course

n 1: education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings;

"he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not

unknown in college classes" [syn: {course of study}, {course

of instruction}, {class}]

2: a connected series of events or actions or developments;

"the government took a firm course" or "historians can

only point out those lines for which evidence is

available" [syn: {line}]

3: general line of orientation: "the river takes a southern

course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn: {trend}]

4: a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will

surely fail"

5: 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}]

6: part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three

course meal"

7: a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" [syn: {row}]

8: 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"

adv : as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge

bill" [syn: {naturally}, {of course}] [ant: {unnaturally}]

v : move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave" [syn: {run},

{flow}]