n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: coursed ; cours · ing
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 : to follow close upon : PURSUE
2 a : to hunt or pursue (game) with hounds b : to cause (dogs) to run (as after game)
3 : to run or move swiftly through or over : TRAVERSE <jets coursed the area daily>
intransitive verb : to run or pass rapidly along or as if along an indicated path <blood coursing through the veins>