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Ruder — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • helm noun The wheel or tiller used to steer a ship; more broadly, the position of control or leadership.
  • oar noun A long pole with a flat blade used to row or steer a boat.
  • rudder noun A flat, hinged piece at the back of a boat or aircraft used to steer it.

Senses

Ruder is used for these senses in English:

  • helm (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.
  • oar A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
  • rudder (nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
  • rudder (aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.
  • webfoot (plural "webfoots") A web-footed animal.

helm — full definition

  1. noun The wheel or tiller used to steer a ship; more broadly, the position of control or leadership.
  2. verb To steer a vessel, or to lead or direct a project or organization.

oar — full definition

  1. noun A long pole with a flat blade used to row or steer a boat.
  2. verb To row using oars.

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