course

1. n. The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. Source: opted

2. n. The ground or path traversed; track; way. Source: opted

3. n. Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. n. Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws. Source: opted

7. n. Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior. Source: opted

8. 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. Source: opted

9. n. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn. Source: opted

10. n. That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments. Source: opted

11. n. A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building. Source: opted

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

13. n. The menses. Source: opted

14. v. t. To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue. Source: opted

15. v. t. To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer. Source: opted

16. v. t. To run through or over. Source: opted

17. 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. Source: opted

18. v. i. To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins. Source: opted

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