path

path

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/pɑːθ/]

Senses

1. path (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.

Example: Yet ere to to-morrow's ſun ſhall ſhew his head, / The dewy paths of meadows we will tread, / For crowns and chaplets to adorn thy head.

2. path (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A course taken.

Example: the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm

3. path (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A metaphorical course or route; progress.

Example: ⁠But thou and I have shaken hands,
⁠Till growing winters lay me low;
⁠My paths are in the fields I know,
And thine in undiscover’d lands.

4. path (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).

Example: His ghoſtly counſells onely doe aduiſe, / The meanes hovv Langlies progenie may riſe, / Pathing young Henries vnaduiſed vvaies, / A Duke of Yorke from Cambridge houſe to raiſe, […]

5. path (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder).

Example: Next, you need to path to the location of the executable and run it from there.

6. path (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To pathfind.

Structure of the word

Roots:
  • pent (Proto-Indo-European)

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