| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Helm.[Websters]
2. To be cleated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have controlled, supervised or administrated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be membered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have steered, administered or sailed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be flatted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have poled, beamed, barred, shafted or staffed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be oared or tentered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have ruled or reined. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be coxed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb helm.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (helm) | 1. Be at or take the helm of; "helm the ship".[Wordnet]. 2. To steer; to guide; to direct.[Websters]. 3. To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: helming, helmed, helms, helmer, helmers, helmingly and helmedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Covered with a helmet.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HELMED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1388. (references) |
Specialty Definition: helm
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] The instrument by which a ship is steered, consisting of a rudder, a tiller, and in large vessels, a wheel. [See Rudder.]. | 2: [Noun] Station of government; the place of direction or management; as, to be at the helm in the administration.. | 3: [Verb] To steer; to guide; to direct.. | 4: [Verb] To cover with a helmet. HELM. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Antiquities | Helm. See Gubernaculum. (references) | ||
| Geography | 1: Helm is geographically located in Austria. Its features include a peak (a pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature). Its geographic coordinates are 46.716667 degrees North latitude and 12.383333 degrees East longitude. (references) | 2: Helm is geographically located in Germany. Its features include a farm (a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture), a grazing area (an area of grasses and shrubs used for grazing), and a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 48.016667 degrees North latitude and 12.366667 degrees East longitude. (references) | 3: Helm is geographically located in Italy. Its features include a peak (a pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature). Its geographic coordinates are 46.716667 degrees North latitude and 12.383333 degrees East longitude. (references) | 4: Helm is geographically located in Zimbabwe. Its features include a farm (a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture). Its geographic coordinates are 18.066667 degrees South latitude and 31.566667 degrees East longitude. (references) |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Etymology 1] (maritime) The member of the crew in charge of steering the boat. (references) | 2: [Etymology 1] (metaphor) A position of leadership or control. (references) | 3: [Etymology 1] (nautical) The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel. (references) | 4: [Etymology 1] To be a helmsman or a member of the helm; to be in charge of steering the boat. (references) | 5: [Etymology 2] (archaic) A helmet. (references) | 6: [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. (references) |
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Common Expressions: helm
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Anne Helm | Anne Helm (born September 12, 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an actress, author, and illustrator. (references) | ||
| Brigitte Helm | Brigitte Helm (March 17, 1908 - June 11, 1996) was a German actress. The most famous role was in Fritz Lang's Metropolis in 1927. (references) | ||
| Down helm | (Naut.), an order to the helmsman to put the helm to leeward. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| English coin Quarter Florin or Helm | The Quarter Florin or Helm was an attempt by English king Edward III to produce a gold coinage suitable for use in Europe as well as in England (see also Florin or Double Leopard and Half Florin or Leopard). The quarter florin, based on contemporary European gold coins had a value of one shilling and sixpence. Unfortunately the gold used to strike the coins was overvalued, resulting in the coins being unacceptable to the public, and the coins were withdrawn after only a few months in circulation, in August 1344, to be melted down to produce the more popular gold Noble. (references) | ||
| Great helm | The great helm of the High Middle Ages arose in the early 13th century from late Spangenhelm designs, in the context of the crusades, and remained in use throughout the 14th century, being gradually replaced by sallet and bascinet. (references) | ||
| Helm (god) | Helm, The Watcher, is a fictional god in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. (references) | ||
| Helm amidships | When the tiller, rudder, and keel are in the same plane. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Helm aport | When the tiller is borne over to the port side of the ship. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Helm astarboard | When the tiller is borne to the starboard side. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Helm down | Helm alee. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Helm hard alee | Hard astarboard , etc., when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Helm port | The round hole in a vessel's counter through which the rudderstock passes. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Helm up | Helm aweather. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Helm Wind | The Helm Wind is a named wind in Cumbria, England. It can be so forceful that it has been wrongly described as hurricane. It is the only named wind in the British Isles. It may take its name from the helmet or cap formed above the fells, also called the Helm Bar as a line of clouds over the fells can predict or accompany a Helm. A bloody strong wind, I know, I flew. (references) | ||
| Leonard Helm | Leonard Helm was born around 1720 probably in Stafford County, Virginia. He died while fighting Native American allies of British troops during one of the last engagements of the Revolutionary War around June 4, 1782 in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Kentucky). (references) | ||
| Mathew Helm | Mathew Helm is an Australian diver who won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. He was in first place at the end of the preliminary round and the semi-finals, but was passed by Chinese diver Hu Jia in the finals. Helm was born on December 9, 1980 in Newcastle, Australia. (references) | ||
| Matt Helm | Matt Helm, a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton, is a U.S. government counteragent—a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of the term as used in spy thrillers. thumb|right|300px|Matt Helm as depicted on the back cover of The Wrecking Crew, 1960He appeared in 27 books over a 33-year period beginning in 1960 and established himself as the most tough-minded and most competent of all fictional agents, whatever their roles. The series was noted for its between-books continuity, which was somewhat rare for the genre. In the latter books, however, Helm's origins as a man of action in World War II disappeared and he became an apparently ageless character, a common fate of long-running fictional heros. (references) | ||
| Michael Helm | Michael Helm is a Canadian novelist. (references) | ||
| Richard Helm | Richard Helm is one of the four authors of Design Patterns. (references) | ||
| Solem v. Helm | Under South Dakota Law, Helm, who had written a check from a fictitious account and had reached his seventh nonviolent felony conviction since 1964, was mandatorily sentenced to life in prison with no parole. Solem was the warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary. (references) | ||
| The Helm and Cloak | The Helm and Cloak Inn located in the fictional city of Baldur's Gate of the Forgotten Realms. It is rumoured that hidden inside is the helm and cloak of Balduron himself, the man who founded the city many centuries ago. (references) | ||
| To shift the helm | To bear the tiller over to the corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Up helm | (Naut.), the order given to move the tiller toward the upper, or windward, side of a vessel. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| USS Helm (DD-388) | USS Helm (DD-388) was a Bagley-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Rear Admiral James Meredith Helm. Helm received 11 battle stars for her World War II service in the Pacific. (references) | ||
| Weather helm | (Naut.), a tendency on the part of a sailing vessel to come up into the wind, rendering it necessary to put the helm up, that is, toward the weather side. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: helm
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Helm indicator | Food & Agriculture | An electrical or mechanical appliance to indicate at a steering station the angle the rudder makes with the keel line of the ship. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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