steer

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: stĭər (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /stɪə/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /stɪː/, /stɪjə/ (General American) IPA(key): /stɪɹ/, /stɪɚ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /stiə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /stiɾ/, [stiːɾ] (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /stɛː/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== 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). (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel). (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm. (transitive) To direct a group of animals. (transitive) To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action. (reflexive) To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action. (transitive) To direct a conversation. (transitive) To direct or send an object into a specific place ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== differential steering steering wheel throttle steering torque steer ==== Noun ==== steer (plural steers) (informal) A suggestion about a course of action. (obsolete) A helmsman; a pilot. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle English steer, ster, from Old English stēor (“a young bull or cow; steer”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“bull; steer”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros (“wild bull; aurochs”). Cognate with Dutch stier, German Stier, Icelandic stjór, Latin taurus (“bull”), Greek ταύρος (távros). Doublet of tur and Taurus. ==== Noun ==== steer (plural steers) The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production. ===== Synonyms ===== ox ===== Hypernyms ===== cattle ===== Hyponyms ===== stirk, bullock ===== Coordinate terms ===== bull, calf, cow ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== steer (third-person singular simple present steers, present participle steering, simple past and past participle steered) (transitive) To castrate (a male calf). ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Ester, Reset, Trees, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, stere, teers, teres, terse, trees == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English stēor (“steer”), from Proto-West Germanic *steur, from Proto-Germanic *steuraz. ==== Alternative forms ==== steor, ster, stere ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /steːr/ (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /støːr/ ==== Noun ==== steer (plural steres) steer, young bull ===== Descendants ===== English: steer Middle Scots: ster, stere, steir Scots: steer ==== References ==== “stẹ̄r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== steer alternative form of stere (“rudder, control”) == Scots == === Etymology === Inherited from Old English styrian. === Noun === steer stir