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"; "historians can only
        point out those lines for which evidence is available"
        [syn: {line}]
     3: 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"
     4: 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" [syn: {course of action}]
     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: general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern
        course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn: {trend}]
     7: part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three
        course meal"
     8: (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"
        [syn: {row}]
     adv : as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge
           bill" [syn: {naturally}, {of course}] [ant: {unnaturally}]
     v 1: move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"
     2: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the
        Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: {run}, {flow},
        {feed}]
     3: hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
Source: WordNet® 2.0