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steer English

Meaning steer meaning

What does steer mean?
Definitions in simple English

steer Verb

— To steer is use a rudder, wheel, or paddle to decide which way something will travel. The driver gripped the wheel tightly to steer the car around a corner. — To steer is to set a direction. He was able to steer the group through the difficult changes.

steer

— verb (= direct) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling — verb direct (oneself) somewhere Steer clear of him — verb (= guide) be a guiding or motivating force or drive The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses — noun (= bullock) castrated bull — noun (= tip, lead) an indication of potential opportunity he got a tip on the stock market a good lead for a job

Synonyms steer synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as steer?

steer English » English

drive guide direct ox pilot manage lead bullock head bull helm conduct tip hint cow control bovine wind take the tiller navigate maneuver confidential information young ox wend train rudder route point paddle manoeuvre manoeuver fly command channelize channelise beef aim address weaned calf wage usher tutor travel purposefully tip-off throw take the helm take sway supervise stern

Topics steer topics

What do people use steer to talk about?
Language and thought Want Influence

Control
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Cattle

  • What words refer to a castrated bull?
    ox steer
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Veterinary science

Castrate animal
Language and thought Want Influence

Advise
States Big Distance

Far

Conjugation steer conjugation

How do you conjugate steer?

steer · verb

Examples steer examples

How do I use steer in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It's best to steer clear of Tom.
You must steer clear of that gang.
I had trouble with the new car. It was difficult to steer.
It's best to steer clear of him.
On a first date, it's best to steer clear of touchy subjects.
Of course you can trust me. Have I ever given you a bum steer before?
Hey, steer clear of the boss today, he seems really ticked off about something.
You might want to steer clear of Tom.

Movie subtitles

So, so funky. I'd steer clear.
Best steer clear?
But she played a one-night stand on me and beat it down here. while I was following a chump steer. all the way up to Memphis and back for the last month.
I'll steer you right up to the stage director.
I can't steer a ship.
Any fool can steer a ship, sir.
I'm trying to steer you right.
I tried to give you the steer, but I guess I didn't get it over.
He just laid it wide open like a butchered steer.
What course did you get to steer on?
Bum steer, Mr. Spade?
No, no. lt was a bum steer.
Get the Quartermaster below. Steer 40.
Get below. Steer 40 and signal when you're ready.
You did that, you son of a Yorkshire steer. and bless your rusty heart, it's a gunner you are!
Mister, someone gave you a wrong steer.
No, no. It was a bum steer. Are you sure that was her voice?
Get the quartermaster below. Steer 40.
Go down and steer the bus.
That's simple. One of us will push and the other will steer.
Somebody's been giving you a bum steer.
It's a Meeker steer.
I'm going to Missouri with every steer, cow and bull I can lay my hands on.
I've been doing it for two months. - I saw a man swap a steer for flour.
But with my left hand on the seat. No, your right. - I can't steer my bike.
Hey, Harry, I gave you a bum steer. Jessie is not in Montreal next week, it's Buffalo.
I'd steer clear.
Mariners use them to steer by when they lose their way.
I'm trying to steer you straight. Steer you straight.
It was a bum steer.
Paul's sister and his sweetheart, both trying to steer him into the electric chair.
I'm doing my best to steer clear of trouble.
Steer 40.
Steer 40 and signal when you're ready.
As useless as a hog-tied steer.
If you're drunk, it's best to steer clear of the sergeant. though it's unusual for him to be out at this hour.

News and current affairs

Obama would steer America in the direction of European social-welfare states; Romney's agenda is designed to prevent that.
Russia sniffs at the idea of demotion, and American officials appear to have decided to steer clear of the semantic debate.
This week, world leaders have an opportunity to steer developments onto a new and more hopeful path when they meet in London to forge a new compact with Afghanistan.
With the right policies and a global framework, we can generate economic growth and steer it in a low-carbon direction.
They believe that government intervention tends to generate its own costly failures because of bureaucratic incompetence and rent-seeking, whereby private interests try to steer policy to their own advantage.
Even in comparison with the US, China is a capitalist paradise - so long as you steer clear of the central government.
As long as winners with razor-thin majorities, once in office, steer a middle course, they are more likely to remain acceptable to an electorate that is more volatile than divided.
The market signals of CO2 taxation (or the cost of CO2 emission permits) will help investors and money managers steer clear of new fossil-fuel investments.
But some may conclude that it is safer to steer closer to China than away from it, because their economies depend so strongly on Chinese trade.
One must hope that the quest for GNH will help steer the country away from such temptations.
EU governments, however, seem determined to steer clear of any attempt at radical solutions.
The role of the techno-polity is to steer the world toward positive outcomes.
Why did President Lyndon Johnson's administration steer the US into a war that looked like a lost cause even to its own officials?
One Europe that starts pondering how to steer its agricultural policy in a more market oriented and green direction.
He preferred to help steer Europe toward monetary and political union, just when its economy had begun to fall behind the rest of the world.
Global leaders will find it significantly easier to steer towards big cooperation targets if they are supported by visions of the future within civil society.
This quiet majority is under-represented in the Knesset because its members steer clear of political careers.
World Resources Institute President Andrew Steer notes that more than 50 developing countries are now implementing costly policies to reduce climate change.
There is a real possibility to steer countries toward a new development model that will benefit not only Africa, but also the world.
And that means that we will have new data to steer decisions about planetary stewardship.
For his part, Armstrong has tried to steer clear of facile associations between his Tour de France triumphs and his recovery from cancer.
Governments and central banks should use their powers to steer the import of foreign capital into direct fixed investment, equity, and to a limited extent long-term hard-currency debt.
Only courageous thinking and action will enable them to steer clear of the rocks.

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