v. 1
To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
v. 2
To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
n. 1
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.
n. 2
A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.

Related words

Word family: guidance guideline guiderail guidon guidable guider guiding
Phrases: tour guide guide line honey guide guide book guide rail tourist guide travel guide audio guide

Forms

Plural: guides → guiders, xenagogues, pathfinders, scouts…
Past participle: guided
e.g. guided → leaded, directed, navigated, instructed…

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: run¹, key¹
4 letters: take¹, show¹, head¹, hand¹, lead¹, pass¹, rule¹, draw¹, sway¹
5 letters: point¹, drive¹, train¹, teach¹, pilot², scout¹, steer¹, usher²
6 letters: leader², direct², manage², legend², mentor², govern², beacon², guider²
7 letters: control², conduct², monitor³, advisor³, courier³, templet²
8 letters: director³, marshall², regulate³, navigate³, template², maneuver³, instruct², cicerone³
9 letters: influence³, counselor³, conductor³, itinerary⁵, manoeuvre, xenagogue
10 letters: instructor³, counsellor³, pathfinder³, channelize, channelise
11 letters: interpreter⁴, superintend

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pilot² = 2 syllables).