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What's The Definition Of Guide?
[n] a model or standard for making comparisons
[n] something that offers basic information or instruction [n] someone who shows the way by leading or advising [n] someone who can find paths through unexplored territory [n] someone employed to conduct others [v] guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" [v] direct the course; determine the direction of travelling [v] take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [v] use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on" [v] be a guiding force, as with directions or advice; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses" Synonyms | Synonyms for Guide: channelise | channelize | conduct | direct | draw | guide on | guidebook | head | lead | maneuver | manoeuvre | pass | pathfinder | point | run | scout | steer | steer | take | template | templet | usher Related Terms | Find 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| maestro | manage | manes | maneuver | manhole | manual | marker | marshal | Masan | master | materialization | meddle | meddler | melamed | mentor | mercury | messenger | metaphrast | milepost | ministering angel | minute hand | model | monitor | mousehole | mullah | navigate | navigator | needle | nestor | numen | oneirocritic | oni | open the eyes | operate | order | orienter | outstrip | oversee | pace | pandit | paraphrast | pathfinder | pedagogist | pedagogue | peephole | penates | penstock | pentrough | phantasm | phantasma | phantom | pigeonhole | pilot | pinhole | pioneer | placket | placket hole | point | pointer | Polonius | poltergeist | porthole | precede | precedent | preceptist | preceptor | precursor | predecessor | prescribe | presence | professor | propose | punch-hole | pundit | rabbi | recommend | reeducate | regulate | revenant | river pilot | route | rule | run | scholiast | school | schoolkeeper | schoolmaster | schoolteacher | scout | see | set right | set the 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| conn | control | corner | diffuse | direct | disperse | disseminate | distribute | dock | enchiridion | escort | example | expert | field guide | handbook | hunting guide | itinerary | lead astray | leader | misguide | mislead | model | navigate | orient | orientate | park | pass around | pass over | pilot | propagate | pull over | rhythm | roadbook | rub | sheer | show | speech rhythm | spread | stand out | starboard | tour guide | travel guidebook | usher | usherette | vade mecum | wipe Guide In Webster's Dictionary \Guide\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guided}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Guiding}.] [OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It. guidare; prob.
of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed
to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob.
meant, to indicate, point to, and hence, to show the way. Cf.
{Wit}, {Guy} a rope, {Gye.}]
1. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or
path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler.
I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's
court. --Shak.
2. To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to
superintend the training or education of; to instruct and
influence intellectually or morally; to train.
He will guide his affairs with discretion. --Ps.
cxii. 5.
The meek will he guide in judgment. --Ps. xxv. 9.
\Guide\, n. [OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See {Guide}, v. t.] 1. A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook. 2. One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of lifo; a director; a regulator. He will be our guide, even unto death. --Ps. xlviii. 14. 3. Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator; as: (a) (Water Wheels) A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets. (b) (Surgery) A grooved director for a probe or knife. (c) (Printing) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting. 4. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics. --Farrow. {Guide bar} (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute for the parallel motion; -- called also {guide}, and {slide bar}. {Guide block} (Steam Engine), a block attached in to the crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar. {Guide meridian}. (Surveying) See under {Meridian}. {Guide pile} (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a point to work to. {Guide pulley} (Mach.), a pulley for directing or changing the line of motion of belt; an idler. --Knight. {Guide rail} (Railroads), an additional rail, between the others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients. |
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