To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
The boat steered towards the iceberg.
To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
The boat steers easily.
To castrate (a male calf).
A suggestion about a course of action.
I tried to give you the steer, but I guess I didn't get it over. Everybody knew it but you.
A helmsman; a pilot.
The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
A surname.
Inherited from Middle English steeren, steren, stiren, sturen, steoren, from Old English stēoran, stīeran, stȳran (“to steer; guide a vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan (“to steer”), from P...
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He counted the cattle over and over. It diverted him to speculate as to how much weight each of the steers would probably put on by spring.