Steer

Definition: Steer

Steer

Noun

1. An indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job".

2. Castrated bull.

Verb

1. Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.

2. Direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him".

3. Be a guiding force, as with directions or advice; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "steer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonyms: Steer

Animal

Horse. (beast of burden); cattle, kine, ox; bull, bullock; cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn; sheep; lamb, lambkin; ewe, ram, tup; pig, swine, boar, hog, sow; steer, stot; tag, teg; bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat.

Avoidance

Avoid, shun; steer clear of, keep clear of; fight shy of; keep one's distance, keep at a respectful distance; keep out of the way, get out of the way; evade, elude, turn away from; set one's face against; (oppose); deny oneself.

Conduct

Run a race, lead a life, play a game; take a course, adopt a course; steer one's course, shape one's course; play one's paint, play one's cards, shift for oneself; paddle one's own canoe; bail one's own boat.

Deviation

Stray, straggle; sidle; diverge; tralineate; digress, wander; wind, twist, meander; veer, tack; divagate; sidetrack; turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from; wheel, steer clear of; ramble, rove, drift; go astray, go adrift; yaw, dodge; step aside, ease off, make way for, shy.

Direction

Verb: direct, manage, govern, conduct; order, prescribe, cut out work for; bead, lead; lead the way, show the way; take the lead, lead on; regulate, guide, steer, pilot; tackle

Steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards; aim at, level at; take aim; keep a course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one's steps towards; direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course; align one's march, allign one's march; to straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point.

Man

Drake, gander, dog, boar, stag, hart, buck, horse, entire horse, stallion; gibcat, tomcat; he goat, Billy goat; ram, tup; bull, bullock; capon, ox, gelding, steer, stot.

Straightness

Verb: be straight; Adjective: have no turning; not incline to either side, not bend to either side, not turn to either side, not deviate to either side; go straight; steer for; (directions).

Crosswords: Steer

You've got to steer clear (Yellow Submarine; writing credit: Al Brodax; Jack Mendelsohn)

Lisa, maybe if I'm part of that mob, I can help steer it in wise directions (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

If you steer clear of quality, you're alright (The Kids Are Alright; writing credit: Jeff Stein)

If they ain't got a moon to steer by, they use lightnin' bugs (Life on the Mississippi; writing credit: Philip H. Reisman Jr.; Mark Twain)

You steer this thing (The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew; writing credit: Rick Moranis; Dave Thomas)

I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town (MY HOMETOWN; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

Baby I won't, I won't steer you wrong (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo)

I'll let the fear take the wheel and steer. (Drive; performing artist: Incubus)

A Bum Steer (1957)

Lassoing a Steer (1898)

A Texas Steer (1898)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Star to Steer Her by: A Self-Teaching Guide to Offshore Navigation (reference)

• Navigating Change: How Ceos, Top Teams, and Boards Steer Transformation (Management of Innovation and Change Series) (reference)

• Star to Steer by (reference)

• Steer Wrestling (Rodeo) (reference)

• Stuff Happens (and then you fix it!): 9 Reality Rules to Steer Your Life Back in the Right Direction (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Judas Steer (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

4H boys leading Angus steer. Credit: USDA.

4H boy watering Hereford steer. Credit: USDA.

4H steer ready for show. Credit: USDA.

4H Angus steer ready for show. Credit: USDA.

4H Hereford steer gets exercise. Credit: USDA.

4H boy leading Angus steer. Credit: USDA.

4H mom leading Hereford steer. Credit: USDA.

4H girl grooming Hereford steer. Credit: USDA.

4H boy grooming Shorthorn steer. Credit: USDA.

