paths

1. A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
2. A course taken.

   the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm

3. A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
4. A metaphorical course.
5. A method or direction of proceeding.
6. 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.
7. 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).
8. A continuous map f from the unit interval I = [0,1] to a topological space X.
9. A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.

verb

To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).