- course
- [[t]kɔrs, koʊrs[/t]]n. v. coursed, cours•ing1) a direction or route taken or to be taken2) the path, route, or channel along which anything moves:the course of a stream[/ex]3) advance or progression in a particular direction4) the continuous passage or progress through time or a succession of stages:in the course of a year[/ex]5) the track, water, etc., on which a race is run, sailed, etc6) a particular manner of proceeding:a course of action[/ex]7) a customary manner of procedure; regular or natural order of events:the course of a disease[/ex]8) a mode of conduct; behavior9) a systematized or prescribed series:a course of treatment[/ex]10) edu a program of instruction, as in a college11) edu a prescribed number of classes in a particular field of study12) coo a part of a meal served at one time13) navig. naut. the lowermost sail on a fully square-rigged mast14) bui a continuous and usu. horizontal range of bricks, shingles, etc., as in a wall or roof15) Often, courses. the menses16) spo a charge by knights in a tournament17) spo a pursuit of game with dogs by sight rather than by scent18) spogolf course19) to run through or over20) to chase; pursue21) spo to hunt (game) with dogs by sight rather than by scent22) spo to cause (dogs) to pursue game by sight rather than by scent23) bui to lay (bricks, stones, etc.) in courses24) to follow a course; direct one's course25) to run, race, or move swiftly26) spo to take part in a hunt with hounds•Etymology: 1250–1300; MEco(u)rs< AF co(u)rs(e), OF cours < L cursus a running, course =cur(rere) to run +-sus, var. of -tus suffix of v. action
From formal English to slang. 2014.