| course | | |
| n. (act) | 1. class, course, course of instruction, course of study | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings.; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" |
| ~ didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching | the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill.; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" |
| ~ coursework | work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course. |
| ~ adult education | a course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study. |
| ~ art class | a class in which you learn to draw or paint. |
| ~ childbirth-preparation class | a course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during labor. |
| ~ lesson | a unit of instruction.; "he took driving lessons" |
| ~ correspondence course | a course offered (by mail) by a correspondence school. |
| ~ course of lectures | a series of lectures dealing with a subject. |
| ~ directed study | a course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject.; "he registered for directed study"; "he got credit for directed study"; "he did directed study" |
| ~ elective, elective course | a course that the student can select from among alternatives. |
| ~ extension course | a course offered as part of an extension service. |
| ~ home study | a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom. |
| ~ industrial arts | a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools. |
| ~ orientation course, orientation | a course introducing a new situation or environment. |
| ~ propaedeutic, propaedeutics | a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally). |
| ~ refresher course, refresher | a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments. |
| ~ required course | a course that all students are required to take. |
| ~ seminar | a course offered for a small group of advanced students. |
| ~ shop class, shop | a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity).; "I built a birdhouse in shop" |
| ~ workshop | a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving. |
| ~ lecturing, lecture | teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class). |
| ~ class period, course session, recitation | a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study. |
| n. (group) | 2. 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" |
| ~ series | similar things placed in order or happening one after another.; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies" |
| ~ stream, current, flow | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas.; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" |
| n. (location) | 3. course, trend | general line of orientation.; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" |
| ~ direction, way | a line leading to a place or point.; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" |
| n. (act) | 4. 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" |
| ~ action | something done (usually as opposed to something said).; "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| ~ blind alley | (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement.; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley" |
| ~ collision course | a course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated. |
| ~ path, way of life, way | a course of conduct.; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" |
| n. (object) | 5. course, path, track | 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" |
| ~ line | a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent. |
| ~ collision course | a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged. |
| ~ inside track | the inner side of a curved racecourse. |
| ~ round | the course along which communications spread.; "the story is going the rounds in Washington" |
| ~ steps | the course along which a person has walked or is walking in.; "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"; "his steps turned toward home" |
| ~ swath, belt | a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing). |
| ~ trail | a track or mark left by something that has passed.; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek" |
| n. (group) | 6. class, course, form, grade | a body of students who are taught together.; "early morning classes are always sleepy" |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ master class | a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert. |
| ~ discussion section, section | a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately.; "a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course" |
| n. (food) | 7. course | part of a meal served at one time.; "she prepared a three course meal" |
| ~ aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, nutrition, victuals | a source of materials to nourish the body. |
| ~ meal, repast | the food served and eaten at one time. |
| ~ entree, main course | the principal dish of a meal. |
| ~ appetiser, appetizer, starter | food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course). |
| ~ afters, dessert, sweet | a dish served as the last course of a meal. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. course, row | (construction) a layer of masonry.; "a course of bricks" |
| ~ damp-proof course, damp course | a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building. |
| ~ layer, bed | single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" |
| ~ row of bricks | a course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line). |
| ~ wall | an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure.; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" |
| n. (artifact) | 9. 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" |
| ~ facility, installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry.; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" |
| ~ golf course, links course | course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf. |
| ~ racecourse, racetrack, raceway, track | a course over which races are run. |
| v. (motion) | 10. course | move swiftly through or over.; "ships coursing the Atlantic" |
| ~ cross, cut across, cut through, get over, traverse, get across, pass over, track, cover | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| v. (motion) | 11. course, feed, flow, run | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| ~ flush | flow freely.; "The garbage flushed down the river" |
