See helm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Lambert, “The History of Master Ihon Lābert otherwise Called Nycolson, wyth the Actes and Processe of King Henrye the VIII. and the Byshops agaynst Hym, by whome He was Condempned and Burned at London. Anno. 1538.”, in John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC, book III, page [599]:",
"text": "Ye this is both helme & stern of al together: & that which they contended right sore to impugn, but loue of the truth, wherwith in this poynte I reckened me wel fēsed, wold not suffer me to apply & yeld to their wil, thinking, quod sanctū erat veritatē preferre amicitiæ, that the truth ought to be preferred before al frendship & amitye, & also, Si dextra manus scandalizet deberet prescidi & abijci.",
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"text": "Nor is this vveather rare about the Æquinoctiall; by Mariners termed the Tornadoes: and tis ſo vncertaine, that novv you ſhall haue a quiet breath and gale, and ſuddenly an vnexpected violent guſt, and ſtorme, ſo fierce, that many times the ſhips vvill feele no helme.",
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"text": "Fair laughs the Morn, and ſoft the Zephyr blovvs, / VVhile proudly riding o'er the azure realm / In gallant trim the gilded Veſſel goes; / Youth on the provv, and Pleaſure at the helm; […]",
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"The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel."
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel."
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"word": "корми́ло"
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"word": "舵"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yadit hege",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "יָדִית הֶגֶה"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "kormány"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "halmadóir"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timone"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"alt": "だりん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "darin",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "舵輪"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"alt": "かじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaji",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "舵"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ki",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "키"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"alt": "舵",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ta",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "타"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"alt": "舵輪",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "taryun",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "타륜"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gubernāculum"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kormilo",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кормило"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "cukkāṉ",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "ചുക്കാൻ"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ror"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ror"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Scheppstia"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ster"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timão"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cârmă"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "timonă"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kormílo",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"dated",
"neuter",
"poetic"
],
"word": "корми́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šturvál",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штурва́л"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "failm"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "falmadair"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stiùir"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "ко̀рмило"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "kòrmilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kormidlo"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "krma"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krmilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timón"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "roder"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "dümen"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kermó",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кермо́"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kormýlo",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "корми́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sternó",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стерно́"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 5 22 1 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "šturvál",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штурва́л"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned."
],
"id": "en-helm-en-noun-7Yjtzvc5",
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"use",
"use#Noun"
],
[
"amount",
"amount#Noun"
],
[
"space",
"space#Noun"
],
[
"turned",
"turn#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension)",
"(nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 78 2 7 0 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "use of a helm; amount of space through which a helm is turned",
"word": "ruorin käyttö"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "14 3 11 1 1 15 0 6 13 4 1 2 10 6 6 4 2 1 1",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Occupations",
"orig": "en:Occupations",
"parents": [
"People",
"Work",
"Human",
"Human activity",
"All topics",
"Human behaviour",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman."
],
"id": "en-helm-en-noun-4L1to-PJ",
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"member",
"member#Noun"
],
[
"crew",
"crew#Noun"
],
[
"in charge",
"in charge"
],
[
"steering",
"steer#Verb"
],
[
"helmsman",
"helmsman"
],
[
"helmswoman",
"helmswoman"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension)",
"(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "helmsperson"
}
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ruljavý",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рулявы́"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "štúrman",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шту́рман"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "styrnavý",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стырнавы́"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kormčíja",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кормчи́я"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rulevi",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рулеви"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "štúrman",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "щу́рман"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "to⁴ sau²",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"word": "舵手"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duòshǒu",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"word": "舵手"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "styrmand"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "roerganger"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stuurman"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"word": "ruorimies"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barreur"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barreuse"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timonier"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Steuermann"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Steuerfrau"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timoniere"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şturman",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"word": "штурман"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kormilar",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кормилар"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "styrmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kórmčij",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ко́рмчий"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kórmčaja",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"dated",
"feminine",
"ironic"
],
"word": "ко́рмчая"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navigátor",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "навига́тор"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rulevój",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рулево́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štúrman",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шту́рман"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "кормѝла̄р"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kormìlār"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "timonel"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "rorsman"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kermányč",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "керма́нич"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kermovýj",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кермови́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rulʹovýj",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рульови́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sternovýj",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "стернови́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 8 55 9 1 8",
