Tra từ steer - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

steer [steer steers steered steering] verb, noun BrE [stɪə(r)] NAmE [stɪr]
verb
1. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth /sb) (+ adv./prep.) to control the direction in which a boat, car, etc. moves
• He steered the boat into the harbour.
• (figurative) He took her arm and steered her towards the door.
•You row and I'll steer.
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (+ adv./prep.) (of a boat, car, etc.)to move in a particular direction
• The ship steered a course between the islands.
• The ship steered into port.
3. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to take control of a situation and influence the way in which it develops
•He managed to steer the conversation away from his divorce.
•She steered the team to victory.
•The skill is in steering a middle course between the two extremes.
•Schools no longer steer girls towards arts subjects.
see keep/stay/steer clear at ↑clear _adv.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. Old English stīeran Germanic Dutch sturen German steuern n. Old English stēor Germanic Dutch stier German Stier

Example Bank:
•He told the pilot to steer due north.
•Johnson managed to steer the plane away from the town and crash-land in a nearby field.
•Pilots need to learn to steer on the ground as well as in the air.
•The boat was being steered by an elderly man.
•The canoe steered north for two thousand miles.
•The captain steered the boat into the narrow harbour.
•The car steered off the cliff.
•The ship steered into the harbour.

noun
1. singular (BrE)a piece of advice or information that helps you do sth or avoid a problem
•Can anyone give me a steer on this?
•Do you know somebody working there who could give you a steer?
•I'd really appreciate a steer in the right direction.
2. countable a ↑bull (= a male cow) that has been castrated (= had part of its sex organs removed), kept for its meat
compare ↑bullock, ↑ox

Word Origin:
v. Old English stīeran Germanic Dutch sturen German steuern n. Old English stēor Germanic Dutch stier German Stier