| ~ jet, gush | issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth.; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ tide, surge | rise or move forward.; "surging waves" |
| ~ circulate | move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point.; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate" |
| ~ eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl | flow in a circular current, of liquids. |
| ~ waste, run off | run off as waste.; "The water wastes back into the ocean" |
| ~ run down | move downward.; "The water ran down" |
| ~ pour | flow in a spurt.; "Water poured all over the floor" |
| ~ spill, run out | flow, run or fall out and become lost.; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" |
| ~ well out, stream | flow freely and abundantly.; "Tears streamed down her face" |
| ~ dribble, trickle, filter | run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" |
| ~ drain, run out | flow off gradually.; "The rain water drains into this big vat" |
| ~ ooze, seep | pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. |
| ~ gutter | flow in small streams.; "Tears guttered down her face" |
| v. (competition) | 12. course | hunt with hounds.; "He often courses hares" |
| ~ game | a contest with rules to determine a winner.; "you need four people to play this game" |
| ~ hunt, hunt down, track down, run | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals).; "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" |
| adv. | 13. course, naturally, of course | as might be expected.; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill" |
| path | | |
| n. (act) | 1. path, way, way of life | a course of conduct.; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" |
| ~ course of action, course | 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" |
| ~ ambages | (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action. |
| ~ primrose path | a life of ease and pleasure. |
| ~ straight and narrow, strait and narrow | the way of proper and honest behavior.; "he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow" |
| ~ sunna, sunnah, hadith | (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran. |
| ~ warpath | a course leading to warfare or battle. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. path | a way especially designed for a particular use. |
| ~ bridle path, bridle road | a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars). |
| ~ crosswalk, crossover, crossing | a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other. |
| ~ lane | a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic. |
| ~ footpath, pathway | a trodden path. |
| ~ towing path, towpath | a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats. |
| ~ paseo, walkway, walk | a path set aside for walking.; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk" |
| ~ way | any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
| n. (location) | 3. itinerary, path, route | an established line of travel or access. |
| ~ feeder line | a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline). |
| ~ main line | the principal route of a transportation system. |
| ~ data track, track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data. |
| ~ air lane, skyway, airway, flight path | a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another. |
| ~ approach pattern, traffic pattern, pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport.; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted" |
| ~ flight path | the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air. |
| ~ beat, round | a regular route for a sentry or policeman.; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" |
| ~ bus route | the route regularly followed by a passenger bus. |
| ~ line | a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent. |
| ~ line of flight | the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air. |
| ~ line of march | the route along which a column advances. |
| ~ celestial orbit, orbit | the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another.; "he plotted the orbit of the moon" |
| ~ electron orbit, orbit | the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom. |
| ~ paper round, paper route | the route taken when delivering newspapers every day. |
| ~ beeline | the most direct route.; "he made a beeline for the bathroom" |
| ~ circuit | an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to.; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit" |
| ~ crosscut | a diagonal path. |
| ~ supply line, supply route | a route over which supplies can be delivered. |
| ~ line of fire | the path of a missile discharged from a firearm. |
| ~ flyway, migration route | the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate. |
| ~ fairway | the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters. |
| ~ direction, way | a line leading to a place or point.; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" |
| ~ trade route | a route followed by traders (usually in caravans). |
| ~ northwest passage | a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906). |
| road | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. road, route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation. |
| ~ access road, slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway.; "in Britain they call an access road a slip road" |
| ~ bend, curve | curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.). |
| ~ bypath, byroad, byway | a side road little traveled (as in the countryside). |
| ~ causeway | a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand. |
| ~ clearway | a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown). |
| ~ corduroy | a road made of logs laid crosswise. |
| ~ crest, crown | the center of a cambered road. |
| ~ detour, roundabout way | a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked). |
| ~ parkway, drive | a wide scenic road planted with trees.; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views" |
| ~ driveway, private road, drive | a road leading up to a private house.; "they parked in the driveway" |
| ~ highway, main road | a major road for any form of motor transport. |
| ~ carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection, crossing | a junction where one street or road crosses another. |
