Steer vs Tour - What's the difference?
steer | tour |
The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
* 1913 , (Willa Cather),
(informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
* Tennyson
To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
* Milton
To direct a group of animals.
To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
To direct a conversation.
To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
(military) A tour of duty.
(obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
* Milton
(obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
As a noun steer
is the castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production or steer can be (informal) a suggestion about a course of action or steer can be (obsolete) a helmsman; a pilot.As a verb steer
is to castrate (a male calf) or steer can be to guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).As a proper noun tour is
(cycling) the tour de france.steer
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- He counted the cattle over and over. It diverted him to speculate as to how much weight each of the steers would probably put on by spring.
Synonyms
* oxHypernyms
* cattleCoordinate terms
* bull, calf, cowEtymology 2
From (etyl) stieran.Noun
(en noun)- I tried to give you the steer , but I guess I didn't get it over. Everybody knew it but you.'' (Mark Hellinger, 1939, ''The Roaring Twenties )
Verb
(en verb)- When planning the boat trip we had completely forgotten that we needed somebody to steer .
- No helmsman steers .
- I find it very difficult to steer a skateboard.
- I steered my steps homeward.
- The boat steers easily.
- Where the wind / Veers oft, as oft [a ship] so steers , and shifts her sail.
- Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.
See also
* steering wheel * torque steerAnagrams
* English ergative verbstour
English
(wikipedia tour)Etymology 1
From (etyl) tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.Noun
(en noun)- The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour .
- the tours of the heavenly bodies
- (Blackmore)