Follow

·vt To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

II. Follow ·vt To copy after; to take as an Example.

III. Follow ·vt To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

IV. Follow ·vt To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

V. Follow ·vt To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to Chase; to Pursue; to Prosecute.

VI. Follow ·vt To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to Obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

VII. Follow ·vt To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, ·etc.); to Accompany; to Attend.

VIII. Follow ·add. ·noun The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.

IX. Follow ·vi To go or come after;

— used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to Attend; to Accompany; to be a result; to Imitate.

X. Follow ·vt To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, ·etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.