Usually means: Control or steering mechanism, ship.
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We found 44 dictionaries that define the word helm:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. helm: Merriam-Webster
  2. helm, helm, helm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. helm, helm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. helm: Collins English Dictionary
  5. helm: Vocabulary.com
  6. Helm, helm: Wordnik
  7. helm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Helm, helm: Wiktionary
  9. helm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. helm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. helm: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. HELM: Dictionary.com
  13. helm: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. helm: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Helm (Forgotten Realms), Helm (album), Helm (surname), Helm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Helm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. helm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. helm: Rhymezone
  19. Helm (m), Helm, helm (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. helm: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. helm: FreeDictionary.org
  22. helm: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. helm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. helm: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. helm: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. helm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. helm: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. helm: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. HELM: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. helm: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Helm: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Helm: Sports Definitions

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. HELM: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Helm: Latitude Mexico
  7. Sandahl, Middle English Sea Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See helmed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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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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