steer

Significat (anglès)

Verb

1. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
2. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
3. To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
4. To direct a group of animals.
5. To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
6. To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
7. To direct a conversation.
8. To direct or send an object into a specific place

Noun

1. (informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
2. (obsolete) A helmsman; a pilot.

Noun

The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/stɪə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (anglès)

Inherited from Middle English steeren, steren, stiren, sturen, steoren, from Old English stēoran, stīeran, stȳran (“to steer; guide a vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną (“to steer”).
The noun is from Middle English steere, stere (“rudder”), steor, from Old English stēor, stȳr (“steering; guidance; direction”). Compare Dutch stuur, German Steuer, Icelandic stýri.