Definition of steer

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Steer (v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily..

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Pilot :: Pilot (n.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.
Spoke :: Spoke (n.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
Steerageway :: Steerage (n.) That by which a course is directed.
Steer :: Steering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stee.
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1..
Steerage :: Steerable (a.) Capable of being steered; dirigible.
Cockswain :: Cockswain (n.) The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.
Steerling :: Steerless (a.) Having no rudder.
Gybe :: Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
Steering :: Steerer (n.) One who steers; as, a boat steerer..
Steerage :: Steerage (n.) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare..
Helmsman :: Helmsman (n.) The man at the helm; a steersman.
Navigate :: Navigate (v. t.) To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship..
Steerable :: Steer (n.) A helmsman, a pilot..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
Steer :: Steer (v. t.) A rudder or helm.
Governor :: Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.
Wheelhouse :: Wheelhouse (n.) A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel..
Con :: Con (v. t.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer..
Bullock :: Bullock (n.) An ox, steer, or stag..
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