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- DictionaryHelm/helm/
noun
- 1. a tiller or wheel and any associated equipment for steering a ship or boat: "she stayed at the helm, alert for tankers"
verb
- 1. steer (a boat or ship): "he helmed a sailing vessel"
The meaning of HELM is a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering; broadly : the entire apparatus for steering a ship. How to use helm in a sentence.
HELM definition: 1. the handle or wheel which controls the direction in which a ship or boat travels: 2. officially…. Learn more.
HELM meaning: 1. the handle or wheel which controls the direction in which a ship or boat travels: 2. officially…. Learn more.
a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered. the entire steering apparatus of a ship. the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned: 15-degree helm. the place or post of control: A stern taskmaster was at the helm of the company.
When someone takes over from someone else — as when a newly elected official takes office, or when a company appoints a new head — you would say that new person has taken the helm. But if you're going to take the helm or be at the helm, you can't have an empty boat.
1. a. a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered. b. the entire steering apparatus of a ship. c. the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned: 15-degree helm.
noun. 1. nautical. a. the wheel, tiller, or entire apparatus by which a vessel is steered. b. the position of the helm: that is, on the side of the keel opposite from that of the rudder. 2. a position of leadership or control (esp in the phrase at the helm) verb.
