(transitive, intransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching. / (transitive, intransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

(sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. / (social media) The act of following another user's online activity.

Coming next, either in sequence or in time. / About to be specified. / (of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.

After, subsequent to.

A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage. / Vocation; business; profession. / (with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.

present participle of follow

(literally) One who follows, comes after another. / Something that comes after another thing. / One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.

(cricket) The act of a captain forcing the other side to bat again immediately after their first innings.

To follow in sequence; to come next. / (cricket, of a team) To bat their second innings immediately after their first innings.

plural of follower