The sensing unit that technician Jeff Thomas is attaching records motion and other data so scientists can determine how much time this steer spends grazing each day. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The tip of a growing axon forms a specialized structure called a growth cone. These growth cones sense cues, integrate that information, and make choices that steer the axon in one direction or another. (references)

Business

To achieve this vision, Sweden has adopted a number of overall and interim goals in the waste management field that should steer society in the desired direction. (references)

Economic History

Sudan

During the 1990s, Sudan sought to steer a nonaligned course, courting Western aid and seeking rapprochement with Arab states, while maintaining cooperative ties with Libya, Syria, North Korea, Iran, and Iraq. (references)

Botswana

The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Wildlife and Tourism predicts tourism will be a one billion Pula ($250 million) industry by 2005. Growth in recent years has declined, however, as negative perceptions concerning the instability generated by Zimbabwe's political unrest steer tourists away from the area. (references)

Burma

The resulting socialist-style policies, including state monopolization of major exports, a large number of money-losing state economic enterprises, a bloated bureaucracy slow to make decisions, and a tendency to rely on administrative controls rather than market forces to steer the economy, have dimmed prospects for development. (references)

Human Rights

Jamaica

At 2:00 a.m. on July 26, a demolition team escorted by police destroyed the homes of 17 squatters who had built illegally on Roaring River government land near Steer Town, St. Ann parish. (references)

Ghana

Opposition parties, and some persons in private business, continue to allege that some government contracts are awarded on the basis of ruling party membership and that government officials pressure businesses to steer contracts toward favored companies and individuals. (references)

Political Economy

THAILAND

BOI seeks to steer projects to economically disadvantaged locations and to promote use of local materials in production. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "steer": bum steer ♦ give smb. the bum steer ♦ steer a course to ♦ steer a dangerous course ♦ steer clear ♦ steer clear of ♦ steer clear of alcohol ♦ steer clear of smth. ♦ steer for ♦ steer one's course ♦ steer onwards ♦ steer roping ♦ steer round ♦ steer toward. Additional references.

Ending with "steer": four-wheel-steer, self-steer.

Containing "steer": skid-steer-loaders.

Afrikaans

rig (direct, guide, manage), bestuur (conduct, direct, guide, lead, manage). (various references)

Albanian

orientim (aspect, course, denotation, direction, orientation), ngas (bother, drive, fly, irritate, Josh, molest, pilot, ride, run, tease), manovroj (juggle, work), drejtoj me timon. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قيادة (command, conduct, control, direction, drive, driving, guidance, lead, leadership, leading, steerage), ‏قاد سفينة أو سيارة, ‏قاد (carry, command, conduct, direct, drive, drove, govern, guide, handle, head, helm, induct, introduce, lead, lead in, lead up to, marshal, mastermind, navigate, officer, orientate, pilot, preside, run, see out, shepherd, show, show out, take the lead, usher), ‏وصل (arrive, attain, befall, butt, check, come, conduct, connect, convey, hook up, joining, joint, ligature, link, make, mark, plumb, reach, receive, result, roll in, show up, touch, voucher), ‏وجه (aim, aspect, boss, change, control, countenance, cox, destine, direct, engineer, face, guide, maw, mug, mush, officer, orient oneself, orientate, pan, phiz, point, preside, rein, shepherd, snout, visage), ‏سر (breeze, brighten, delight, divert, gladden, gratify, mystery, please, pleasure, reserve, satisfy, secret), ‏إتخذ سبيلا ما, ‏إرشاد (direction, guidance, instruction, precept, tip, tutelage, tutorship), ‏أمسك بالدفة, ‏أدار دفة السفينة, ‏أدار دفة (con), ‏ثور صغير, ‏ثور (beef, bovine, bull, ferment, fire, heat, ox, ramp, rampage, rebel, revolt, revolutionize, rise, set against, storm, take the bit in one's hands), ‏شبيه بالثور (bullock). (various references)

Bulgarian 

насочвам (aim, bring round, fasten, guide, launch, lay, level, point at, present, refer, ride at, set, set on, shape, sight), младо кастрирано добиче, плувам (be under way, float, keel, pull, ride, sail, swim), държа курс. (various references)

