coursed

Moved like liquid

Coursed is the past tense of course, meaning to flow or move swiftly: Blood coursed through his veins, Tears coursed down her cheeks.

The word suggests rapid, channeled movement—liquid following a path.

In hunting, to course is to pursue game with hounds by sight rather than scent: They coursed hares across the open field.

flowed

streamed

Flowed steadily forth

  • rushedDone with excessive speed
  • surgedIncreased suddenly and forcefully
  • gushedFlowed or spoke excessively

poured · cascaded · flooded · ran · flowed · channeled · swept · raced · torrented · spurted

traversed

path

Route for traveling

channel · direction · passage · way · trajectory · journey · navigation · bearing · heading · vector

hunted

hounds

Dogs bred to track

  • chaseRapid following of quarry
  • pursuitAct of chasing something
  • quarryPit for extracting rock

game · hare · rabbit · greyhound · pack · hunt · field · bloodsport · lure · prey

pulsed

veins

Blood-return tubes

surge · rush · thrill · emotion · energy · excitement · heart · arteries · life · vitality

Opposites
flow speed/intensity

coursedtrickled

Flowed in drops

dripped · seeped · dribbled · oozed · leaked

movement purposefulness

courseddallied

Idled or delayed

meandered · wandered · dawdled · ambled · lingered

stasis vs. motion

coursedstagnated

Ceased all forward movement

pooled · stood · settled · collected · gathered

Phrases
Family

course, courses, discourse, coursing, recourse, coursework, discourses, recourses, concourses

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