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Coarse (adjective)
Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
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Coarse (adjective)
Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy
“coarse manners”
“coarse language”
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Course (noun)
A sequence of events.
“The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.”
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Course (noun)
A normal or customary sequence.
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Course (noun)
A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
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Course (noun)
Any ordered process or sequence or steps.
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Course (noun)
A learning program, as in a school.
“I need to take a French course.”
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Course (noun)
A treatment plan.
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Course (noun)
A stage of a meal.
“We offer seafood as the first course.”
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Course (noun)
The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
“We offer seafood as the first course.”
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Course (noun)
A path that something or someone moves along.
“His illness ran its course.”
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Course (noun)
The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
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Course (noun)
The itinerary of a race.
“The cross-country course passes the canal.”
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Course (noun)
A racecourse.
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Course (noun)
The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
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Course (noun)
The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
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Course (noun)
A golf course.
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Course (noun)
The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
“The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.”
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Course (noun)
The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
“Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.”
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Course (noun)
Menses.
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Course (noun)
A row or file of objects.
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Course (noun)
The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
“A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.”
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Course (noun)
A row of bricks or blocks.
“On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.”
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Course (noun)
A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
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Course (noun)
A string on a lute.
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Course (noun)
A pair of strings played together in some musical instruments, like the vihuela.
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Course (verb)
To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
“The oil coursed through the engine.”
“Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.”
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Course (verb)
To run through or over.
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Course (verb)
To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one’s prey; to follow or chase after.
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Course (verb)
To cause to chase after or pursue game.
“to course greyhounds after deer”
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Course (adverb)
alternative form of of course
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Coarse (adjective)
rough or harsh in texture
“a coarse woollen cloth”
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Coarse (adjective)
consisting of large grains or particles
“coarse sand”
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Coarse (adjective)
(of grains or particles) large
“under the microscope they are seen to contain coarse grains”
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Coarse (adjective)
(of a person’s features) not elegantly formed or proportioned
“his coarse, ugly features contorted with rage”
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Coarse (adjective)
(of food or drink) of inferior quality
“the wine is harsh, tannic, and coarse”
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Coarse (adjective)
(of a person or their speech) rude or vulgar
“a man of coarse speech”
“indecent language and coarse jests”
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Coarse (adjective)
relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish
“coarse anglers”