steering

verbguide, direct on a course

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noun. traveling, guiding along route, often over water

Word Origin & History

"guide the course of a vehicle," Old English steran (Mercian), stieran (West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *steurijanan (cf. Old Norse styra, Old Frisian stiora, Dutch sturen, Old High German stiuren, German steuern "to steer," Gothic stiurjan "to establish, assert"), related to *steuro "a rudder, a steering" (cf. Old English steor "helm, rudder," German Steuer and first element in starboard), from PIE *steu-ro- (cf. Greek stauros "stake, pole"), from root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).

The notion is of a stiff, upright pillar or post used in steering. To steer clear of in the figurative sense of "to avoid completely" is recorded from 1723. Related: Steered; steering. Steering committee in the U.S. political sense is recorded from 1887.

Example Sentences forsteering

He reached across and laid his hand over Linda's on the steering gear.

Linda laid her hands on the steering wheel and started the car.

In the other case the moving and steering was done by turning a peg.

When last seen they were steering towards the coast of Africa.

I was pretty good at steering them through the slips, Dering!

Haven't I given them enough of the road, or has their steering gear broken?

Tom had retained his grip of the steering wheel, and the starting lever.

An instant later Tom gave a sudden twist to the steering wheel.

And the "Baleine" went on heavily to the left, steering toward the point.

But the laws governing the balancing and steering of the machine were unknown.

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