helm

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

helms

1.
(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to steer the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
2.
(broadly)The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
3.
(broadly)The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
Đồng nghĩa: helmsperson
4.
(broadly)Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
5.
(figuratively)A position of control or leadership.
the helm of the Commonwealth
6.
(figuratively)One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
7.
(archaic, poetic, transitive)(archaic or poetic) A helmet.
8.
(transitive)(heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”).
Đồng nghĩa: helmet
9.
(Northern England, broadly, transitive)A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
10.
(broadly, transitive)A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
11.
(broadly, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)The crown or top of something.
12.
(broadly, obsolete, transitive)The upper part or cap of an alembic or retort.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

helms

V_ing/Gerund

helming

V_ed/pp

helmedno-table-tags

1.
(transitive)(nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
2.
(figuratively, transitive)To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
3.
(archaic, poetic, transitive)(transitive, archaic or poetic) To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.
Đồng nghĩa: behelm
4.
(transitive)To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.

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Đồng nghĩa

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro The noun is derived from Middle English helm, helme (tiller of a ship), from Old English helma (helm, tiller), from Proto-Germanic *helmô (handle; helm, tiller), either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (to cover) or from the same source as haulm and helm (bentgrass, straw) (see below), *ḱélh₂-m(on)- (reed, hollow stalk), one form of which then developed a specialized meaning “handle” in Germ…