D defs.my
Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Career

/kẽr-ĭr'/ · Ca·reer · IPA /kəˈɹɪɹ/
01 n. A race course: the ground run over.
  1. 1.
    A race course: the ground run over.
    “To go back again the same career.” Sir P. Sidney.
  2. 2.
    A running; full speed; a rapid course.
    “When a horse is running in his full career.” — Wilkins.
  3. 3.
    General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier.
    “An impartial view of his whole career.” Macaulay.
  4. 4.
    The flight of a hawk.(Falconry)
02 v. i. To move or run rapidly.
imp. & p. p. Careered; p. pr. & vb. n. Careering
  1. 1.
    To move or run rapidly.
    Careering gayly over the curling waves.” W. Irving.