path

1. A course of conduct (synset 100416689)
   "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
   is a type of: course, course of action - a mode of action
   subtypes:

   • ambages - (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
   • primrose path - a life of ease and pleasure
   • straight and narrow, strait and narrow - the way of proper and honest behavior
   • hadith, sunna, sunnah - (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran
   • warpath - a course leading to warfare or battle
   same as: way, way of life
2. A way especially designed for a particular use (synset 103905025)
   is a type of: way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
   subtypes:

   • bridle path, bridle road - a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars)
   • crossing, crossover, crosswalk - a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
   • lane - a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
   • footpath, pathway - a trodden path
   • towing path, towpath - a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
   • paseo, walk, walkway - a path set aside for walking
3. An established line of travel or access (synset 108633886)
   is a type of: line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
   subtypes:

   • feeder line - a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline)
   • main line - the principal route of a transportation system
   • data track, track - (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
   • air lane, airway, flight path, skyway - a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
   • approach pattern, pattern, traffic pattern - the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
   • flight path - the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air
   • beat, round - a regular route for a sentry or policeman
   • bus route - the route regularly followed by a passenger bus
   • line of flight - the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air
   • line of march - the route along which a column advances
   • celestial orbit, orbit - the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
   • electron orbit, orbit - the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
   • paper round, paper route - the route taken when delivering newspapers every day
   • beeline - the most direct route
   • circuit - an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
   • crosscut - a diagonal path
   • supply line, supply route - a route over which supplies can be delivered
   • line of fire - the path of a missile discharged from a firearm
   • flyway, migration route - the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate
   • fairway - the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters
   • direction, way - a line leading to a place or point
   • trade route - a route followed by traders (usually in caravans)
   specific instances: northwest passage - a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
   same as: itinerary, route
4. A line or route along which something travels or moves (synset 109410115)
   "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
   is a type of: line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
   subtypes:

   • collision course - a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged
   • inside track - the inner side of a curved racecourse
   • round - the course along which communications spread
   • steps - the course along which a person has walked or is walking in
   • belt, swath - a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
   • trail - a track or mark left by something that has passed
   same as: course, track

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