'Course' definitions:

Definition of 'course'

(from WordNet)
adverb
As might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill" [syn: naturally, of course, course] [ant: unnaturally]
noun
Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" [syn: course, course of study, course of instruction, class]
noun
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" [syn: course, line]
noun
General line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn: course, trend]
noun
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" [syn: course, course of action]
noun
A line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: path, track, course]
noun
A body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade, course]
noun
Part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"
noun
(construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" [syn: course, row]
noun
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"
verb
Move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"
verb
Move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: run, flow, feed, course]
verb
Hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"

Definition of 'Course'

From: GCIDE
  • Course \Course\ (k[=o]rs), n. [F. cours, course, L. cursus, fr. currere to run. See Current.]
  • 1. The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. [1913 Webster]
  • And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. --Acts xxi. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The ground or path traversed; track; way. [1913 Webster]
  • The same horse also run the round course at Newmarket. --Pennant. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance. [1913 Webster]
  • A light by which the Argive squadron steers Their silent course to Ilium's well known shore. --Dennham. [1913 Webster]
  • Westward the course of empire takes its way. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument. [1913 Webster]
  • The course of true love never did run smooth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws. [1913 Webster]
  • By course of nature and of law. --Davies. [1913 Webster]
  • Day and night, Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior. [1913 Webster]
  • My lord of York commends the plot and the general course of the action. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • By perseverance in the course prescribed. --Wodsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • You hold your course without remorse. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn. [1913 Webster]
  • He appointed . . . the courses of the priests --2 Chron. viii. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments. [1913 Webster]
  • He [Goldsmith] wore fine clothes, gave dinners of several courses, paid court to venal beauties. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. (Arch.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. (Naut.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 13. pl. (Physiol.) The menses. [1913 Webster]
  • In course, in regular succession.
  • Of course, by consequence; as a matter of course; in regular or natural order.
  • In the course of, at same time or times during. "In the course of human events." --T. Jefferson.
  • Syn: Way; road; route; passage; race; series; succession; manner; method; mode; career; progress. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Course'

From: GCIDE
  • Course \Course\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coursed (k?rst)); p. pr. & vb. n. Coursing.]
  • 1. To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue. [1913 Webster]
  • We coursed him at the heels. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To run through or over. [1913 Webster]
  • The bounding steed courses the dusty plain. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Course'

From: GCIDE
  • Course \Course\, v. i.
  • 1. To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'course'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Course'