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coursing

The correct spelling is coursing.

How to pronounce coursing

verb

Say it like: Cow-rsi-ng

The correct spelling is coursing. To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood). For example: "Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries."

Usage Examples

Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.

to course greyhounds after deer

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
  2. 2.To run through or over.
  3. 3.To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
  4. 4.To cause to chase after or pursue game.

noun

  1. 1.The sport of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight rather than by scent

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