From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
course
adv 1: as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a
huge bill" [syn: naturally, of course, course]
[ant: unnaturally]
n 1: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he
took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown
in college classes" [syn: course, 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:
course, line]
3: general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern
course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn:
course, trend]
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, 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,
course]
6: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning
classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade,
course]
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:
course, row]
9: 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"
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, course]
3: hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"