| Course |
n. |
The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. |
| Course |
n. |
The ground or path traversed; track; way. |
| Course |
n. |
Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance. |
| Course |
n. |
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. |
| Course |
n. |
Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument. |
| Course |
n. |
Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws. |
| Course |
n. |
Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior. |
| Course |
n. |
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. |
| Course |
n. |
The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn. |
| Course |
n. |
That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments. |
| Course |
n. |
A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building. |
| Course |
n. |
The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc. |
| Course |
n. |
The menses. |
| Course |
v. t. |
To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue. |
| Course |
v. t. |
To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer. |
| Course |
v. t. |
To run through or over. |
| Course |
v. i. |
To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire. |
| Course |
v. i. |
To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins. |
