courses

'courses'

[course.n.01] as in: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

Examples:
he took a course in basket weaving
flirting is not unknown in college classes

'courses'

[course.n.02] as in: a connected series of events or actions or developments

Examples:
the government took a firm course
historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available

'courses'

[course.n.03] as in: general line of orientation

Examples:
the river takes a southern course
the northeastern trend of the coast

'courses'

[course.n.04] as in: a mode of action

Examples:
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

'courses'

[path.n.04] as in: a line or route along which something travels or moves

Examples:
the hurricane demolished houses in its path
the track of an animal
the course of the river

'courses'

[class.n.02] as in: a body of students who are taught together

Examples:
early morning classes are always sleepy

'courses'

[course.n.07] as in: part of a meal served at one time

Examples:
she prepared a three course meal

'courses'

[course.n.08] as in: (construction) a layer of masonry

Examples:
a course of bricks

'courses'

[course.n.09] as in: facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport

Examples:
the course had only nine holes
the course was less than a mile

'courses'

[course.v.01] as in: move swiftly through or over

Examples:
ships coursing the Atlantic

'courses'

[run.v.06] as in: move along, of liquids

Examples:
Water flowed into the cave
the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

'courses'

[course.v.03] as in: hunt with hounds

Examples:
He often courses hares

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