COURSE
(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"
synonyms : course of action(noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
"he took a course in basket weaving", "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
synonyms : class , course of instruction , course of study(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"
(noun) (construction) a layer of masonry
"a course of bricks"
synonyms : row(noun) part of a meal served at one time
"she prepared a three course meal"
(noun) a body of students who are taught together
"early morning classes are always sleepy"
synonyms : class , form , grade(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"
synonyms : line(noun) general line of orientation
"the river takes a southern course", "the northeastern trend of the coast"
synonyms : trend(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"
synonyms : path , track(verb) hunt with hounds
"He often courses hares"
(verb) move along, of liquids
"Water flowed into the cave", "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
synonyms : feed , flow , run(verb) move swiftly through or over
"ships coursing the Atlantic"
(adverb) as might be expected
"naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
synonyms : naturally , of course
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