Catalan

manar (direct, guide, manage). (various references)

Chinese 

把舵 (hold the rudder, holdthe helm), �"�舵 (Steered). (various references)

Czech

volek (Bullock), vést (administer, captain, carry on, channel, conduce, conduct, convey, direct, give, go, head, keep, lead, look, run, Shepherd, spearhead, stock, supervise, throw, wage, walk, wheel), mířit (aim at, drive, drive at, head for, point), kormidlovat (coxswain), řídit (administrate, conduct, control, direct, drive, fly, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, manoeuvre, navigate, operate, order, pilot, preside, regulate, supervise, wield), šoférovat. (various references)

Danish

styrre (direct, guide, manage), stud (bullock, US steer, young bullock), sejle (sail), navigere (navigate). (various references)

Dutch

richten (direct, guide, manage), mennen (direct, guide, manage), dirigeren (direct, guide, manage), besturen (administer, conduct, control, direct, govern, guide, head up, keep house, lead, manage, pilot, restrain, rule). (various references)

Esperanto

stiri, direkti (direct, guide, manage). (various references)

Faeroese

stjórna (direct, guide, manage), ráða (direct, guide, manage). (various references)

Farsi 

هدایت کردن (Conduct, Direct, Lead, Rede), گوساله پرواری , حکومت (Administration, Dominion, Government, Regimen, Reign), رهبری (Aim, Conduction, Direction, Guidance, Lead, Leadership), راهنماءی کردن (Conduce, Cue, Guide, Herald, Instruct, Lead, Usher), راندن (Booh, Dislodge, Drive, Force, Hurry, Pilot, Poach, Rein, Repulse, Row, Stub, Unkennel, Whisk), بردن (Abstract, Bear, Carry, Conduct, Convey, Drive, Horse, Lead, Pack, Port, Portage, Propel, Remove, Snatch, Take, Transport, Win). (various references)

Finnish

härkä (bovine, bovine animal, carbon monoxide, ox). (various references)

French

diriger, piloter, conduire, bouvillon. (various references)

Frisian

oanstjoere (conduct, direct, guide, head, lead, manage). (various references)

German

steuern (be at the controls, be at the helm, be at the wheel, con, control, Cox, direct, drive, govern, guide, handle, head, manage, manipulate, navigate, pilot, route, run, sail, taxation, taxes, to control, to steer), lenken (channel, conduct, direct, draw, drive, guide, head, influence, lead, mastermind, navigate, switch), führen (administer, be in the lead, bear, captain, carry, command, conduct, control, direct, drive, feed, fly, go, guide, have a record of, head, head up, keep, lead, lead along, levy, live, manage, Marshal, open, operate, operation, pilot, ply, preside, run, sail, sell, Shepherd, shepherding, stock, take, to guide, wage, walk, wield). (various references)

Greek 

καθοδηγώ (cinduct, direct, goad, guide), μόσχοσ ευνουχισμένοσ, πηδαλιουχώ (helm, pilot), πλέω (float, navigate, sail), οδηγώ αμάξι, οδηγώ [βάρκα, διευθύνω (address, boss, conduct, direct, domineer, manage, route, run (= manage), train, wend). (various references)

Hebrew 

לכון (aim, attune, direct, guide, lead), ל�"�"ריך (conduct, direct, educate, guide, instruct, pilot, tutor), ל�"טות (abduce, divert, heel, slant, tilt), ל� וט (navigate, pilot), ל� �"ו�' (be current, be in force, behave toward, conduct, direct, drive, lead, treat), פר צעיר. (various references)

Hungarian

irányít (administer, boss, canalize, control, direct, govern, guide, head, manage, mastermind, Orient, orientate, oversaw, overseen, regulate, to boss, to con, to conduct, to control, to dictate, to direct, to govern, to guide, to home, to misdirect, to oversee, to pilot, to regulate, to rule, to shepherd, to steer, to supervise, wend). (various references)

