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# helm

«helm» in Mova's school dictionary: **the wheel or handle used to steer a ship or boat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (helms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The helm is the wheel or handle used to steer a ship or boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helm/#m1)

2) To be at the helm means to be in charge of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helm/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the helm is where the ship is steered, and someone at the helm is the one in control

### examples

- The captain stood at the helm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helm/#x1)
- Turn the helm to the left! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helm/#x2)
- Our teacher is at the helm of the school trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helm/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «helm» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helm/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.