different between stere vs steer

English

Etymology

From French stère, from Ancient Greek ??????? (stereos, “solid”), because the unit was used for solid commodities such as firewood.

Noun

stere (plural steres)

1. (obsolete) A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre.
   • 1814, Peter Barlow, A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary:

     It will be observed, that in this system it is only necessary to remember the metre, are litre^[sic], and stere, all the others having certain relations to these, being equal to them taken 10, 100, 1000, &c. times, […]

Translations

See also

• cord

Anagrams

• Ester, Reset, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, teers, teres, terse, trees

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English st?or (“steer”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz.

Alternative forms

• steor, ster, steer

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /stø?r/
• IPA^(key): /ste?r/

Noun

stere (plural steres)

2. steer, young bull

Descendants

• English: steer
• Scots: ster, stere, steir

References

• “st??r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 2

From Old English st?or (“rudder”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurij?.

Alternative forms

• ster, steor, steer, steere, stiere

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /stø?r/
• IPA^(key): /ste?r/

Noun

stere (plural steres)

2. rudder, tiller, steering mechanism
3. control, correction

Descendants

• English: steer

References

• “st??r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 3

From Old English st?ora.

Alternative forms

• steere, sterre

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /?stø?r?/
• IPA^(key): /?ste?r(?)/, /?st??r(?)/

Noun

stere (plural steres)

1. leader, controller

References

• “st??re, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 4

From Old English steorra.

Noun

stere (plural steres)

1. Alternative form of sterre

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)

1. (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.

2. (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.
3. (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.

   The boat steers easily.
4. (transitive) To direct a group of animals.
5. (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.

6. (transitive) To direct a conversation.
7. To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.

Translations

See also

• steering wheel
• torque steer

Noun

steer (plural steers)

1. (informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
2. (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)

2. 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.

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)

1. (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

1. stir

Anagrams

• Ester, Reset, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, stere, terse, trees