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11steer — ‘control direction’ [OE] and steer ‘young ox’ [OE] are quite unrelated. The latter comes from a prehistoric Germanic *(s)teuraz, which also produced German and Dutch stier, Swedish tjur, and Danish tyr ‘bull’. It was descended from a base… …
12steer — ‘control direction’ [OE] and steer ‘young ox’ [OE] are quite unrelated. The latter comes from a prehistoric Germanic *(s)teuraz, which also produced German and Dutch stier, Swedish tjur, and Danish tyr ‘bull’. It was descended from a base… …
13Steer — Steer, v. i. 1. To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one s course. No helmsman steers. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily. [1913 Webster]… …
14Steer — Steer, v. t. To castrate; said of male calves. [1913 Webster] …
15Steer — Steer, das männliche Schaf …
16steer — index administer (conduct), direct (show), direct (supervise), govern, manage, manipulate (utilize s …
17Steer — [ stɪə], Philip Wilson, britischer Maler, * Birkenhead 28. 12. 1860, ✝ London 21. 3. 1942. Ausgehend von J. Whistler und den französischen Impressionisten (besonders É. Manet) malte er v. a. Porträts und aus einfachen Formen aufgebaute und in… …
18steer — vb *guide, lead, pilot, engineer Analogous words: *conduct, direct, manage, control: *govern, rule …
19steer — [v] guide, direct on a course beacon, be in the driver’s seat*, captain, conduct, control, drive, escort, govern, head for, helm, herd, lead, pilot, point, route, run, run things, see, shepherd, show, skipper*, take over, take the helm, take the… …
20steer — I UK [stɪə(r)] / US [stɪr] verb Word forms steer : present tense I/you/we/they steer he/she/it steers present participle steering past tense steered past participle steered * 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to control the direction in which a… …
