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"
appetiser,
appetizer,
starter food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
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"
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
course -
(construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"
layer,
bed thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
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"
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
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"
installation,
facility the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"
direction,
way a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm"
course -
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 (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
Verb
course -
hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
hunt down,
track down,
hunt,
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"
game an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"
course -
move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"
