Definition of Helm

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Definition of Helm

Helm

See Haulm, straw.

The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.

The place or office of direction or administration.

One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.

A helve.

To steer; to guide; to direct.

A helmet.

A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.

To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.

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Helm Quotations

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
Henrik Ibsen

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.
Henry B. Adams

Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race.
Joseph Barbera

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
Ralph Bakshi

I actually defeated an incumbent Republican senator who was part of the Jesse Helm's political machine in North Carolina, the result of which is I'm now the senior senator from North Carolina instead of Jesse Helms, which is a very good thing for this country.
John Edwards

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance.
Eisaku Sato

Helm Translations

helm in Danish is ror
helm in Dutch is stuur, roer
helm in French is gouvernail, timon
helm in German is Steuerruder
helm in Italian is tassa
helm in Portuguese is leme
helm in Swedish is roder, styre

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