| Follow |
v. t. |
To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend. |
| Follow |
v. t. |
To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute. |
| Follow |
v. t. |
To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice. |
| Follow |
v. t. |
To copy after; to take as an example. |
| Follow |
v. t. |
To succeed in order of time, rank, or office. |
| Follow |
v. t. |
To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise. |
| Follow |
v. t. |
To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument. |
| Follow |
v. t. |
To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. |
| Follow |
v. i. |
To go or come after;
used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate. |
| Follow |
n. |
The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot. |
| Followed |
imp. & p. p. |
of Follow |
| Follower |
n. |
One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer. |
| Follower |
n. |
A sweetheart; a beau. |
| Follower |
n. |
The removable flange, or cover, of a piston. See Illust. of Piston. |
| Follower |
n. |
A gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box. |
| Follower |
n. |
The part of a machine that receives motion from another part. See Driver. |
| Follower |
n. |
Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed. |
| Following |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Follow |
| Following |
n. |
One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. |
| Following |
n. |
Vocation; business; profession. |
| Following |
a. |
Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day. |
| Following |
a. |
(In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding. |
| Following edge |
|
See Advancing-edge, above. |
| Following surface |
|
See Advancing-surface, above. |
