n.
1) to beat, blaze, clear, make a ~ (to clear a ~ through a jungle)
2) to cross smb.'s ~
3) a beaten ~
4) a bridle ~
5) a ~ goes, leads somewhere
6) a ~ to (the ~ to success)
7) ( misc. ) to lead smb. up the garden ~ ('to deceive smb.'); to lead smb. down the primrose ~ ('to lead smb. in an ill-advised search for pleasure')