| ~ rail line, railway line, line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed. |
| ~ pavement, paving | the paved surface of a thoroughfare. |
| ~ post road | a road over which mail is carried. |
| ~ roadbed | a bed supporting a road. |
| ~ roadway | a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel. |
| ~ shortcut, crosscut, cutoff | a route shorter than the usual one. |
| ~ berm, shoulder | a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road.; "the car pulled off onto the shoulder" |
| ~ side road | a minor road branching off of a main road. |
| ~ skid road | a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled. |
| ~ speedway | road where high speed driving is allowed. |
| ~ thoroughfare | a public road from one place to another. |
| ~ cart track, cartroad, track | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one. |
| ~ rotary, roundabout, traffic circle, circle | a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" |
| ~ turnaround | an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around. |
| ~ turnoff | a side road where you can turn off.; "I missed the turnoff and went 15 miles out of my way" |
| ~ turnout, widening | a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park. |
| ~ way | any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
| n. (act) | 2. road | a way or means to achieve something.; "the road to fame" |
| ~ means, way, agency | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved.; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" |
| ~ royal road | an auspicious way or means to achieve something.; "the royal road to success" |
| street | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. street | a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings.; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street" |
| ~ alley, alleyway, back street | a narrow street with walls on both sides. |
| ~ boulevard, avenue | a wide street or thoroughfare. |
| ~ cross street | a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it. |
| ~ local road, local street | a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it. |
| ~ high street, main street | street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town. |
| ~ mews | street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings.; "she lives in a Chelsea mews" |
| ~ pavement, paving | the paved surface of a thoroughfare. |
| ~ rue | (French) a street or road in France. |
| ~ side street | a street intersecting a main street and terminating there. |
| ~ thoroughfare | a public road from one place to another. |
| ~ fleet street | a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated. |
| ~ harley street | a street in central London where the consulting rooms of many physicians and surgeons are located. |
| ~ lombard street | a street in central London containing many of the major London banks. |
| ~ whitehall | a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices. |
| ~ strand | a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels. |
| ~ downing street | a street of Westminster in London.; "the Prime Minister lives at No. 10 Downing Street" |
| ~ pall mall | a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs. |
| ~ quai d'orsay | the street in Paris along the south bank of the Seine known for its governmental ministries. |
| ~ champs elysees | a major avenue in Paris famous for elegant shops and cafes. |
| ~ bowery | a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts. |
| ~ broadway, great white way | a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters. |
| ~ park ave., park avenue | a fashionable residential street in New York City. |
| ~ wall st., wall street | a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. street | the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel.; "be careful crossing the street" |
| ~ one-way street | a street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction. |
| ~ thoroughfare | a public road from one place to another. |
| ~ two-way street | a street on which vehicular traffic can move in either of two directions.; "you have to look both ways crossing a two-way street" |
| n. (state) | 3. street | the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction.; "she tried to keep her children off the street" |
| ~ concrete jungle | an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant. |
| ~ environment | the totality of surrounding conditions.; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" |
| n. (state) | 4. street | a situation offering opportunities.; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ chance, opportunity | a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" |
| n. (group) | 5. street | people living or working on the same street.; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights" |
| ~ neighborhood, neighbourhood | people living near one another.; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" |
| track | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. lead, track, trail | evidence pointing to a possible solution.; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" |
| ~ evidence, grounds | your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. track | a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels. |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ railroad track, railroad, railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels.; "he walked along the railroad track" |
| ~ streetcar track, tramline, tramway | the track on which trams or streetcars run. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. racecourse, racetrack, raceway, track | a course over which races are run. |
| ~ cinder track | a racetrack paved with fine cinders. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ dirt track | a racetrack that is not paved. |
| ~ racing circuit, circuit | a racetrack for automobile races. |
| ~ speedway | a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles. |
| ~ stretch | a straightaway section of a racetrack. |
| ~ velodrome | a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing. |
| ~ inside track | the inner side of a curved racecourse. |
| n. (communication) | 4. cut, track | a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc.; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" |
