Definition of "Course" :

noun: a mode of action

"If you persist in that course you will surely fail."

noun: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

"He took a course in basket weaving."

noun: facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport

"The course had only nine holes."

noun: (construction) a layer of masonry

"A course of bricks."

noun: part of a meal served at one time

"She prepared a three course meal."

noun: a body of students who are taught together

noun: a connected series of events or actions or developments

"The government took a firm course."

noun: general line of orientation

"The river takes a southern course."

noun: a line or route along which something travels or moves

"The course of the river."

verb: hunt with hounds

"He often courses hares."

verb: move along, of liquids

verb: move swiftly through or over

adverb: as might be expected