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English Dictionary: guide	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for guide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guide n someone employed to conduct others Synonym(s): usher, guide someone who shows the way by leading or advising something that offers basic information or instruction Synonym(s): guidebook, guide a model or standard for making comparisons Synonym(s): template, templet, guide someone who can find paths through unexplored territory Synonym(s): scout, pathfinder, guide a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something v direct the course; determine the direction of travelling Synonym(s): steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" Synonym(s): lead, take, direct, conduct, guide be a guiding or motivating force or drive; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses" Synonym(s): guide, steer use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on" Synonym(s): guide, guide on pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" Synonym(s): guide, run, draw, pass
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gide \Gide\, Guide \Guide\, n. [OF. guide, guiche.] (Anc. Armor) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder. --Meyrick (Ancient Armor).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GUIDE {Graphical User Interface} Development Environment from {Sun}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Guide A {hypertext} system from the University of Kent (GB) and {OWL} for displaying on-line documentation.