course
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A sequence of events.
โThe normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.โ
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A path that something or someone moves along.
โHis illness ran its course.โ
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The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
โMain course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.โ
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(in the plural, courses) Menses.
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A row or file of objects.
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One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to played together.
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To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
โBlood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.โ
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To run through or over.
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To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
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To cause to chase after or pursue game.
โto course greyhounds after deerโ
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In due course; as a matter of course, as a natural result.
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Naturally, as would be expected; for obvious reasons, obviously.
โOf course I know that!โ
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