1.education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings;
he took a course in basket weaving
2.a connected series of events or actions or developments;
the government took a firm course
3.facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport;
the course had only nine holes
4.a mode of action;
if you persist in that course you will surely fail
5.a line or route along which something travels or moves;
the hurricane demolished houses in its path
6.general line of orientation;
the river takes a southern 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
9.as might be expected;
naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill
1.move swiftly through or over;
ships coursing the Atlantic
2.move along, of liquids;
Water flowed into the cave
3.hunt with hounds;
He often courses hares