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