n. The ground on which a race is run; a race-course; hence, course; path; way.n. A charge or run at full speed, as in justing.n. General course of action or movement; procedure; course of proceeding; a specific course of action or occupation forming the object of one's life: as, “honour's fair career,” Dryden.n. [Sometimes used absolutely to signify a definite or conspicuous career of some kind: as, a man with a career before him.]n. In the manège, a place inclosed with a barrier, in which to run the ring.n. In falconry, a flight or tour of the hawk, about 120 yards.To move or run rapidly, as if in a race or charge.n. A prison; a lock-up; especially, one in a German school or university.n. One of the 8 to 12 stalls, closed with bars, from which races were started in a Roman circus. They were arranged with slanting axes in order not to give an unfair advantage to any competitor.