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Noun course has 8 senses

course, course of study, course of instruction, class - education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
--₁ is a kind of education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity
--₁ has parts:

coursework; lesson; lecture, lecturing; course session, class period, recitation

--₁ has particulars:

adult education; art class; childbirth-preparation class; correspondence course; course of lectures; extension course; home study; industrial arts; orientation course, orientation; propaedeutic, propaedeutics; refresher course, refresher; seminar; shop class, shop; workshop

course, line - 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"
--₂ is a kind of series
--₂ has particulars: stream, flow, current
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"
--₃ is a kind of facility, installation
--₃ has particulars:
golf course, golf links, links; racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track
course, course of action - 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"
--₄ is a kind of action
--₄ has particulars: blind alley; collision course; way, path, way of life
path, track, 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"
--₅ is a kind of line
--₅ has particulars:
collision course; inside track; round; steps; swath, belt; trail

Derived form: verb course₁
course, trend - general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
--₆ is a kind of direction, way

Derived form: verb course₂
course - part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"
--₇ is a kind of nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
--₇ is a part of meal, repast
--₇ has particulars:
entree, main course; appetizer, appetiser, starter; dessert, sweet, afters; pudding, pud
course, row - (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"
--₈ is a kind of layer, bed
--₈ is a part of wall
--₈ has particulars: damp-proof course, damp course; row of bricks

Verb course has 3 senses

course - move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"
--₁ is one way to traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across

Derived form: noun course₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
run, flow, feed, course - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
--₂ is one way to move

Derived form: noun course₆
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
course - hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
--₃ is one way to hunt, run, hunt down, track down

Derived form: noun coursing₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something