education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching - the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good 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

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 and 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

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

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"

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, golf links, links - course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf

racecourse, racetrack, raceway, track - a course over which races are run

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"

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"

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"

direction, way - a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"

aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, victuals, nutrition - 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

pud, pudding - (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)

damp course, damp-proof 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"

cross, cut across, cut through, get over, traverse, pass over, get across, track, cover - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

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 foward; "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"

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"