Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
Nearby Entries
Guide - 9 dictionary results
Guided Bow River Fishing
 Fly Fish for World Class Trophy Brown and Rainbow Trout
 www.HopperStone.ca

guide

  [gahyd] verb, guid⋅ed, guid⋅ing, noun
Use Guide in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
2. to accompany (a sightseer) to show points of interest and to explain their meaning or significance.
3. to force (a person, object, or animal) to move in a certain path.
4. to supply (a person) with advice or counsel, as in practical or spiritual affairs.
5. to supervise (someone's actions or affairs) in an advisory capacity.
–noun
6. a person who guides, esp. one hired to guide travelers, tourists, hunters, etc.
7. a mark, tab, or the like, to catch the eye and thus provide quick reference.
8. a guidebook.
9. a book, pamphlet, etc., giving information, instructions, or advice; handbook: an investment guide.
10. a guidepost.
11. a device that regulates or directs progressive motion or action: a sewing-machine guide.
12. a spirit believed to direct the utterances of a medium.
13. Military. a member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
Origin:
1325–75; ME giden (v.), gide (n.) < OF gui(d)er (v.), gui(d)e (n.) < Gmc; akin to wit 2

Related forms:
guid⋅a⋅ble, adjective
guideless, adjective
guider, noun
guid⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. pilot, steer, escort. Guide, conduct, direct, lead imply showing the way or pointing out or determining the course to be taken. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To conduct is to precede or escort to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station. To lead is to bring onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, fig., to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray. 5. regulate, manage, govern, rule. 6. pilot, director, conductor. 7. sign, signal, indication, key, clue.

Antonyms:
1. follow.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To Guide
guide   (gīd)   
n.  
    1. One who shows the way by leading, directing, or advising.
    2. One who serves as a model for others, as in a course of conduct.
    3. Something, such as a pamphlet, that offers basic information or instruction: a shopper's guide.
    4. A guidebook.
    5. Something that serves to direct or indicate.
    6. A device, such as a ruler, tab, or bar, that serves as an indicator or acts to regulate a motion or operation.
  2. A person employed to conduct others, as through a museum, and give information about points of interest encountered.
    1. Something, such as a pamphlet, that offers basic information or instruction: a shopper's guide.
    2. A guidebook.
    3. Something that serves to direct or indicate.
    4. A device, such as a ruler, tab, or bar, that serves as an indicator or acts to regulate a motion or operation.
    1. Something that serves to direct or indicate.
    2. A device, such as a ruler, tab, or bar, that serves as an indicator or acts to regulate a motion or operation.
  5. A soldier stationed at the right or left of a column of marchers to control alignment, show direction, or mark the point of pivot.
v.   guid·ed, guid·ing, guides

v.   tr.
  1. To serve as a guide for; conduct.
  2. To direct the course of; steer: guide a ship through a channel.
  3. To exert control or influence over.
  4. To supervise the training or education of.
v.   intr.
To serve as a guide.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Old Provençal guida, from guidar, to guide, of Germanic origin; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
guid'a·ble adj., guid'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to conduct on or direct to the way: guided me to my seat; led the troops into battle; a teacher piloting students through the zoo; shepherding tourists to the bus; steered the applicant to the third floor; ushering a visitor out.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

Guide

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

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : Guide
Spanish: guiar, dirigir,
German: führen,
Japanese: 導く
More Translations »

guide  (v.)
c.1374, from O.Fr. guider "to guide, lead, conduct," from Frank. *witan "show the way," from P.Gmc. *wit- "to know" (cf. Ger. weisen "to show, point out," O.E. witan "to see"). The Fr. word infl. by O.Prov. guidar (n.) "guide, leader," from the same source. The noun meaning "one who shows the way" first recorded 1362. Guidance is first recorded 1590, replacing 15c. guying. With reference to problems and advice (in school, career, etc.) it is first recorded 1927. In 18c. France, a "for Dummies" or "Idiot's Guide to" book would be a guid' âne, lit. "guide-ass."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source

Main Entry: guide
Pronunciation: 'gId
Function: noun
: a grooved director for a surgical probe or knife
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Cite This Source

guide (gīd)
n.
A device or instrument by which something is led into its proper course, such as a grooved director or a catheter guide.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source

GUIDE
Graphical User Interface Development Environment from Sun.

Guide
A hypertext system from the University of Kent (GB) and OWL for displaying on-line documentation.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Cite This Source
Search another word or see Guide on Thesaurus | Reference
Guided Bow River Fishing
 Fly Fish for World Class Trophy Brown and Rainbow Trout
 www.HopperStone.ca