v. i.

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

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."

To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.

noun

Steering n. A. & n. from Steer, v.

Steering wheel (Naut.), the wheel by means of which the rudder of a vessel is turned and the vessel is steered.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Steering" Quotes from Famous Books

... exchanged his wading-boots for shoes, gave her his club, and went spinning toward town. He knew very well where the Angel lived. He had seen her home many times, and he passed it again without even raising his eyes from the street, steering straight for her father's place ...

— Freckles • Gene Stratton-Porter

... way," said Mr. Crewe, as he seized the steering wheel a few moments later, "just drop a line to Austen Vane, will you, and tell him I want to see him up here within a day or two. Make an appointment. It has occurred to me that ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... and afterwards fleeing to the woods. In this region we found nothing extraordinary except vast forests and some metalliferous hills, as we infer from seeing that many of the people wore copper ear-rings. Departing from thence, we kept along the coast, steering north-east, and found the country more pleasant and open, free from woods, and distant in the interior we saw lofty mountains, but none which extended to the shore. Within fifty leagues we discovered thirty-two islands, all near the main land, small and ...

— The Voyage of Verrazzano • Henry C. Murphy

... Justice then Will down return to men, Orb'd in a rainbow; and, like glories wearing, Mercy will sit between Throned in celestial sheen, With radiant feet the tissued clouds down steering; And Heaven, as at some festival, Will open wide the gates of her ...

— The Golden Treasury - Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language • Various

... the newcomer silently brought the vessel round, steering it towards the place where the waves dashed highest, and in an incredibly short space of time they came to an island, where the steersman motioned them to disembark. In awestruck silence the twelve men obeyed; and their surprise was further excited when they saw the stranger fling his battle-axe, ...

— Myths of the Norsemen - From the Eddas and Sagas • H. A. Guerber

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