Coursing

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  • noun. Hunting with dogs trained to chase game by sight instead of scent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The sport of pursuing hares or other game with greyhounds, when the game is started in sight of the hounds.
  • noun. Disputing in the schools. See courser, 3.
  • noun. In coal-mining, regulation of the ventilation of a mine by systematically conducting the air through it by means of various doors, stoppings, and brattices.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of course.
  • noun. The "sport" of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight rather than by scent
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent
  • Word Usage
    "Feeling the adrenalin coursing through me, I struggle to retain control."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hunt  hunting  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    verb-stem
    course