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"masculine"
],
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}
]
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"ref": "1614–1615, Homer, “The Fifth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC, page 120, lines 311–313:",
"text": "A great axe first she gave, that two ways cut, / In which a fair well-polish'd helm was put, / That from an olive bough receiv'd his frame.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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],
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[
"control",
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],
[
"handle",
"handle#Noun"
],
[
"tool",
"tool#Noun"
],
[
"weapon",
"weapon#Noun"
],
[
"haft",
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],
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"helve",
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]
],
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"_dis1": "28 2 2 64 2 2",
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"word": "ohjain"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 2 64 2 2",
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"word": "ratti"
},
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"_dis1": "28 2 2 64 2 2",
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"text": "the helm of the Commonwealth",
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"ref": "1629 January 11 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “XXXIII. To the Right Honourable Sir Peter Wichts, Ambassador at Constantinople.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume I, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], published 1655, →OCLC, section V, page 211:",
"text": "Biſhop [William] Laud of London is alſo povverful in his VVay, for he ſits at the Helm of the Church, and doth more than any of the tvvo Archbiſhops, or all the reſt of his tvvo and tvventy Brethren beſides.",
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{
"ref": "2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 – 1 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2021-04-17:",
"text": "[Avram] Grant will be desperate to finish the job of getting West Ham to their first Wembley cup final in 30 years when they meet Birmingham in the second leg at St Andrews on 26 January; though arguably of more pressing concern is whether he will still be at the helm for Saturday's Premier League encounter with Arsenal.",
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},
{
"ref": "2023 November 25, Richard Waters, John Thornhill, “Tech's philosophical rift over AI”, in FT Weekend, Big Read, page 6:",
"text": "But although Altman is now back at the helm, OpenAI's new board has yet to offer a public explanation of what exactly went wrong, or set out what changes it will make to ensure the company is not derailed from its core mission of making computer intelligence safe for humanity. The world is waiting.",
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}
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"neuter"
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},
{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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],
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},
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},
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},
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"neuter"
],
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],
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"ref": "1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 172:",
"text": "[A] wild wave in the wild North-sea, / […] overbears the bark, / And him that helms it, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1890, H[enry] Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang, “The Blood-red Sea”, in The World’s Desire, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, book I, page 41:",
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],
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],
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},
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],
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},
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}
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"ref": "1601 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], What You Will, London: […] G[eorge] Eld, for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, Act II, signature C3, verso:",
"text": "Ile ſtriue to be nor great nor ſmale, / To liue nor die, fate helmeth all, / VVhen I can breath no longer, then, / Heauen take all, there put Amen.",
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},
{
"ref": "c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 73, column 2:",
"text": "The very ſtreame of his life, and the buſineſſe he hath helmed, muſt vppon a vvarranted neede, giue him a better proclamation.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1884, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Becket, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, Act I, scene iii, page 66:",
"text": "But we hold / Thou art forsworn; and no forsworn Archbishop / Shall helm the Church.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014 December 1, Malcolm Jack, “John Grant with the Royal Northern Sinfonia review – positively spine-tingling”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-31:",
"text": "\"I wanted to change the world, but I could not even change my underwear,\" sings John Grant at the piano, in a luxuriant baritone croon as thick and healthy as his beard. It’s hard to reconcile the guy who once struggled to so much as put on clean pants back in the bad old days – well-storied, not least through his own songs – with the one warmly and gracefully helming this complex, prestigious production – the penultimate date on a tour of packed concert halls, backed by an orchestra.",
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"ref": "2021 January 20, Jill Colvin, “Trump bids farewell to Washington, hints of comeback”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-10-07:",
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"ref": "2021 July 26, Lauren Sarner, “Kevin Smith on ‘Masters of the Universe’ and fan backlash”, in New York Post:",
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},
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"ref": "2023 August 23, Ellie Johnson, “Top prizes on offer at raffle for Railway Benefit Fund”, in RAIL, number 990, page 11:",
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"en:Nautical"
],
"glosses": [
"The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"member",
"member#Noun"
],
[
"crew",
"crew#Noun"
],
[
"in charge",
"in charge"
],
[
"steering",
"steer#Verb"
],
[
"helmsman",
"helmsman"
],
[
"helmswoman",
"helmswoman"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension)",
"(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "helmsperson"
}
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1614–1615, Homer, “The Fifth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC, page 120, lines 311–313:",
"text": "A great axe first she gave, that two ways cut, / In which a fair well-polish'd helm was put, / That from an olive bough receiv'd his frame.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve."
],
"links": [
[
"control",
"control#Verb"
],
[
"handle",
"handle#Noun"
],
[
"tool",
"tool#Noun"
],
[
"weapon",
"weapon#Noun"
],
[
"haft",
"haft#Noun"
],
[
"helve",
"helve#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension)",
"Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "the helm of the Commonwealth",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1629 January 11 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “XXXIII. To the Right Honourable Sir Peter Wichts, Ambassador at Constantinople.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume I, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], published 1655, →OCLC, section V, page 211:",
"text": "Biſhop [William] Laud of London is alſo povverful in his VVay, for he ſits at the Helm of the Church, and doth more than any of the tvvo Archbiſhops, or all the reſt of his tvvo and tvventy Brethren beſides.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 – 1 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2021-04-17:",
"text": "[Avram] Grant will be desperate to finish the job of getting West Ham to their first Wembley cup final in 30 years when they meet Birmingham in the second leg at St Andrews on 26 January; though arguably of more pressing concern is whether he will still be at the helm for Saturday's Premier League encounter with Arsenal.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2023 November 25, Richard Waters, John Thornhill, “Tech's philosophical rift over AI”, in FT Weekend, Big Read, page 6:",
"text": "But although Altman is now back at the helm, OpenAI's new board has yet to offer a public explanation of what exactly went wrong, or set out what changes it will make to ensure the company is not derailed from its core mission of making computer intelligence safe for humanity. The world is waiting.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A position of control or leadership."
