Definition of helm

"helm" in the noun sense

1. helm

steering mechanism for a vessel a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered

2. helm

figurative) a position of leadership

"the President is at the helm of the Ship of State"

"helm" in the verb sense

1. helm

be at or take the helm of

"helm the ship"

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Quotations for helm

Without an helm or pilot her to sway;
Full sad and dreadful is that ship's event,
So is the man that wants intendiment. [ Spenser ]

Chance will not do the work -
Chance sends the breeze;
But if the pilot slumber at the helm.
The very wind that wafts us towards the port
May dash us on the shelves.
The steersman's part is vigilance.
Blow it or rough or smooth. [ Sir Walter Scott ]

Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows,
While proudly rising over the azure realm,
In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes,
Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm. [ Gray ]

It is the ordinary way of the world to keep Folly at the helm, and Wisdom under the hatches. [ Proverb ]

A good library is an anchor to keep a young man from roving, and a helm to aid an old man to gain the greatest possible benefit from what remains of the breeze. [ W. D. Haley ]

When the wandering demon of Drunkenness finds a ship adrift - no steady wind in its sails, no thoughtful pilot directing its course - he steps on board, takes the helm and steers straight for the maelstrom. [ Holmes ]

It is the passions which do and undo everything; if reason ruled, nothing would get on. It is said that pilots fear beyond everything those halcyon seas where the vessel obeys not the helm, and that they prefer wind at the risk of storms. [ Fontenelle ]

A phlegmatic insensibility is as different from patience as a pool from a harbor; into the one, indolence naturally sinks us; but if we arrive at the other, it is by encountering many an adverse wind and rough wave, with a more skillful pilot at the helm than self, and a company under better command than the passions. [ L. W. Dilwyn ]

helm in Scrabble®

The word helm is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

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helm in Words With Friends™

The word helm is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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Words within the letters of helm

2 letter words in helm (5 words)

3 letter words in helm (2 words)

4 letter words in helm (1 word)

helm + 1 blank (3 words)

Word Growth involving helm

Shorter words in helm

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Longer words containing helm

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