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Antonyms for steered

Grammar : Verb
Spell : steer
Phonetic Transcription : stɪər


Definition of steered

Origin :
  • "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.
  • verb guide, direct on a course
Example sentences :
  • Steered east for four miles, when we struck Mr. Gosse's cart-track.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • We have not yet been informed with certainty what course the enemy have steered.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Autographs » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • We now up helm, and steered for a vacancy among the British vessels.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We were without a compass, and steered by the direction of the wind and sea.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "That's what I wanted to know," he said, as he steered the canoe over toward the cliff.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • He steered the boat due north for thirty days and thirty nights.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • It was the compass by which he steered and learned to chart the manners of a new land and life.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • They were now in peril; but they had the steam in reserve, and steered for their port.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
  • Luckily I was the first man he tackled, and I steered him away.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • They 'most all go to the Regular church and the parish committee is steered by 'em.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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