[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

path \path\ p.ath, n.; pl. paths p.athz. as.
   paeeth, paeth; akin to d. pad, g. pfad, of uncertain
   origin; cf. gr. pa`tos, skr. patha, path. root21.
   1. a trodden way; a footway.
      1913 webster

            the dewy paths of meadows we will tread. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            all the paths of the lord are mercy and truth. --ps.
                                                  xxv. 10.
      1913 webster

            the paths of glory lead but to the grave. --gray.
      1913 webster
see also:
paths 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

path \path\ p.ath, v. t. imp.  p. p. pathed
   p.athd; 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
pathed pathing 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

path \path\, v. i.
   to walk or go. r. --shak.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
way way of life route itinerary track course 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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.


see also:
bang path internet address shell 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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.
     
        jargon file
     
        1996-11-21
     
     
see also:
bang path internet address pathname unix ms-dos executables 
environment c preprocessor jargon file 

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