course

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

2. 2noun

   The ground or path traversed; track; way.

3. 3noun

   Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance.

4. 4noun

   Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race.

5. 5noun

   Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument.

6. 6noun

   Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws.

7. 7noun

   Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior.

8. 8noun

   A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry.

9. 9noun

   The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.

10. 10noun

    That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments.

11. 11noun

    A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building.

12. 12noun

    The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.

13. 13noun

    The menses.

14. 14transitive verb

    To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue.

15. 15transitive verb

    To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer.

16. 16transitive verb

    To run through or over.

17. 17intransitive verb

    To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire.

18. 18intransitive verb

    To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins.

19. 19noun

    a mode of action

    "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"

    "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"

20. 20noun

    education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

    "he took a course in basket weaving"

    "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

    Synonyms

    class
21. 21noun

    facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport

    "the course had only nine holes"

    "the course was less than a mile"

22. 22noun

    (construction) a layer of masonry

    "a course of bricks"

    Synonyms

    row
23. 23noun

    part of a meal served at one time

    "she prepared a three course meal"

24. 24noun

    a body of students who are taught together

    "early morning classes are always sleepy"

    Synonyms

    classformgrade
25. 25noun

    a connected series of events or actions or developments

    "the government took a firm course"

    "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"

    Synonyms

    line
26. 26noun

    general line of orientation

    "the river takes a southern course"

    "the northeastern trend of the coast"

    Synonyms

    trend
27. 27noun

    a line or route along which something travels or moves

    "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"

    "the track of an animal"

    Synonyms

    pathtrack
28. 28verb

    hunt with hounds

    "He often courses hares"

29. 29verb

    move along, of liquids

    "Water flowed into the cave"

    "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

    Synonyms

    feedflowrun
30. 30verb

    move swiftly through or over

    "ships coursing the Atlantic"

31. 31adverb

    as might be expected

    "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"

    Synonyms

    naturally