Definitions from Wiktionary (helm)
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (by extension)
▸ noun: (nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
▸ noun: (nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
▸ noun: Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
▸ noun: (figuratively)
▸ noun: A position of control or leadership.
▸ noun: One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
▸ verb: (nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
▸ verb: (figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
▸ noun: (archaic or poetic) A helmet.
▸ noun: (heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”)
▸ noun: (by extension)
▸ noun: (Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
▸ noun: (Northern England (Cumberland, Westmorland)) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
▸ noun: (obsolete)
▸ noun: (except British, dialectal) The crown or top of something.
▸ noun: (alchemy, chemistry) The upper part or cap of an alembic or retort.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic or poetic) To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.
▸ noun: (countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
▸ noun: (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)
▸ verb: (transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
▸ noun: The only named wind in the British Isles. It blows westward from the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar.
▸ noun: (countable) A surname.
▸ noun: (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”) [(uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.]
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▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (by extension)
▸ noun: (nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
▸ noun: (nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
▸ noun: Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
▸ noun: (figuratively)
▸ noun: A position of control or leadership.
▸ noun: One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
▸ verb: (nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
▸ verb: (figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
▸ noun: (archaic or poetic) A helmet.
▸ noun: (heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”)
▸ noun: (by extension)
▸ noun: (Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
▸ noun: (Northern England (Cumberland, Westmorland)) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
▸ noun: (obsolete)
▸ noun: (except British, dialectal) The crown or top of something.
▸ noun: (alchemy, chemistry) The upper part or cap of an alembic or retort.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic or poetic) To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.
▸ noun: (countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
▸ noun: (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)
▸ verb: (transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
▸ noun: The only named wind in the British Isles. It blows westward from the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar.
▸ noun: (countable) A surname.
▸ noun: (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”) [(uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.]
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