Definition of steer:

part of speech: noun

A young ox.

part of speech: verb

To direct with the helm; guide.

part of speech: verb

To direct a ship with the helm; follow a course.

Common misspellings * :

• stear (96.3%)
• staer (2.4%)
• steert (1.2%)

Usage examples :

• Mr. Wilson Steer's picture seemed to me the best in the place, just because Mr. Steer has eyes with which, not only to see, but to feel. "Since Cézanne", - Clive Bell

• Packard, with his rather clear- cut conception of the girl's character to steer by, saw the one way to master the situation. "Man to Man", - Jackson Gregory

• The general opinion was that the fleet would steer for some part of the coast of America. "The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 5 (of 5)", - Thomas Babington Macaulay

• It is all that is left to steer by on a very dark night. "The Boys' Life of Mark Twain", - Albert Bigelow Paine