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steer
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??(?)/, enPR: st??(r)
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English steeren, steren, stiren, sturen, steoren, from Old English st?oran, st?eran, st?ran (“to steer; guide a vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijan? (“to steer”).
The noun is from Middle English steere, stere, steor, from Old English st?or, st?r (“steering; guidance; direction”). Compare Dutch stuur, German Steuer, Icelandic stýri.
Verb
steer (third-person singular simple present steers, present participle steering, simple past and past participle steered)
- (intransitive) 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.
- I steered homeward.
- (transitive) 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.
- When planning the boat trip, we had completely forgotten that we needed somebody to steer.
- (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
- The boat steers easily.
- (transitive) To direct a group of animals.
- (transitive) To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
- Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.
- (transitive) To direct a conversation.
- To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
Translations
See also
- steering wheel
- torque steer
Noun
steer (plural steers)
- (informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
- (obsolete) A helmsman; a pilot.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Derived terms
- steerless
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English stere, steer, ster, steor, from Old English st?or (“a young bull or cow; steer”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“bull; steer”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros (“wild bull; aurochs”). Cognate with Dutch stier, German Stier, Icelandic stjór, Latin taurus (“bull”), Greek ?????? (távros). Doublet of tur.
Noun
steer (plural steers)
- The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 2
- 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.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 2
Synonyms
- ox
Hypernyms
- cattle
Coordinate terms
- bull, calf, cow
Translations
Verb
steer (third-person singular simple present steers, present participle steering, simple past and past participle steered)
- (transitive) To castrate (a male calf).
Translations
Anagrams
- Ester, Reset, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, stere, teers, teres, terse, trees
Scots
Etymology
From Old English styrian
Noun
steer
- stir
Anagrams
- Ester, Reset, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, stere, terse, trees
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incline
English
Alternative forms
- encline (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin incl?n? (“incline, tilt”), from in- + cl?n? (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *?ley- (English lean).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?n
- (verb) enPR: ?nkl?n', IPA(key): /?n?kla?n/
- (noun) enPR: ?n'kl?n, IPA(key): /??n.kla?n/
Verb
incline (third-person singular simple present inclines, present participle inclining, simple past and past participle inclined)
- (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
- (intransitive) To slope.
- (chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- 1966, J. M. G. van der Poel, "Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, p.170:
- The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters. […] Those who inclined to the stock-breeding theory based their arguments on the absence of ploughs, […].
Related terms
- inclination
Translations
Noun
incline (plural inclines)
- A slope.
- To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
Related terms
- climate
- cline
- decline
- recline
Translations
Further reading
- incline in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incline in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- incline at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- -nicline
French
Verb
incline
- first-person singular present indicative of incliner
- third-person singular present indicative of incliner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of incliner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of incliner
- second-person singular imperative of incliner
Galician
Verb
incline
- first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
Italian
Adjective
incline (plural inclini)
- inclined, prone
- Synonyms: facile, propenso
Portuguese
Verb
incline
- first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
- third-person singular imperative of inclinar
Spanish
Verb
incline
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
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