Antonyms for coursing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kawr-sing, kohr-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr sɪŋ, ˈkoʊr-

Definition of coursing

Origin : late 13c., "onward movement," from Old French cors (12c.) "course; run, running; flow of a river," from Latin cursus "a running race or course," from curs- past participle stem of currere "to run" (see current (adj.)).
Most extended senses (meals, etc.) are present in 14c. Academic meaning "planned series of study" is c.1600 (in French from 14c.). Phrase of course is attested from 1540s; literally "of the ordinary course;" earlier in same sense was bi cours (c.1300).

verb flow; run

Example sentences :

The Fox also successfully uses this method of coursing with relays.
Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay

Thoughts of supreme grandeur were coursing through his brain.
Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

And on beyond this first buzzard, coursing above him, were other buzzards.
Extract from : « The Escape of Mr. Trimm » by Irvin S. Cobb

Amid the confusion my blood was coursing evenly, and I was not afraid.
Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin

He had come there to get out of the way of the hunting, which he hated as much as he did the coursing.
Extract from : « The Mahatma and the Hare » by H. Rider Haggard

She knew my thoughts, for tears were now coursing down her pale cheeks.
Extract from : « The Stretton Street Affair » by William Le Queux

I abhorred shooting, and was badly bored by coursing and fishing.
Extract from : « Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography » by George William Erskine Russell

Great shapes were coursing this way and that like giant bats.
Extract from : « Air Service Boys Flying for Victory » by Charles Amory Beach

The stooping made the coursing of my own blood sound in my ears.
Extract from : « The Mystery of the Sea » by Bram Stoker

But the poison had entered into his body, already was coursing in his veins.
Extract from : « Bannertail » by Ernest Thompson Seton

Synonyms for coursing

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