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Adjective guiding has 2 senses
- guiding - exerting control or influence; "a guiding principle"
Antonym: following (indirect, via leading)
- directing, directional, directive, guiding - showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"
Antonym: following (indirect, via leading)
Verb guide has 5 senses
- steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
--1 is one way to control, command
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- lead, take, direct, conduct, guide - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
Sample sentence:
The men guide the horses across the field
- guide, steer - be a guiding force, as with directions or advice; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses"
--3 is one way to direct
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- guide, guide on - use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on"
--4 is one way to orient, orientate
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Something ----s something
- guide, run, draw, pass - guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
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Somebody ----s something PP
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