],
"links": [
[
"position",
"position#Noun"
],
[
"control",
"control#Noun"
],
[
"leadership",
"leadership"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"A position of control or leadership."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 1, column 2:",
"text": "[Y]ou ſlander / The Helmes o'th State: vvho care for you like Fathers, / VVhen you curſe them, as Enemies.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide."
],
"links": [
[
"directing",
"direct#Verb"
],
[
"controller",
"controller"
],
[
"director",
"director"
],
[
"guide",
"guide#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "hĕlm",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɛlm/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-helm.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/En-us-helm.ogg/En-us-helm.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/En-us-helm.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛlm"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "daffa",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دَفَّة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ġek",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "ղեկ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timón"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šturvál",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штурва́л"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "styrnó",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стырно́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kormílo",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "корми́ло"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šturvál",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "щурва́л"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timó"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duò",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "舵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "舵輪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duòlún",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "舵轮"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kormidlo"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ror"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "helmstok"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "ruori"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "temón"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ruder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Steuer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Steuerruder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Steuerung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pidálio",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πηδάλιο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pēdálion",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πηδάλιον"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "galgal hege",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גַּלְגַל הֶגֶה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hegeh",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "הֶגֶה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yadit hege",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "יָדִית הֶגֶה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "kormány"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "halmadóir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timone"
},
{
"alt": "だりん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "darin",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "舵輪"
},
{
"alt": "かじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaji",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "舵"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ki",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "키"
},
{
"alt": "舵",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ta",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "타"
},
{
"alt": "舵輪",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "taryun",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "타륜"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gubernāculum"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kormilo",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кормило"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "cukkāṉ",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "ചുക്കാൻ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ror"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ror"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Scheppstia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ster"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timão"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cârmă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "timonă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kormílo",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"dated",
"neuter",
"poetic"
],
"word": "корми́ло"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šturvál",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штурва́л"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "failm"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "falmadair"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stiùir"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "ко̀рмило"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "kòrmilo"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kormidlo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "krma"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krmilo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "roder"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"word": "dümen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kermó",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кермо́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kormýlo",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "корми́ло"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sternó",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стерно́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "šturvál",
"sense": "tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штурва́л"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "use of a helm; amount of space through which a helm is turned",
"word": "ruorin käyttö"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ruljavý",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рулявы́"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "štúrman",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шту́рман"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "styrnavý",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стырнавы́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kormčíja",
"sense": "member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кормчи́я"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"ref": "1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 172:",
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"text": "Ile ſtriue to be nor great nor ſmale, / To liue nor die, fate helmeth all, / VVhen I can breath no longer, then, / Heauen take all, there put Amen.",
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"text": "\"I wanted to change the world, but I could not even change my underwear,\" sings John Grant at the piano, in a luxuriant baritone croon as thick and healthy as his beard. It’s hard to reconcile the guy who once struggled to so much as put on clean pants back in the bad old days – well-storied, not least through his own songs – with the one warmly and gracefully helming this complex, prestigious production – the penultimate date on a tour of packed concert halls, backed by an orchestra.",
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"ref": "2021 July 26, Lauren Sarner, “Kevin Smith on ‘Masters of the Universe’ and fan backlash”, in New York Post:",
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"ref": "2023 August 23, Ellie Johnson, “Top prizes on offer at raffle for Railway Benefit Fund”, in RAIL, number 990, page 11:",
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"text": "Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, / Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes / Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte, / In euery part exceding braue and rich.",
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"ref": "1583, John Foxe, “Notes Omitted of Them that Were Burnt at Bristol”, in Stephen Reed Cattley, editor, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: […], new edition, volume VIII, London: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside; and sold by L. & G. Seeley, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 737:",
"text": "The sheriff, John Griffith, had prepared green wood to burn him; but one master John Pikes, pitying the man, caused divers to go with him to Ridland, half a mile off, who brought good store of helme-sheaves, which indeed made good dispatch with little pain, in comparison to that he should have suffered with the green wood.",
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"text": "The Italians, and Spaniards, call it Sparto, and the ſecond ſort Albardi, The Dutch Halm. And vve in Engliſh, Helme, and Matvveede, but the people all along the Coaſts of Norfolke and Suffolke, call it Marram, and may be called Sea Ruſhes as vvell.",
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"word": "levittää"
}
],
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}
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