Dictionary 1. (n.) A route or path of direction\; passage.2. (n.) The ground or path traversed; track; way. 3. (n.) Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance. 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. 5. (n.) Motion considered with reference to manner; orderly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument. 6. (n.) Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws. 7. (n.) Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior. 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. 9. (n.) The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn. 10. (n.) That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments. 11. (n.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building. 12. (n.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc. 13. (n.) The menses. 14. (v. t.) To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue. 15. (v. t.) To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer. 16. (v. t.) To run through or over. 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. 18. (v. i.) To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins. Thesaurus Brownian movement Indian file MO Zeitgeist academic specialty act adit advance advancement advancing affluence afflux affluxion agora aim air lane algorithm ambit amphitheater angular motion antepast approach aqueduct archery ground area arena array arsis articulation ascending ascent assuredly athletic field attack auditorium axial motion azimuth backflowing background backing backward motion badminton court band bank baseball field basketball court bear garden bearing beat bed bedding belt bent billiard parlor boil bout bowl bowling alley bowling green boxing ring broil bull ring buzz by all means campaign campus canal canvas career casserole catena catenation certainly chain chain reaction chaining channel chase circle circuit circus class classical education climbing cockpit coliseum colosseum commutation commute compass direction concatenation concourse condensation trail conduct conduit confluence conflux connection consecution continuum contrail core curriculum couche course of action course of study court cover cover ground creed cricket ground croquet ground croquet lawn crosscurrent crossing cruise culinary masterpiece culinary preparation current curriculum cycle dart dash deck definitely defluxion descending descent design dessert diamond diastole direction direction line discipline dish dispatch ditch do dog downbeat downflow downpour downward motion drift driftage drive drone duct ebb ebbing egress elective endless belt endless round entrance entree entremets excursion execution exit expedition fairway falcon fare fare forth fashion fetch field file filiation flight flight path flit flood floor flow flow back flow in flow out flowing fluency flush flux follow the hounds football field form forum forward motion forwardal forwarding fowl fry furtherance furthering gallery gamut gang general education general studies glacial movement glaciarium globe-trotting go go along go hunting go over go-ahead going golf course golf links gradation grand tour gridiron grill ground guiding principles guise gun gush gym gymnasium hall hasten hawk heading headway helmsmanship help helping hie hippodrome hound hum humanities hunt hunt down hurry hustle ice rink inclination indubitably infield inflow ingress issue itinerary jack jacklight jaunt journey journeying junket lay layer |