Definitions for Steer
stɪərsteer

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hintnoun

   an indication of potential opportunity

   "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

2. bullock, steerverb

   castrated bull

3. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channeliseverb

   direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

4. steerverb

   direct (oneself) somewhere

   "Steer clear of him"

5. guide, steerverb

   be a guiding or motivating force or drive

   "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STEERnoun

   A young bullock.

   Etymology: styre, steor, stiore , Saxon; stier, Dutch.

   They think themselves half exempted from law and obedience; and having once tasted freedom, do, like a steer that hath been long out of his yoke, grudge and repine ever after to come under rule again. Edmund Spenser, Ireland.

   Lacaon, Neptune’s priest,
   With solemn pomp then sacrific’d a steer. Dryden.

   Nor has the steer,
   At whose strong chest the deadly tiger hangs,
   E’er plow’d for him. James Thomson.

2. To Steerverb

   To direct; to guide in a passage.

   Etymology: steoran, styran , Sax. stieren, Dutch.

   A comely palmer, clad in black attire,
   Of ripest years, and hairs all hoary gray,
   That with a staff his feeble steps did steer,
   Left his long way his aged limbs should tire. Fairy Queen.

   If a pilot cannot see the pole star it can be no fault in him to steer his course by such stars as do best appear to him. Charles I .

3. To Steerverb

   To direct a course.

   As when a ship by skilful steersman wrought,
   Nigh river’s mouth, or foreland, where the wind
   Veers oft, as oft so steers, and shifts her sail. John Milton.

   In a creature, whose thoughts are more than the sands, and wider than the ocean, fancy and passion must needs run him into strange courses, if reason, which is his only star and compass be not that he steers by: John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Steer

   Steer is the first single from Missy Higgins second album, On a Clear Night. The song was released in Australia on 14 April 2007 and became the most-added track that same week. Higgins stated that the song was "about steers" and that she wrote it after overlooking the southern celestial hemisphere from a bay in Western Australia. The song has instrument backings of acoustic guitar and drums. The single reached the number-one spot on the Australian Singles Chart in the first week of its release, dethroning Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" for a single week. It became Higgins' second number-one single, after 2004's "Scar", from her first album The Sound of White. At the end of 2007, the song appeared at number 60 on the Australian year-end chart, becoming the second lowest-selling number-one hit of the year (that didn't reach number one in 2006), behind "2 Hearts" by Kylie Minogue. Despite this, it still received a Gold certification from ARIA for sales exceeding 35,000 copies. In March 2007, Higgins gave fans the exclusive opportunity to pre-order a personally signed copy of her single "Steer" via SMS.

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1. steer

   Steer generally refers to guiding or controlling the direction or course of a vehicle, vessel, or any object in motion. It can also refer to directing or influencing the course of events or the behavior of a person. In the context of livestock, a steer is a male cattle that has been castrated, usually raised for beef.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Steeradjective

   a young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox

2. Steerverb

   to castrate; -- said of male calves

3. Steernoun

   to direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water

4. Steerverb

   to direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course

5. Steerverb

   to be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily

6. Steerverb

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

7. Steerverb

   a rudder or helm

8. Steernoun

   a helmsman, a pilot

9. Etymology: [OE. steeren, steren, AS. stiran, stran, steran; akin to OFries. stiora, stiura, D. sturen, OD. stieren, G. steuern, OHG. stiuren to direct, support, G. steuer contribution, tax, Icel. stra to steer, govern, Sw. styra, Dan. styre, Goth. stiurjan to establish, AS. ster a rudder, a helm, and probably to Icel. staurr a pale, stake, Gr. stayro`s, and perhaps ultimately to E. stand. 168. Cf. Starboard, Stern, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Steer

   "Steer" is the first single from Missy Higgins' second album On a Clear Night. The song was released in Australia on 14 April 2007 and became #1 most added track in that same week. The CD single achieved the #1 spot on the Australian Singles Chart in the first week of its CD release. It is Higgins' second #1 single, her first being her debut single "Scar" from her first album The Sound of White. Higgins stated that the song was "about steers" and that she wrote it after overlooking the entire Southern Celestial Sphere from a bay in Western Australia. The song has a clean, upbeat feel with vocals that ascend into many high-pitched lyrics. It has instrument backings of acoustic guitar and drums. The song is available to listen to at the website of Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph. In March 2007, Higgins gave fans the exclusive opportunity to pre-order a personally signed copy of her single 'Steer' via SMS.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Steer

   stēr, n. a young ox, esp. a castrated one from two to four years old.—n. Steer′ling, a little or young steer. [A.S. steór; Ger. stier.]

2. Steer

   stēr, v.t. to direct with the helm: to guide: to govern.—v.i. to direct a ship in its course: to be directed: to move.—ns. Steer′age, act or practice of steering: the effect of a rudder on the ship: an apartment in the fore-part of a ship for passengers paying a lower rate of fare; Steer′age-way, sufficient movement of a vessel to enable it to be controlled by the helm; Steer′er, Steers′man, a man who steers a ship; Steer′ing; Steer′ing-wheel, the wheel by which the rudder of a ship is turned. [A.S. steóran, stýran, to steer; Ger. steuern.]

3. Steer

   stēr, n. a Scotch form of stir.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. steer

   Direct a course of travel.

   The driver did steer the car easily on the road.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

2. ---

   steer

   To control the direction and route of a vehicle, vessel, bicycle, aircraft or other form of transport

   We love to drive and steer the car.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 23, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STEER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Steer is ranked #21830 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Steer surname appeared 1,191 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Steer.
   
   73% or 870 total occurrences were White.
   15.1% or 180 total occurrences were Black.
   8.9% or 106 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.6% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Direct

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Steer' in Verbs Frequency: #1028

Anagrams for Steer »

1. stere

2. reset

3. terse

4. stree

5. reest

6. estre

7. ester

8. tsere

How to pronounce Steer?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Steer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Steer in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Steer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Steer in a Sentence

1. Julie Churchill:

   If pet parents are insistent on feeding raw, I try to steer them toward raw pet foods that have undergone high-pressure pasteurization to decrease the risk of pathogenic bacteria.

2. Kimberlee Robinson:

   I was taking it slow but apparently not slow enough and after I went to that corner I started slipping and did everything I thought I was supposed to, i tapped on the brakes, tried to steer into the skid but we started to slide off.

3. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   Technology, imbued with wisdom, adorned by ethics, and draped in compassion, possesses the power to address complex challenges, steer positive societal change, and foster an inclusive, equitable world.

4. Hesiod:

   Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steer is the way to it.

5. Vanessa Oshima:

   Caroline Steer and I had been friends because we all went to the same junior high, we were just in the same circle and same classes all the time, and we just got along very well. They remained close until going to different universities. Steer stayed in New Zealand, while Vanessa Oshima relocated to Tokyo, where Caroline Steer married Caroline Steer husband, Yasu. TODDLER'S BRAIN DAMAGE REVERSED AFTER NEAR-FATAL DROWNING.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Steer
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Steer
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steer
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Steer
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Steer
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Steer
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html