Follow

Definition: Follow

Follow

Verb

1. To travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum".

2. Be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday.".

3. Come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false".

4. Travel along a certain course: "follow the road"; "follow the trail".

5. Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!" "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules".

6. Come after in time, as a result; "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake".

7. Behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example".

8. Be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following".

9. Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals".

10. : to bring something about at a later time than; "She followed dinner with a brandy"; He followed his lecture with a question and answer period".

11. : imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything".

12. : follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress".

13. : follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars".

14. : be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?.

15. : perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano".

16. : keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies".

17. : to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience".

18. : accept and follow the leadership of command or guidance of; "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years".

19. : adhere to or practice; "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion".

20. : work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist; "She is our resident philosopher".

21. : keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing".

22. : follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life".

23. : grasp the meaning; "Can you follow her argument?" "When he lectures, I cannot follow".

24. : keep to: "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "follow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Follow \Fol"low\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Followed; Following.]. (references)

Fine Arts

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Follow

Intelligibility

Understand, comprehend, take, take in; catch, grasp, follow, collect, master, make out; see with half an eye, see daylight, see one's way; enter into the ideas of; come to an understanding.

Pursuit

Verb: pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on; (do); engage in; (undertake); set about; (begin); endeavor; court; (request) seek; (search); aim at; (intention); follow the trail; (trace); fish for; (experiment); press on; (haste); run a race; (velocity).

Sequence

Verb: succeed; come after, come on, come next; follow, ensue, step into the shoes of; alternate.

Crosswords: Follow

My men follow orders or people die. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

All I need to find you, Louis, is to follow the corpses of rats (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Just follow the screams (The Lost World: Jurassic Park; writing credit: David Koepp)

Don't follow the lights (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Follow. But (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

You follow it (Wall Street Shuffle; performing artist: 10CC)

Subtle innuends follow (Goody Two Shoes; performing artist: Adam Ant)

I've got to follow it, 'cause everything I know, well it's nothing till I give it to you. (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply)

No matter who they follow (No Matter What; performing artist: Boyzone)

Why follow me to higher ground (December; performing artist: Collective Soul)

Potluck supper: Sunday at 5:00 P.M... Prayer and medication to follow. (references; author: unknown)

If you follow in others' footsteps, you will never leave yours behind. (references; author: unknown)

A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow. (references; author: unknown)

Follow Me (1972)

She'll Follow You Anywhere (1971)

Follow Me (1969)

Boys! Follow Me (1966)

Follow That Rainbow (1966)

Follow You Down (performing artist: Gin Blossoms)

I Will Follow Him (performing artist: Little Peggy March)

Follow Me (performing artist: Uncle Kracker)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (reference)

• Follow Your Heart (reference)

• The Art of Mentoring: Lead, Follow and Get Out of the Way (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Contrary Investor Follow Up Service (reference)

• Follow Up File (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Follow The Stars Home (reference)

• Magic Users Club (Maho Tsukai Tai), Volume 1 - I'll Follow You - Episodes 1 and 2 (reference)

• Sesame Street Presents - Follow that Bird (reference)

• Dragon Tales - Follow the Clues (reference)

• Follow the Sun (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Follow The Leader [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Follow the Reaper (reference)

• I Will Follow Him [Collectables] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pelican's seeking the proverbial free lunch as they follow a fishing vessel. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Bayou Lafourche was the main channel of the Mississippi River a few thousand years ago. As river bed fills, the river changes course seeking a steeper slope to the sea. If allowed to follow its natural cycle, the Mississippi River would be in the process of changing its course into the bed of the Atchafalaya River. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Artist's conception of pole and line fishing. When one fish is hooked, the rest of the school tends to follow the hooked fish to the side of the fishing vessel . Credit: Fisheries.

The introduction of toxins into the marine environment have drastic effects on the organisms that live there. This image shows a "normal" rock sole top and a "normal" English sole, bottom. Compare with some of the images that follow. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Figure 44. Magnaghi helical mounting (improved model.) This model resulted from the suggestion of Giovanni Battista Magnaghi to the London instrument maker s Negretti and Zambra, in 1881, to follow the ideas developed on the Italian navy ship WASHINGTON. Left: before reversing. Right: after reversing. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

"Always follow the instructions on the label & complete the treatment.". Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Well, did you follow my advice and eat plenty of animal food?". Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The Japanese representatives follow their escort officer along the deck of USS Lansdowne (DD-486), after the surrender ceremonies. Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu is leading the delegation, followed by General Yoshijiro Umezu. Credit: NAVY.

Man on bicycle pushing to follow bicycling man in distance. Credit: Library of Congress.

