follow - English word #195

Translation

To go after someone or something, or to do what a rule or person says.

Word origin

From Old English folgian, meaning to go after or accompany, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.

Verb typeregular (follow, follows, followed)

Please follow door.

"Follow" means to go after the person leading you.

dog follows everywhere.

"Follows" is the form used with he, she, or it.

followed path river.

"Followed" is the past form of "follow".

come

To move towards the person who is speaking, or to arrive at a place.

go

To move or travel from one place to another.

keep

To have or hold something and not let it go, or to make something stay the same.

turn

To move so you face a new way, or to make something move round.

look

To turn your eyes towards something so you can see it.

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