| ~ excerpt, excerption, extract, selection | a passage selected from a larger work.; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. caterpillar track, caterpillar tread, track | an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground. |
| ~ belt | endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys. |
| ~ half track | a track that goes around only rear wheels. |
| ~ tracked vehicle | a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. data track, track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ itinerary, route, path | an established line of travel or access. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. track | a groove on a phonograph recording. |
| ~ groove, channel | a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record). |
| n. (artifact) | 8. rail, rails, runway, track | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. |
| ~ bar | a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon.; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" |
| ~ railroad track, railroad, railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels.; "he walked along the railroad track" |
| ~ third rail | a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive. |
| ~ streetcar track, tramline, tramway | the track on which trams or streetcars run. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. cart track, cartroad, track | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one. |
| ~ portage | overland track between navigable waterways. |
| ~ road, route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation. |
| ~ trail | a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country. |
| n. (act) | 10. running, track | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track. |
| ~ track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it. |
| ~ track meet | a track and field competition between two or more teams. |
| v. (motion) | 11. track | carry on the feet and deposit.; "track mud into the house" |
| ~ bring in, introduce | bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment.; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor" |
| v. (perception) | 12. track | observe or plot the moving path of something.; "track a missile" |
| ~ observe | watch attentively.; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals" |
| v. (motion) | 13. chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail | go after with the intent to catch.; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" |
| ~ tree | chase an animal up a tree.; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" |
| ~ pursue, follow | follow in or as if in pursuit.; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" |
| ~ quest | search the trail of (game).; "The dog went off and quested" |
| ~ hound, hunt, trace | pursue or chase relentlessly.; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" |
| ~ run down | pursue until captured.; "They ran down the fugitive" |
| v. (motion) | 14. cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| ~ tramp | cross on foot.; "We had to tramp the creeks" |
| ~ stride | cover or traverse by taking long steps.; "She strode several miles towards the woods" |
| ~ walk | traverse or cover by walking.; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" |
| ~ crisscross | cross in a pattern, often random. |
| ~ ford | cross a river where it's shallow. |
| ~ bridge | cross over on a bridge. |
| ~ jaywalk | cross the road at a red light. |
| ~ drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle.; "We drive the turnpike to work" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ course | move swiftly through or over.; "ships coursing the Atlantic" |
| ~ hop | traverse as if by a short airplane trip.; "Hop the Pacific Ocean" |
| v. (creation) | 15. track | make tracks upon. |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| trail | | |
| n. (object) | 1. trail | a track or mark left by something that has passed.; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek" |
| ~ track, path, 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" |
| ~ slot | the trail of an animal (especially a deer).; "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees" |
| ~ spoor | the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game.; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. trail | a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country. |
| ~ cattle trail | a trail over which cattle were driven to market. |
| ~ deer trail | a trail worn by the passage of deer. |
| ~ horse-trail | a trail for horses. |
| ~ iditarod trail | a trail that extends 1,100 miles from Anchorage over the Alaska Range to Nome. |
| ~ indian trail | a trail through the wilderness worn by Amerindians. |
| ~ mountain trail | a trail through mountainous country. |
| ~ santa fe trail | a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century. |
| ~ ski run, ski trail | trail or slope prepared for skiing. |
| ~ cart track, cartroad, track | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one. |
| v. (motion) | 3. drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail | to lag or linger behind.; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" |
| ~ lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle | hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.. |
| v. (motion) | 4. shack, trail | move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly.; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (contact) | 5. trail | hang down so as to drag along the ground.; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground" |
| ~ trail, train | drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground.; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her" |
| v. (contact) | 6. trail, train | drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground.; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her" |
| ~ drag | pull, as against a resistance.; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him" |
| ~ trail | hang down so as to drag along the ground.; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground" |
| way | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. fashion, manner, mode, style, way | how something is done or how it happens.; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ artistic style, idiom | the style of a particular artist or school or movement.; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" |
