Noun | 1. | course - education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" |
2. | course - 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 | |
3. | course - 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. | course - 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 | |
5. | course - 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" | |
6. | course - general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" Synonyms: trend | |
7. | course - part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal" | |
8. | course - (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" Synonyms: row | |
Verb | 1. | course - move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic" |
2. | course - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" | |
3. | course - hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares" | |
Adv. | 1. | course - as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill" |
COURSE. The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
2. When there are no monuments, (q.v.) the land must be bounded by the
courses and distances mentioned in the patent or deed. 4 Wheat. 444; 3 Pet.
96; 3 Murph. 82; 2 Har. & John. 267; 5 Har. & John. 254. When the lines are
actually marked, they must be adhered to, though they vary from the course
mentioned in the deeds. 2 Overt. 304; 7 Wheat. 7. 1 See 3 Call, 239 7 Mont.
333. Vide Boundary; Line.