guide
Other forms: guided; guides; guiding
A guide is someone who shows you the way. You'd be lucky to have a kind older sibling to act as your guide through middle school, giving you advice and helping you figure out the school and social scenes.
A guide often leads tourists through a city, taking them to important sites, or assists a group of mountain climbers. Another kind of guide is a book of helpful instructions about what to see in a particular country, how to get along with your teenager, or the best way to grow orchids. When you guide people, you help them find their way, whether it's through the New York subway system or through the steps of building a campfire.
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someone employed to conduct others
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someone who shows the way by leading or advising
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types:
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cicerone
a guide who conducts and informs sightseers
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docent, tour guide
a guide who leads others on a tour
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type of:
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leader
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
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cicerone
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someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
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synonyms:
pathfinder, scout
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examples:
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Sacagawea
the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way
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types:
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hunting guide
guide to people hunting in unfamiliar territory
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trailblazer
someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees
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Sacagawea
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direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
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synonyms:
channelise, channelize, direct, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
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types:
- show 18 types...
- hide 18 types...
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dock
maneuver into a dock
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sheer
cause to sheer
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pull over
steer a vehicle to the side of the road
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helm
be at or take the helm of
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crab
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
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navigate
direct carefully and safely
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stand out
steer away from shore, of ships
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starboard
turn to the right, of helms or rudders
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conn
conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
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navigate, pilot
act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
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canalise, canalize, channel
direct the flow of
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corner, tree
force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
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park
maneuver a vehicle into a parking space
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dry-dock, drydock
maneuver (a ship) into a drydock
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astrogate
guide in interplanetary travel
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angle-park
park at an angle
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parallel-park
park directly behind another vehicle
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double-park
park a vehicle alongside another
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be a guiding or motivating force or drive
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take somebody somewhere
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types:
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beacon
guide with a beacon
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hand
guide or conduct or usher somewhere
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lead astray, misdirect, misguide, mislead
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
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show, usher
take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
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marshal
lead ceremoniously, as in a procession
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pass over, across, or through
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draw, string, thread
thread on or as if on a string
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lead, run
cause something to pass or lead somewhere
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types:
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rub
move over something with pressure
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thread
pass through or into
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thread
pass a thread through
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brush
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
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pumice
rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen
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gauge
rub to a uniform size
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puree, strain
rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
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rosin
rub rosin onto
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sponge down, sponge off
clean with a sponge, by rubbing
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worry
touch or rub constantly
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scour, scrub
clean with hard rubbing
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abrade, scour
rub hard or scrub
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blur, smear, smudge, smutch
make a smudge on; soil by smudging
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grate, scrape
scratch repeatedly
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pass over, wipe
rub with a circular motion
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grate
reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
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draw, string, thread
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something that offers basic information or instruction
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synonyms:
guidebook
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types:
- show 4 types...
- hide 4 types...
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field guide
a guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field
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roadbook
a guidebook describing the roads of a country; contains maps and (sometimes) a gazetteer
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itinerary, travel guidebook
a guidebook for travelers
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baedeker
any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker
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type of:
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enchiridion, handbook, vade mecum
a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
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a model or standard for making comparisons
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a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
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type of:
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construction, structure
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
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construction, structure
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