Indonesian

menyetir (drive). (various references)

Inuktitut

aquppaa (to steer). (various references)

Italian

manzo (beef, bumpkin, clodhopper), dirigere (administer, aim, boss, conduct, control, direct, edit, govern, guide, head, head for, lead, make for, manage, overrule, pilot, play, route, run, supervise, turn). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

牡牛 (bull, ox). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おうし (bull, deep knowledge, deep truth, dog's death, emperor's teacher, imperial army, ox, violentdeath). (various references)

Korean 

수송아지. (various references)

Manx

stott (bullock), stiurey (captain as team; guidance, captain; guidance, command, control, controllability, direct, direction, guide, handle, handling, helm, lead, manage, manipulate, manipulation, navigate, navigation, pilot, piloting, regulate, regulation, rudder, steering, superintendence, supervise, supervision). (various references)

Papago

nowiyu. (various references)

Papiamen

stür (direct, guide, handlebars, helm, manage, rudder). (various references)

Pig Latin

eerstay.(various references)

Portuguese

guiar (beacon, conduct, drive, guide, handle, head, lead, manage, marshal, prevent), dirigir (conduct, control, direct, dominate, drive, give over, govern, guide, head, helm, lead, manage, marshal, oversee, pilot, preside, refer, restrain, rule, superintend, supervise, throw), conduzir (bring, carry, conduce, conduct, drive, guide, head, lead, leading, manage, officer, run, take, transmit, transport). (various references)

Romanian

pilota (fly, hand signal, navigate, pilot, ply, sail), mitã (bribe, bribery, graft, gratification, gravy, hush money, jobbery, kickback, soap), guverna (control, govern, manage, reign, restrain, rule, sway), ghida (conduct, direct, guide, head, lead, manage, pilot), dirija (advise, boss, conduct, control, direct, frame, guide, lead, manage, rule, set, stroke), direcţiona (direct, guide, manage), conduce (accompany, administer, be in command, boss, boss the show, captain, carry on, charge, command, conduct, control, convey, direct, drive, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, husband, lead, lead the way, manage, master, operate, order, overrule, pilot, preside, restrain, rule, run, sail, see, see off, show, show up, superintend, supervise, take, wield), cârmi (con, stay, wind), îndrepta (aim, align, amend, bend, better, cast, chasten, correct, direct, drive, guide, head for, improve, lead, mend, point at, reclaim, recover, redeem, redress, reduce, reform, remedy, right, send, set, shape, straighten, tend, train, unbend). (various references)

Russian 

управлять (administer, administrate, be in control, be in control of, boss, command, conduct, control, govern, have control over, helm, husband, manage, managed, managing, master, mastermind, move, navigate, navigating, operate, rein, run, run the show, sail, superintend, take control of). (various references)

Scottish

stiùir (direct, guide, manage, rudder, steeer). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

savet (admonishment, admonition, advice, council, junta, monition, pointer, rede, tip off), upravljati (administer, administrate, construe, direct, govern, head, manage, maneuver, manoeuvre, mastermind, navigate, rule), upraviti (beam, direct, drive, govern, rule), ploviti (drift, navigate, sail), mlad vo, krmaniti, izbegavati (avoid, elude, give a wide berth, shun, steer clear of). (various references)

Spanish

mandar (be in charge, bid, command, delegate, dictate, direct, draft, draught, enjoin, get off, guide, instruct, lead, manage, officer, ordain, order, post, prescribe, put, send, send along, send in, send off, send on, send out, send round, sending, tell, tell off), novillo castrado (young bullock). (various references)

Swedish

ungtjur (Stirk), styra (control, direct, govern, guide, head, helm, manipulate, regulate, rule). (various references)

Thai

ข้อมูลผิ�"พลา�" (bum steer). (various references)

