[W/K] :: path

  path \path\ (p[.a]th), n.; pl. paths (p[.a][th]z). [AS.
     p[ae][eth], pa[eth]; akin to D. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain
     origin; cf. Gr. pa`tos, Skr. patha, path. [root]21.]
     1. A trodden way; a footway.
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              The dewy paths of meadows we will tread. --Dryden.
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     2. A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has
        moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of
        a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also
        used figuratively, of a course of life or action.
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              All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth. --Ps.
                                                    xxv. 10.
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              The paths of glory lead but to the grave. --Gray.
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  Path \Path\ (p[.a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pathed
     (p[.a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Pathing.]
     To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). [R.]
     "Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways." --Drayton.
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  Path \Path\, v. i.
     To walk or go. [R.] --Shak.
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  path
       n 1: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our
            separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart";
            "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: way,
             way of life]
       2: a way especially designed for a particular use
       3: an established line of travel or access [syn: route, itinerary]
       4: a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the
          hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an
          animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: track, course]

  109 Moby Thesaurus words for "path":
     air lane, air line, air route, airway, alameda, approach, artery,
     avenue, beat, beaten path, beaten track, berm, bicycle path,
     boardwalk, boulevard, break, bridle path, broken circuit, catwalk,
     channel, circuit, circuital field, closed circuit,
     complete circuit, condensation trail, contrail, corridor, course,
     dead circuit, direction, drag, esplanade, fastwalk, flight path,
     foot pavement, footpath, footway, galvanic circuit, game plan,
     garden path, groove, highway, hiking trail, hot circuit, itinerary,
     lane, lateral circuit, leg, line, live circuit, loop,
     magnetic circuit, mall, means, method, microcircuit,
     multiple circuit, multiple series, orbit, parade, passage, pathway,
     piste, plan, prado, primrose path, printed circuit, procedure,
     process, promenade, public walk, road, round, route, run, runway,
     rut, scenario, scent, scheme, sea lane, series multiple, short,
     short circuit, shortcut, sidewalk, signs, spoor, strategy, street,
     technique, thoroughfare, tour, towing path, towpath, traces, track,
     trade route, trail, traject, trajectory, trajet, trottoir,
     vapor trail, vector field, wake, walk, walkway, way
  
  

  path n. 1. A bang path or explicitly routed {Internet address; a
     node-by-node specification of a link between two machines. Though these
     are now obsolete as a form of addressing, they still show up in
     diagnostics and trace headers occasionally (e.g. in NNTP headers). 2.
     [Unix] A filename, fully specified relative to the root directory (as
     opposed to relative to the current directory; the latter is sometimes
     called a `relative path'). This is also called a `pathname'. 3. [Unix
     and MS-DOS] The `search path', an environment variable specifying the
     directories in which the shell (COMMAND.COM, under MS-DOS) should look
     for commands. Other, similar constructs abound under Unix (for example,
     the C preprocessor has a `search path' it uses in looking for `#include'
     files).
  
  

  path
       
          1.  A bang path or explicitly routed Internet
          address; a node-by-node specification of a link between two
          machines.
       
          2.  pathname.
       
          3.   The list of directories the kernel
          (under Unix) or the command interpreter (under MS-DOS)
          searches for executables.  It is stored as part of the
          environment in both operating systems.
       
          Other, similar constructs abound under Unix; the C
          preprocessor, for example, uses such a search path to locate
          "#include" files.
       
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          (1996-11-21)