Steer

Part of speech: noun (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.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A rudder or helm. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A helmsman, a pilot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To castrate; -- said of male calves.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water. That with a staff his feeble steps did steer. Spenser.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course. "No helmsman steers." Tennyson.

2. To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily. Where the wind Veers oft, as oft [a ship] so steers, and shifts her sail. Milton.

3. To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.