follow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: follow	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for follow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
follow v to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" Antonym(s): lead, precede be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday" Synonym(s): postdate, follow Antonym(s): antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely" Synonym(s): follow, fall out travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the trail" Synonym(s): follow, travel along act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules" Synonym(s): comply, follow, abide by come after in time, as a result; "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake" Synonym(s): follow, come after behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" Synonym(s): follow, conform to be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following" choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" Synonym(s): adopt, follow, espouse to bring something about at a later time than; "She followed dinner with a brandy"; "He followed his lecture with a question and answer period" imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything" Synonym(s): take after, follow follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" Synonym(s): trace, follow follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" Synonym(s): watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" Synonym(s): succeed, come after, follow Antonym(s): come before, precede perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" Synonym(s): play along, accompany, follow keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" Synonym(s): keep up, keep abreast, follow to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" Synonym(s): come, follow accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of; "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years" adhere to or practice; "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion" work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" Synonym(s): be, follow keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing" Synonym(s): surveil, follow, survey follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" Synonym(s): pursue, follow grasp the meaning; "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow" keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet" Synonym(s): stick to, stick with, follow
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Follow \Fol"low\, n. The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Follow \Fol"low\, v. i. To go or come after; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate. Syn: Syn.- To {Follow}, {Succeed}, {Ensue}. Usage: To follow (v.i.) means simply to come after; as, a crowd followed. To succeed means to come after in some regular series or succession; as, day succeeds to day, and night to night. To ensue means to follow by some established connection or principle of sequence. As wave follows wave, revolution succeeds to revolution; and nothing ensues but accumulated wretchedness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Follow \Fol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Followed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Following}.][OE. foluwen, folwen, folgen, AS. folgian, fylgean, fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folg[?]n, G. folgen, Icel. fylgja, Sw. f[94]lja, Dan. f[94]lge, and perh. to E. folk.] 1. To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend. It waves me forth again; I'll follow it. --Shak. 2. To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute. I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. --Ex. xiv. 17. 3. To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice. Approve the best, and follow what I approve. --Milton. Follow peace with all men. --Heb. xii. 14. It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites. --J. Edwards. 4. To copy after; to take as an example. We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love. --Hooker. 5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office. 6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise. 7. To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument. He followed with his eyes the flitting shade. --Dryden. 8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. O, had I but followed the arts! --Shak. O Antony! I have followed thee to this. --Shak. {Follow board} (Founding), a board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask. --Knight. {To follow the hounds}, to hunt with dogs. {To follow suit} (Card Playing), to play a card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow an example set. {To follow up}, to pursue indefatigably. Syn: Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany; succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain. Usage: - To {Follow}, {Pursue}. To follow (v.t.) denotes simply to go after; to pursue denotes to follow with earnestness, and with a view to attain some definite object; as, a hound pursues the deer. So a person follows a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a journey; the officers of justice pursue a felon who has escaped from prison.