Index of English words, starting with "st"

(1) - Steer (n.) A helmsman, a pilot.
(2) - Steer (v. t.) A rudder or helm.
(3) - Steer (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
(4) - Steer (v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily.
(5) - Steer (v. i.) To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
(6) - Steer (n.) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
(7) - Steer (v. t.) To castrate; -- said of male calves.
(8) - Steer (a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.

(1) - Steerable (a.) Capable of being steered; dirigible.

(1) - Steerage (n.) That by which a course is directed.
(2) - Steerage (n.) Direction; regulation; management; guidance.
(3) - Steerage (n.) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.
(4) - Steerage (n.) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern.
(5) - Steerage (n.) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm.
(6) - Steerage (n.) The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.

(1) - Steerageway (n.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.

(1) - Steerer (n.) One who steers; as, a boat steerer.