Course
Definition of Course
Pronunciation: k?rst | n. | 1. | The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. | | 2. | The ground or path traversed; track; way. | | 3. | Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance. | | 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. | | 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. | | 6. | Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws. | | 7. | Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior. | | 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. | | 9. | The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn. | | 10. | That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments. | | 11. | (Arch.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building. | | 12. | (Naut.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc. | | 13. | (Physiol.) The menses. | | v. t. | 1. | To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue. | | 2. | To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer. | | 3. | To run through or over. | | 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. | | 2. | To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins. |
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