English > course: 13 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings. |
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| Example | "he took a course in basket weaving" |
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| Synonyms | course of study, course of instruction, class |
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| Parts | course session, class period, recitation | A regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study |
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| coursework | Work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study |
| lecture, lecturing | teaching by giving a discourse on some subject / subject (typically to a class) |
| lesson | A unit of instruction |
| Narrower | adult education | A course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study |
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| 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 |
| correspondence course | A course offered (by mail) by a correspondence school |
| course of lectures | A series of lectures dealing with a subject / subject |
| directed study | A course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject |
| elective course, elective | 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 / 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 / trade (as carpentry or electricity) |
| workshop | A brief intensive course for a small group |
| Broader | education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity | The activities of educating / educating or instructing |
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| Catalan | classe, curs |
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| Spanish | clase, curso |
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English > course: 13 senses > verb 2, motion| Meaning | Move along, of liquids / liquids. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
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| Synonyms | run, flow, feed |
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| Caused by | flow | Cause to flow |
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| flush | Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water |
| pour | Cause to run |
| Entailed by | overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over | Flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
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| Narrower | circulate | Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point |
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| drain, run out | flow off gradually |
| eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl | Flow in a circular current, of liquids / liquids |
| flush | Flow freely |
| gutter | Flow in small streams |
| jet, gush | issue in a jet |
| pour | Flow in a spurt |
| run down | Move downward |
| seep, ooze | Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings |
| spill, run out | Flow, run or fall out and become lost |
| stream, well out | Flow freely and abundantly |
| tide, surge | Rise or move forward |
| trickle, dribble, filter | Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream |
| waste, run off | run off as waste |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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| Catalan | brollar, córrer, créixer, fluir, manar |
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| Spanish | correr, crecer, fluir |
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| Nouns | course | general line of orientation |
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