coursing

coursing is the present participle and gerund of course.

Meaning of course

course (third-person singular simple present courses, present participle coursing, simple past and past participle coursed)

To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- The oil coursed through the engine.
(transitive) To run through or over.
(transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
- We coursed him at the heels.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
(transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- to course greyhounds after deer

coursing (countable and uncountable, plural coursings)

The sport of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight rather than by scent.
- Narracoorte was the great coursing centre of the district, and, I believe, of the colony.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 133

plural	coursings

What does coursing mean?: Coursing means the sport of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight rather than by scent.
What is coursing the present participle and gerund of?: Coursing is the present participle and gerund of course.
What part of speech is coursing?: Coursing is a noun.
What is the plural of coursing?: The plural of coursing is coursings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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