/ɡaɪd/
Originc. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Cognate with Old English wītan (“to see, take heed to, watch after, guard, keep”). Related also to English wit.
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
“The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.”
“He will be our guide, even unto death.”
“Some tourists aggravate their position by hiring a guide. Every city of any historic importance breeds a class of mortals that are born guides; they have come to belong to the "staffage" of picturesqu”
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
- Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- datedA strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.
- A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
“The familiars of the magicians, on the other hand, were not in all cases evil, and often may have approximated the "guides" with whom present-day spiritualists are well acquainted.”
- A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
“And that you'd guide me to your Soueraignes Court,”
“Kolyat: I brought a prayer book, Commander. Would you care to join me?
Kolyat: Kalahira, this one's heart is pure, but beset by wickedness and contention.
Shepard: Guide this one to where the traveler”
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
“A good man sheweth fauour and lendeth: he will guide his affaires with discretion.”
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- intransitiveTo act as a guide.
- A village in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7025).
- A county of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.
“She said she had chosen to speak out because she wanted to explain to the public why she left Guide county in Qinghai, where she and her husband Xie Chengde ran a successful honey farm that once featu”
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