| Helm 1. (n.) See straw. 2. (n.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone. 3. (n.) The place or office of direction or administration. 4. (n.) One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director. 5. (n.) A helve. 6. (v. t.) To steer; to guide; to direct. 7. (n.) A helmet. 8. (n.) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. 9. (v. t.) To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. Thesaurus Entries automatic pilot, bench, chair, chairmanship, chart a course, claws, clutches, command, cond, conn, control, coxswain, curule chair, dais, direct, directorship, domination, dominion, grasp, grip, gripe, guide, gyroscopic pilot, hand, handle, hands, have the conn, hold, iron hand, jurisdiction, leadership, lever pilot, manage, mastership, mastery, navigate, operate, pilot, power, presidency, reins, reins of government, rudder, rule, run, saddle, seat, seat of power, seat of state, shape a course, steer, talons, tiller, weather helm, wheel, woolsack |