| ~ drape | the manner in which fabric hangs or falls.; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" |
| ~ fit | the manner in which something fits.; "I admired the fit of her coat" |
| ~ form | a particular mode in which something is manifested.; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility" |
| ~ life-style, life style, lifestyle, modus vivendi | a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes. |
| ~ setup | the way something is organized or arranged.; "it takes time to learn the setup around here" |
| ~ signature, touch | a distinguishing style.; "this room needs a woman's touch" |
| ~ wise | a way of doing or being.; "in no wise"; "in this wise" |
| ~ response | the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals. |
| n. (act) | 2. agency, means, way | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved.; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" |
| ~ effectuation, implementation | the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect. |
| ~ dint | interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'. |
| ~ escape | a means or way of escaping.; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route" |
| ~ fast track | a rapid means of achieving a goal.; "they saw independence as the fast track to democracy"; "he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder"; "the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped" |
| ~ instrument, tool | the means whereby some act is accomplished.; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease" |
| ~ road | a way or means to achieve something.; "the road to fame" |
| ~ stepping stone | any means of advancement.; "the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches" |
| ~ expedient | a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one. |
| ~ desperate measure | desperate actions taken as a means to an end.; "he had to resort to desperate measures" |
| ~ open sesame | any very successful means of achieving a result. |
| ~ salvation | a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness.; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation" |
| ~ tooth | a means of enforcement.; "the treaty had no teeth in it" |
| ~ voice | a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated.; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices" |
| ~ wings | a means of flight or ascent.; "necessity lends wings to inspiration" |
| n. (location) | 3. direction, way | a line leading to a place or point.; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" |
| ~ itinerary, route, path | an established line of travel or access. |
| ~ bearing, heading, aim | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies. |
| ~ trend, course | general line of orientation.; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" |
| ~ east-west direction | in a direction parallel with lines of latitude. |
| ~ north-south direction | in a direction parallel with lines of longitude. |
| ~ qibla | the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers. |
| ~ trend, tendency | a general direction in which something tends to move.; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" |
| n. (state) | 4. way | the condition of things generally.; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way" |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. way | any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ access, approach | a way of entering or leaving.; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" |
| ~ lane | a narrow way or road. |
| ~ passage | a way through or along which someone or something may pass. |
| ~ path | a way especially designed for a particular use. |
| ~ road, route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation. |
| ~ staircase, stairway | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps. |
| ~ transportation, transportation system, transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. |
| ~ waterway, watercourse | a conduit through which water flows. |
| ~ roadside, wayside | edge of a way or road or path.; "flowers along the wayside" |
| n. (act) | 6. way | a journey or passage.; "they are on the way" |
| ~ journey, journeying | the act of traveling from one place to another. |
| n. (quantity) | 7. elbow room, room, way | space for movement.; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" |
| ~ seating, seating area, seating room, seats | an area that includes places where several people can sit.; "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom" |
| ~ standing room | room for passengers or spectators to stand.; "there was standing room for thousands more people" |
| ~ spatial relation, position | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated.; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" |
| ~ breathing room, breathing space | sufficient room for easy breathing or movement.; "moved to the country to find breathing room" |
| ~ headroom, headway, clearance | vertical space available to allow easy passage under something. |
| ~ houseroom | space for accommodation in a house.; "I wouldn't give that table houseroom" |
| ~ lebensraum, living space | space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding. |
| ~ parking | space in which vehicles can be parked.; "there is plenty of parking behind the store" |
| ~ sea room | space for maneuver at sea. |
| n. (attribute) | 8. way | the property of distance in general.; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways" |
| ~ distance | the property created by the space between two objects or points. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| n. (cognition) | 9. way | doing as one pleases or chooses.; "if I had my way" |
| ~ choice, pick, selection | the person or thing chosen or selected.; "he was my pick for mayor" |
| n. (cognition) | 10. way | a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'.; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing" |
| ~ category | a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme. |
| n. (possession) | 11. way | a portion of something divided into shares.; "they split the loot three ways" |
| ~ share, percentage, portion, part | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| adv. | 12. right smart, way | to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States).; "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
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