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Dictionary Results for steering:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

steering
    n 1: the act of guiding or showing the way [syn: guidance,
         steering]
    2: the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was
       installed under the direction of the king" [syn: steering,
       guidance, direction]
    3: the act of steering a ship [syn: steering, steerage]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Steering \Steer"ing\,
   a. & n. from Steer, v.
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   Steering wheel (Naut.), the wheel by means of which the
      rudder of a vessel is turned and the vessel is steered.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Steer \Steer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steered (st[=e]rd); p. pr.
   & vb. n. Steering.] [OE. steeren, steren, AS. sti['e]ran,
   st[=y]ran, ste['o]ran; akin to OFries. stiora, stiura, D.
   sturen, OD. stieren, G. steuern, OHG. stiuren to direct,
   support, G. steuer contribution, tax, Icel. st[=y]ra to
   steer, govern, Sw. styra, Dan. styre, Goth. stiurjan to
   establish, AS. ste['o]r a rudder, a helm, and probably to
   Icel. staurr a pale, stake, Gr. stayro`s, and perhaps
   ultimately to E. stand. [root]168. Cf. Starboard, Stern,
   n.]
   To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied
   especially to a vessel in the water.
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         That with a staff his feeble steps did steer.
                                                  --Spenser.
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