Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Old English stēor.
Noun
steer (plural steers)
- The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 2
- He counted the cattle over and over. It diverted him to speculate as to how much weight each of the steers would probably put on by spring.
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Verb
steer (third-person singular simple present steers, present participle steering, simple past and past participle steered)
- (transitive) To castrate (a male calf).
Etymology 2
Old English stieran
Noun
steer (plural steers)
- (informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
- I tried to give you the steer, but I guess I didn't get it over. Everybody knew it but you. (Mark Hellinger, 1939, The Roaring Twenties)
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informal: suggestion about course of action
Verb
steer (third-person singular simple present steers, present participle steering, simple past and past participle steered)
- (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- When planning the boat trip we had completely forgotten that we needed somebody to steer.
- (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- I find it very difficult to steer a skateboard.
- I steered my steps homeward.
- (transitive) To direct a group of animals.
- (transitive) To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
- Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.
- (transitive) To direct a conversation.
Translations
intransitive: to guide the course of
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- Arabic: قاد (qāda)
- Armenian: վարել (hy) (varel)
- Czech: řídit (cs)
- Danish: styre (da)
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- Estonian: juhtima (et)
- Finnish: ohjata (fi), ajaa (fi)
- Georgian: მართვა (ka) (mart’va)
- German: steuern (de)
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- Hungarian: kormányoz (hu), irányít (hu), vezet (hu)
- Italian: dirigersi (it)
- Japanese: (vessel, vehicle, aircraft) 操縦する (ja) (sōjū suru); (vessel, aircraft) 舵を取る (ja) (kaji wo toru), 操舵する (ja) (sōda suru); (vehicle) 運転する (ja) (unten suru)
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- Mandarin: 駕駛 (cmn), jiàshǐ
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- Portuguese: direcionar (pt), guiar (pt)
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- Russian: управлять (ru) (upravlját’)
- Serbo-Croatian: upravljati (sh), usmjeravati (sh), (vessel) kormilariti (sh)
- Spanish: mantener (es)
- Swedish: styra (sv)
- Thai: ถือพวงมาลัย (tĕu puang maalai)
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transitive: to guide the course of
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- Italian: guidare (it), dirigere (it), governare (it), manovrare (it)
- Japanese: (vessel, vehicle, aircraft) 操縦する (ja) (sōjū suru); (vessel, aircraft) 舵を取る (ja) (kaji wo toru), 操舵する (ja) (sōda suru); (vehicle) 運転する (ja) (unten suru)
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- Latin: gubernō (la)
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- Maori: rūnā (mi), whakatere (mi), urungi (mi)
- Mongolian: жолоодох (mn) (joloodoh)
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- Portuguese: direcionar (pt), guiar (pt)
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- Russian: править (ru) (pravitʹ) рулём (ru) (právit’ ruljóm), управлять (ru) (upravlját’), водить (ru) (vodít’)
- Serbo-Croatian: upravljati (sh), usmjeravati (sh)
- Swedish: styra (sv)
- Turkish: yönetmek (tr)
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to direct a group of animals
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- Armenian: վարել (hy) (varel)
- Asturian: afalar (ast)
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- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 驱赶 (cmn), qūgǎn
- Danish: styre (da)
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- Estonian: juhtima (et), karjatama (et) (to herd)
- Finnish: ajaa (fi), paimentaa (fi) (to herd)
- Georgian: გარეკვა (ka) (garekva), მირეკავს (ka) (mirekavs)
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- Hungarian: terel (hu)
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- Italian: condurre (it)
- Japanese: 率いる (ja) (hikiiru), 導く (ja) (michibiku)
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- Portuguese: conduzir (pt)
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- Serbo-Croatian: goniti (sh)
- Spanish: llevar (es)
- Swedish: leda (sv)
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to maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action
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- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 控制 (cmn), 掌管 (cmn), zhǎnguǎn
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- Finnish: ohjata (fi), ohjailla (fi), johdattaa (fi), johdatella (fi)
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- Japanese: 率いる (ja) (hikiiru), 導く (ja) (michibiku)
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- Portuguese: levar a (pt)
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- Serbo-Croatian: navoditi (sh)
- Swedish: styra (sv), leda (sv)
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to direct the conversation
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- Danish: styre (da)
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- Finnish: ohjata (fi), ohjailla (fi)
- Georgian: მართვა (ka) (mart’va), გამართვა (ka) (gamart’va)
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- Hungarian: terel (hu), kormányoz (hu), irányít (hu)
- Italian: condurre (it)
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- Japanese: 導く (ja) (michibiku)
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- Portuguese: direcionar (pt)
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- Serbo-Croatian: navoditi (sh)
- Spanish: manejar (es)
- Swedish: styra (sv)
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See also
Noun
steer (plural steers)
- (obsolete) A helmsman; a pilot.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
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