coursing
noun
[ ˈkɔːsɪŋ ]
• the sport of hunting game animals such as hares with greyhounds using sight rather than scent.
• "hare coursing"
course
verb
• (of liquid) move without obstruction; flow.
• "tears were coursing down her cheeks"
Similar:
flow,
pour,
race,
stream,
run,
rush,
gush,
pump,
move,
cascade,
flood,
surge,
sweep,
roll,
sloosh,
• pursue (game, especially hares) with greyhounds using sight rather than scent.
• "many of the hares coursed escaped unharmed"
Similar:
hunt,
chase,
pursue,
stalk,
run down,
run after,
give chase to,
follow,
track,
trail,
shadow,
hound,
dog,
tail,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cours, from Latin cursus, from curs- ‘run’, from the verb currere .
