figurative. A metaphorical path taken by a person through life or in pursuit of a particular goal, desire, etc. Also with of. Frequently (esp. in…

A course of action; a way of proceeding; a mode of behaviour or conduct; esp. a way of life leading to a spiritual goal. Also: a sequence of events…

A course of action; (sometimes) spec. one proposed or taken as an approach to a particular problem or with a particular objective in mind. Also in…

figurative. A course of action or conduct; way of proceeding; ‘path’, ‘way’, ‘road’; esp. in phrases to follow, take, tread the trace. Obsolete.

Course of action, procedure, life, thought, or conduct.

figurative. Course of action; mode of procedure, play, game. to know the old dance: cf. French ‘elle sçait assez de la vieille danse, she knowes…

Continuous progress, course, movement (of action, etc.); way of proceeding, procedure.

In neutral sense: An action, deed, course of conduct; = fact, n. 1. Also feats and deeds. to do, performor work the feat: to ‘do the deed’. to work o…

Cf. fashion, n. 1. A way of acting or behaving; an action, proceeding, course of conduct; doings, proceedings. Obsolete.

Scottish. The course or way on which a person is going. Esp. in to run one's rink. Obsolete (in later use archaic and poetic).

figurative and in figurative contexts.

figurative and in figurative contexts. Cf. tread, n. 3b. Obsolete.

A type of activity or behaviour; a practice, a habit. Obsolete.

figurative. Course (of action, etc.); manner of proceeding, way, path: = track, n. 5 rare or Obsolete.

A line of (personal) action, way of acting, method of proceeding. to take (such and such) a course: to proceed or act in such and such a way. †to tak…

figurative. A (notional) way or course, esp. to some end.

figurative. Obsolete.

figurative. A course of action or conduct; a method of proceeding; ‘way’, ‘path’. the beaten track, the ordinary (quasi well-worn) way.

A course held or steered, esp. a course of conduct.

figurative. A course of action. Obsolete.

figurative. A course or line of conduct or action; implying change or difference from some preceding or other course.

(with a) A piece of behaviour, a proceeding (obsolete); a course of conduct (rare).

In non-religious contexts: a course of conduct. Obsolete.

a way, road, or track along which wheeled vehicles run; also figurative (cf. rut, n.2 1c).