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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

path

/(pȧth)/ · IPA /[pʰäːθ]/
01 n. A trodden way; a footway.
pl. paths ((pȧt͟hz))
  1. 1.
    A trodden way; a footway.
    “The dewy paths of meadows we will tread.” — Dryden.
  2. 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.
    “All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.” — Ps. xxv. 10.
    “The paths of glory lead but to the grave.” — Gray.
02 v. t. To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).
imp. & p. p. Pathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pathing
  1. 1.
    To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).[R.]
03 v. i. To walk or go.
  1. 1.
    To walk or go.[R.]