guide

guide
guide [gīd]
vt.
guided, guiding [ME giden < OFr guider < guide < It guida < Goth * wida, leader, guide < * witan, to observe, akin to OE witan, to see: see WISE1]
1. to point out the way for; direct on a course; conduct; lead
2. to direct the course or motion of (a vehicle, implement, etc.) by physical action
3. to give instruction to; train
4. to direct (the policies, actions, etc.) of; manage; regulate
vi.
to act as a guide
n.
a person or thing that guides; specif.,
a) a person whose work is conducting strangers or tourists through a region, building, etc.
b) a person who directs, or serves as the model for, another's conduct, career, etc.
c) a part that controls the motion of other parts of a machine
d) a guidebook
e) a book giving instruction in the elements of some subject; handbook [a guide to mathematics]
f) Mil. a soldier at the right front of a column, who regulates its pace and alignment and indicates its route
guidable
adj.

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