Turkish

sürmek (apply, banish, bedaub, cast out, coat, continue, daub, distribute, drive, drive out, endure, exile, expatriate, expel, hang over, herd, last, lay on, lead, ostracize, outlaw, persist, pitchfork, relegate, roll, rub, run, slip in, smear, splash, spread, stock, stream, stuff, throw out, till, tool along, transport, wipe on), yönlendirmek (canalize, conduct, direct, divert, guide, head, incline, lead, Orient, orientate, parlay, process, prompt, shape, shoo, stage, sway), yönetmek (administer, administrate, boss, captain, celebrate, chair, command, conduct, direct, edit, govern, head, lead, oversee, police, preside, produce, rule, run, run the show, supervise), yönetilmek, idare etmek (administer, administrate, bestride, boss, conduct, content oneself, control, direct, govern, guide, handle, husband, look after, make both ends meet, make do, make it do, make out, make shift, manage, manipulate, mastermind, officer, quarterback, rein in, rub, rub along, rule, scrape along, spin out, supervise), iğdiş edilmiş boğa, dana (calf), dümenle idare etmek, dümen kullanmak (con, Conn, Cox, coxswain), öküz (ox). (various references)

Ukrainian

стерно (helm, rudder), слухатися управління, керувати (administer, administrate, boss, captain, conduct, control, direct, govern, guide, helm, lead, manage, prevent, quarterback, rule, run, run the show, tutor), кастрований бичок, прямувати (go, head, ride, sashay, strike, turn, wend, wend one's way), порада (advice, counsel, hint, suggestion). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trâu đực non, bò non thiến bò đực non. (various references)

Welsh

llywio (direct, govern, rule), bustach (bullock). (various references)

adversi, adversis, adverso, adversos, adversum, adversus, applico, carnero, directa, directae, directam, directo, directum, directus, direxerat, direxerit, direxeritis, direxerunt, direxi, direxisset, direxisti, direxit, direxitque, dirigam, dirigamus, dirigantur, dirigas, dirigat, dirigatur, dirige, dirigebant, dirigebar, dirigendos, dirigens, dirigentes, dirigentur, dirigeret, diriges, diriget, dirigetur, dirigi, dirigit, dirigite, dirigunt, diriguntur, gubernabat, gubernans, gubernantis, gubernare, gubernat, gubernator, gubernatorum, gubernatur, gubernavit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "steer": steerable, steerage, steerages, steerageway, steerageways, steered, steerer, steerers, steering, steers, steersman, steersmen. (additional references)

Words ending with "steer": missteer, outsteer, oversteer, understeer. (additional references)

Words containing "steer": missteered, missteering, missteers, outsteered, outsteering, outsteers, oversteers, understeered, understeering, understeers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Steer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Esterel, Estier, satere, sder, seter, setier, Setor, sger, sjer, skeer, smeer, sqer, srer, Staer, stea, stear, steare, stearn, Stee, steef, steeg, steere, Steet, stehr, steig, steir, steor, sterd, steri, sterk, sterl, stero, sterr, steur, Stewer, steyer, steze, stief, stieg, stiener, stier, stimer, stire, stoar, stower, Stree, streer, Streuer, sturee, styr, sweer, sxer, syter, szer, teer, tsee, tseef, tsere. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ester, reest, reset, stere, terse, trees.

-1 letter: erst, rees, rest, rete, rets, seer, sere, tees, tree.

-2 letters: ere, ers, ree, res, ret, see, ser, set, tee.

-3 letters: er, es, et, re.

+1 letter: aretes, berets, certes, desert, deters, easter, eaters, egrets, enters, erects, esters, ethers, everts, exerts, exsert, fester, freest, greets, jester, merest, meters, metres, nester, pester, peters, preset, reests, relets, renest, rentes, reseat, resect, resent, resets, resite, rested, rester, retems, retest, reties, retuse, revest, revets, rewets, seater, secret, serest, setter, steers, stereo, steres, streek, streel, street, teaser, tenser, terces, ternes, terser, tester, theres, threes, treens, verset, verste, wester, yester, zester.