Associations to the word «Helm»

Wiktionary

HELM, noun. (nautical) The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.
HELM, noun. (maritime) The member of the crew in charge of steering the boat.
HELM, noun. (figurative) A position of leadership or control.
HELM, noun. One at the place of direction or control; a guide; a director.
HELM, noun. (heraldry) A helmet.
HELM, noun. (obsolete) (UK) (dialect) A helve.
HELM, verb. To be a helmsman or a member of the helm; to be in charge of steering the boat.
HELM, verb. (by extension) To lead (a project, etc.).
HELM, noun. (rare) (poetic) A helmet.
HELM, noun. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.
HELM, noun. Alternative form of haulm (a straw)
HELM, proper noun. The only named wind in the British Isles. Blows westward form the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar.

Dictionary definition

HELM, noun. Steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered.
HELM, noun. A position of leadership; "the President is at the helm of the Ship of State".
HELM, verb. Be at or take the helm of; "helm the ship".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats