path Definition

path
noun paths

1. A track trodden by, or specially surfaced for, walking.

Thesaurus: trail, walkway, route, road, passage, track.
Form: pathway (also)
2. The line along which something is travelling.

Example: the path of Jupiter
Thesaurus: direction, course.
3. A course of action.

Example: the path to ruin
4. computing.
The location of a file in terms of a computer's disk drives and directory structure.

Idiom: beat a path to someone's door

To visit them very often or in very large numbers.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon pæth.