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steer

/stɪə(ɹ)/
noun

  1. A suggestion about a course of action.

  2. A helmsman; a pilot.

verb

  1. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

    "I steered homeward."

  2. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

    "I find it very difficult to steer a skateboard."

  3. To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.

    "The boat steers easily."

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