path UK /pɑːθ/US [pʰæθ]noun 10verb 3forms 3phrases 3 noun10 •a way for people on foot, not wide enough for carsYet ere to to-morrow's sun shall shew his head, / The dewy paths of meadows we will tread, / For crowns and chaplets to adorn thy head. — 1701 •A course taken. •A metaphorical course or route; progress.But thou and I have shaken hands, Till growing winters lay me low; My paths are in the fields I know, And thine in undiscover’d lands. — 1850 •A method or direction of proceeding.All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth. — 1611 •A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.Use the network path \\Marketing\Files to find the documents you need. •A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same). •A continuous map f from the unit interval I=[0,1] to a topological space X. •A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry. •A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.... while the planned hourly fast 'Connect' service from Middlesbrough to Newcastle has been postponed indefinitely due to problems in finding paths for it on the East Coast main line. — 2019 •Pathology. verb3 •To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).His ghostly counsells onely doe aduise, / The meanes hovv Langlies progenie may rise, / Pathing young Henries vnaduised vvaies, / A Duke of Yorke from Cambridge house to raise, […] — 1597 •To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder).Next, you need to path to the location of the executable and run it from there. •To pathfind. formspathed · pathing · paths Phrases with path cross someone's pathTo meet someone by chance. lead someone up the garden pathTo deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone. off the beaten pathIn a secluded location; in or to a place which is not frequently visited or not widely known.