steer

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To guide by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or wheel.
2. v. To direct the course of. See Synonyms at conduct.
3. v. To maneuver (a person) into a place or course of action. See Synonyms at guide.
4. v. To guide a vessel or vehicle.
5. v. To follow or move in a set course.
6. v. To admit of being steered or guided: a craft that steers easily.
7. n. A piece of advice.
8. idiom. steer clear To stay away from; avoid.
9. n. A young ox, especially one castrated before sexual maturity and raised for beef.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To guide by the movements of a rudder or helm; direct and govern, as a ship on her course.
2. To pursue in a specified direction; direct: as, to steer one's way or course.
3. To guide; manage; control; govern.
4. To plan; contrive.
5. To lead; conduct; draw: as, a bunko-man steers his victim to a bunko-joint. See bunko-steerer.
6. To direct and govern a vessel in its course.
7. To direct one's course at sea; sail in a specified direction: as, the ship steers southward; he steered for Liverpool.
8. To answer the helm: as, the vessel steers with ease.
9. Figuratively, to take or pursue a course or way; hence, to direct one's conduct; conduct one's self.
10. n. A rudder; a helm.
11. n. A helmsman; a pilot.
12. n. A guide; a director; a governor; a ruler.
13. n. Guidance; direction; government; control.
14. n. A young male of the ox kind; a bullock, especially one which has been castrated and is raised for beef. In the United States the term is extended to male beef-cattle of any age.
15. To make a steer of; castrate (a young bull or bull-calf).
16. n. An obsolete or dialectal variant of stir.

Wiktionary

1. n. The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
2. n. informal A suggestion about a course of action.
3. v. intransitive To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
4. v. transitive To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
5. v. transitive To direct a group of animals.
6. v. transitive To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
7. v. transitive To direct a conversation.
8. n. obsolete A helmsman; a pilot.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under ox.
2. v. To castrate; -- said of male calves.
3. v. To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
4. v. To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
5. v. To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
6. v. To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
7. n. obsolete A rudder or helm.
8. n. obsolete A helmsman; a pilot.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. direct (oneself) somewhere
2. v. be a guiding or motivating force or drive
3. v. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
4. n. an indication of potential opportunity
5. n. castrated bull