steer
stir
- n an indication of potential opportunity
- n castrated bull
- v direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- v direct (oneself) somewhere
- v be a guiding or motivating force or drive
The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses
- One exasperating day back in 1903, so the story goes, an Oklahoma cowpoke named Bill Pickett was having an infernally tough time persuading an ornery steer to head into a corral .
- We are not trained to steer large, hurtling hulks of steel and gasoline while manipulating small computers.
- Sky Scout will steer you to her.