steer vs verb

steer

verb
  • To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action. 

  • To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm. 

  • To direct a group of animals. 

  • To direct a conversation. 

  • To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel). 

  • To castrate (a male calf). 

  • To direct or send an object into a specific place 

  • To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action. 

noun
  • A suggestion about a course of action. 

  • The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production. 

verb

verb
  • To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb. 

  • To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb. 

noun
  • A named command that performs a specific operation on an object. 

  • A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. 

  • An action as opposed to a trait or thing. 

How often have the words steer and verb occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )