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polku — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • course noun A structured series of lessons or lectures on a subject, often part of a qualification.
  • footpath noun A path or trail intended for walking.
  • path noun A track or trail made for walking.
  • rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
  • trace noun A small mark, sign, or amount left behind that shows something existed or happened.
  • track noun A rough path or trail, often left by repeated use.
  • trail verb To follow closely behind someone or something.
  • tread verb To walk or step, especially in a particular manner.

Senses

polku is used for these senses in English:

  • course A path that something or someone moves along.
  • footpath Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
  • path A course taken.
  • path (computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.
  • rake (Northern England, and, climbing, also, figurative) A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
  • trace An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
  • track A road or other similar beaten path.
  • trail A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.

course — full definition

  1. noun A structured series of lessons or lectures on a subject, often part of a qualification.
  2. noun The path or direction that something (like a ship, plane, river, or plan of action) follows.
  3. noun One of the separate parts of a meal, served one after another.
  4. verb To flow or move quickly, especially of liquid.

footpath — full definition

  1. noun A path or trail intended for walking.
  2. noun A paved walkway alongside a road for pedestrians.

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