What does helm mean?
Definitions for helm
hɛlmhelm
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Princeton's WordNet
helmnoun
steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
helmverb
a position of leadership
"the President is at the helm of the Ship of State"
helmverb
be at or take the helm of
"helm the ship"
Wiktionary
Helmnoun
The only named wind in the British Isles. Blows westward form the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar.
Etymology: helma, from khelman = "handle"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Helm
denotes defence: as Eadhelm, happy defence; Sighelm, victorious defence; Berthelm, eminent defence: like Amyntas and Boetius among the Greeks. Edmund Gibson Camden.
HELMnoun
Etymology: helm, Saxon, from helan, to cover, to protect.
France spreads his banners in our noiseless land;
With plumed helm thy slay’r begins his threats. William Shakespeare.Mnestheus lays hard load upon his helm. Dryden.
More might be added of helms, crests, mantles, and supporters. William Camden, Remains.
The vulgar chymists themselves pretend to be able, by repeated cohobations, and other fit operations, to make the distilled parts of a concrete bring its own caput mortuum over the helm. Boyle.
They did not leave the helm in storms!
And such they are make happy states. Ben Jonson, Catiline.More in prosperity is reason tost
Than ships in storms, their helms and anchors lost. John Denham.Fair occasion shews the springing gale,
And int’rest guides the helm, and honour swells the sail. Pri.I may be wrong in some of the means; but that is no material objection against the design: let those who are at the helm contrive it better. Jonathan Swift.
You slander
The helms o’ th’ state, who care for you like fathers,
When you curse them as enemies. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.To Helmverb
To guide; to conduct. Thomas Hanmer
Etymology: from the noun.
The very stream of his life, and the business he hath helmed, must give him a better proclamation. William Shakespeare, Meas. for Meas.
ChatGPT
helm
A helm is a steering device or mechanism, often in the form of a wheel or tiller, used to control the direction of a ship, boat, submarine, or any other vehicle that moves in water. In a broader sense, it can also refer to a position of leadership or control in any context.
Webster Dictionary
Helmnoun
see Haulm, straw
Helmnoun
the apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone
Helmnoun
the place or office of direction or administration
Helmnoun
one at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director
Helmnoun
a helve
Helmverb
to steer; to guide; to direct
Helmnoun
a helmet
Helmnoun
a heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain
Helmverb
to cover or furnish with a helm or helmet
Etymology: [OE. helme, AS. helma rudder; akin to D. & G. helm, Icel. hjlm, and perh. to E. helve.]
Wikidata
Helm
Helm, The Watcher, is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Within the context of the game, Helm is known as the Vigilant One, the Great Guard, and The Watcher. God of guardians, protection and protectors, and worshiped by guards and paladins, he was long seen as a cold and focused deity who impartially took the role of defender and sometimes also enforcer. His activities in the Time of Troubles caused the folk of Faerûn to look differently on the Watcher.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Helm
helm, n. the instrument by which a ship is steered: the station of management or government.—v.t. to direct.—n. Helm′age, guidance.—adj. Helm′less, of a ship, without a helm.—n. Helms′man, the one who steers. [A.S. helma; Ice. hjálm, a rudder, Gr. helm, a handle.]
Helm
helm, Helmet, hel′met, n. a covering of armour for the head: (bot.) the hooded upper lip of certain flowers.—adjs. Helmed, Hel′meted, furnished with a helmet.—n. Hel′met-shell, a genus of gasteropods having thick heavy shells with bold ridges: a cameo-shell. [A.S. helm—helan, to cover; Ger. helm.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
helm
Properly is the tiller, but sometimes used to express the rudder, and the means used for turning it, which, in small vessels and boats, is merely a tiller, but in larger vessels a wheel is added, which supplies the leverage for pulling the tiller either way; they are connected by ropes or chains.--A-lee the helm, or Down with the helm! So place the tiller that the rudder is brought on the weather side of the stern-post. These, and the following orders, were established when tillers extended forward from the rudder-head, but now they often extend aft, which requires the motion of the tiller to be reversed. With the latter style of tiller the order "down with the helm" is carried out by bringing the tiller up to the weather side of the ship; which being done, the order "Helm's a lee" follows.--Bear up the helm. That is, let the ship go more large before the wind.--Ease the helm. To let the helm come more amidships, when it has been put hard up or down.--It is common to ease the helm before a heavy sea takes the ship when close-hauled.--Helm amidships, or right the helm. That is, keep it even with the middle of the ship, in a line with the keel.--Helm over. The position of the tiller to enable a vessel steaming ahead to describe a curve.--Port the helm. Place the tiller so as to carry the rudder to starboard. (See A-lee the helm.)--Shift the helm. Put it from port to starboard, and vice versâ, or it may be amidships.--Starboard the helm. Place the tiller so as to carry the rudder to port.--Up with the helm. Place the tiller so as to carry the rudder to leeward. (See A-lee the helm.)
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HELM
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Helm is ranked #3087 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Helm surname appeared 11,649 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Helm.
86.3% or 10,064 total occurrences were White.
7.5% or 883 total occurrences were Black.
2.4% or 282 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.1% or 247 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.8% or 100 total occurrences were Asian.
0.6% or 73 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of helm in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of helm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of helm in a Sentence
Keechant Sewell is a proven crime fighter with the experience and emotional intelligence to deliver both the safety New Yorkers need and the justice they deserve, chief Sewell will wake up every day laser-focused on keeping New Yorkers safe and improving New York City, and I am thrilled to have New Yorkers at the helm of the NYPD.
It is vital to have a Senate-confirmed administrator at helm of the FAA at this crucial time.
It's not easy when you're at the helm of big ships like we are to imagine smaller formats, for the very simple reason that it wouldn't be profitable.
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The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.
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- خوذةArabic
- кормилоBulgarian
- timóCatalan, Valencian
- Steuerung, Steuer, Steuerruder, Ruder, Steuermann, SteuerfrauGerman
- timón, timonelSpanish
- ruorimies, ruori, kippariFinnish
- barreFrench
- failm, stiùir, falmadairScottish Gaelic
- timón, temónGalician
- kormányHungarian
- timoneItalian
- кормило, кормила́рMacedonian
- roerganger, stuurman, roer, helmstokDutch
- sterPolish
- timãoPortuguese
- cârmă, timonăRomanian
- рулево́й, штурва́лRussian
- кормило, kormiloSerbo-Croatian
- krmaSlovene
- roderSwedish
- dümenTurkish
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