Definitions of helm

1. To steer; to guide; to direct.

2. To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.

3. To steer.

4. a position of leadership; " the President is at the helm of the Ship of State"

5. The place or office of direction or administration.

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

7. A helve.

8. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.

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

10. Armor for the head.

11. Handle of a ship's rudder.

12. The steering apparatus of a vessel; tiller.

13. An instrument by which a ship is steered; place of direction or management.

14. Armour for the head; the part of a coat- of- arms that bears the crest; the upper part of a retort; the hooded upper lip of some flowers.

15. The movable instr. at the hinder part of a ship by which it is steered; the place of direction or management.