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- [helm]
- /hɛlm/
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- [helm]
- /hɛlm/
Definitions of helm word
- noun helm Also, heaume. Also called great helm. a medieval helmet, typically formed as a single cylindrical piece with a flat or raised top, completely enclosing the head. 1
- noun helm Archaic. a helmet. 1
- verb with object helm to furnish or cover with a helmet. 1
- noun helm A tiller or wheel and any associated equipment for steering a ship or boat. 1
- noun helm ship: steering wheel 1
- noun helm company: leadership 1
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Origin of helm
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English helme, Old English helma; cognate with Middle High German halme, helm handle, Old Norse hjalm rudder
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Parts of speech for Helm
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
helm popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
helm usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for helm
noun helm
- control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
- reins — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
verb helm
- steer — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- spearhead — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- head up — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.
Antonyms for helm
noun helm
- dishelm — to deprive of a helmet.
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