Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: steering
IPA transcription: [st'ɪɹɪŋ]
Pronunciations of steering
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: steering, steerage
    Meaning: the act of steering a ship
  • Synonyms: steering, guidance, direction
    Meaning: the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"
  • Synonyms: guidance, steering
    Meaning: the act of guiding or showing the way
Usage examples
  • The chaser, steering a south-westerly course, was soon out of sight.
  • She steered easily, and she could run day and night, without steering, close-by, full-and-by, and with the wind abeam.
  • Hans, keeping fast by the helm, let the raft run on, which, after all, needed no steering, the wind blowing directly aft.
  • Half an hour later, when Mother De Smet went back to get some potatoes for the soup, she found Jan proudly steering the boat by himself.
  • In a moment Sylvia had unfastened the rope, pushed the boat clear of the landing, and rudder in hand was steering the boat out toward the channel.
  • Tom's task was to arrange the mechanism so that, hereafter, the rudder could not become jammed, and so prevent the airship from steering properly.
  • The marshal was too deeply engrossed in steering his protected battleship to be aware of the approach of the morning train until he was within a few feet of the platform.
  • "I cannot keep her head for the stockade, sir," said I to the captain. I was steering, while he and Redruth, two fresh men, were at the oars. "The tide keeps washing her down.
  • A flight of several miles was made, and Tom was wishing they might pay another visit to the Rocksmond Seminary, but Mr. Sharp, after completing several evolutions, designed to test the steering qualities of the craft, put back home.
  • Rule 42 of the Code, "No one shall speak to the Man at the Helm," had been completed by the Bellman himself with the words "and the Man at the Helm shall speak to no one." So remonstrance was impossible, and no steering could be done till the next varnishing day.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hurricane Dog (1950), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Han dynasty, License CC BY-SA 4.0