Morley let his gaze follow that of Captain Fred. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Common pleas shall not follow our court, but shall be held in some fixed place. (reference)

But granting that the conqueror in a just war has a right to the estates, as well as power over the persons, of the conquered; which, it is plain, he hath not: nothing of absolute power will follow from hence, in the continuance of the government; because the descendants of these being all freemen, if he grants them estates and possessions to inhabit his country, (without which it would be worth nothing) whatsoever he grants them, they have, so far as it is granted, property in. (Second Treatise of Government)

Its decisions must follow the same principles and rules in all cases where they are applicable. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We will follow them to Hartfield

I moved away a few steps, and waited to follow her into the carriage, where I resumed the conversation

Numbers written on restaurant bills within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe

Few secrets can escape an investigator, who has opportunity and license to undertake such a quest, and skill to follow it up.

I told my wife to dress up, as you saw, so that your young lady would follow her without hesitation

The three students halted round the box on which Davin sat to follow the game

They thus directed, we will follow In the main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse

Tom started to follow, and then he stopped

It is the luxurious and dissipated who set the fashions which the herd so diligently follow.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Yes. Follow these guidelines. (references)

Follow with a plain water rinse. (references)

The child doesn’t follow directions. (references)

Business

It would set the standards others would have to follow. (references)

They closely follow up projects in the development pipeline. (references)

Relocation of production sites to the United States may follow. (references)

Children

Tajikistan

The conference was held as a follow up to the national conference on child protection. (references)

Mexico

He also urged state and local governments to follow his lead in developing such measures. (references)

Ghana

Trokosi shrines all follow these general practices; however, specific practices, such as the length of indoctrination, the exact nature of the ritual instruction, and the requirements for the release rites, vary from shrine to shrine and district to district. (references)

Civil Liberties

Afghanistan

Students who did not follow the instructions were turned away from their classrooms. (references)

United Arab Emirates

Private associations must follow the Government's censorship guidelines if they publish any material. (references)

Kenya

The Commission is no longer functioning, and the Government took no action to follow up on the report. (references)

Economic History

Spain

These laws follow EU standards. (references)

The Netherlands

Descriptions of the four main parties follow. (references)

Cayman Islands

Schools follow the British educational system. (references)

Human Rights

Czech Republic

The authorities follow these guidelines in practice. (references)

Chile

Many international NGO's also follow human rights issues closely. (references)

Oman

However, in practice the police do not always follow these procedures. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Commission (ATSIC) welcomed this repeal and called upon Western Australia to follow suit. (references)

Minorities

Peru

Both the navy and the air force are believed widely to follow unstated policies that exclude blacks from the officer corps. (references)

India

Dalits (formerly called untouchables) are viewed by many Hindus as separate from or "below" the caste system; nonetheless, they too are expected to follow their dharma if they hope to achieve caste in a future life. (references)

Political Economy

Kenya

Procedures generally follow British pattern. (references)

Sudan

Magistrates in SPLM/SPLA-held areas follow a penal code roughly based on the 1925 Penal Code. (references)

Nepal

King Gyanendra said he would follow in his brother's footsteps on democracy and a market economy. (references)

Trade

Nepal

Nepal does not follow the ISO 9000 series. (references)

Chad

Norms usually follow French/European Standards. (references)

Ghana

Operating standards usually follow the British or European norm. (references)

Travel

Mexico

Visitors should follow standard international dietary precautions in Mexico. (references)

Kenya

Residents should follow a strict sanitary regime in washing and preparing food. (references)

Bahrain

Employees of offshore financial institutions often follow a more Western workweek. (references)

Women

Portugal

This obliges the police to follow through on reports of domestic violence. (references)

Sri Lanka

The minimum age of marriage for women is 18 years, except in the case of Muslims, who continue to follow their customary marriage practices. (references)

Kazakhstan

Police also may not detain a person legally for more than 72 hours if the victim refuses to provide a written complaint and in most cases, women refuse to follow through with charges. (references)

Worker Rights

Mauritania

Other human rights and civic action NGO's also follow this issue closely. (references)

Bahrain

Private businesses generally follow the Government's lead in establishing their wage rates. (references)

Costa Rica

The employer is not obligated to follow any specific procedures to prove grounds for dismissal. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "follow": but worse was to follow ♦ do follow me ♦ do you follow me? ♦ follow a beaten track ♦ follow a treatment ♦ follow about ♦ follow along/to ♦ Follow board ♦ follow by ♦ follow closely ♦ follow each other ♦ follow from ♦ follow his example ♦ follow in his footsteps ♦ follow in one's footsteps ♦ follow in smb.'s tracks ♦ follow in smb.'s wake ♦ follow in the footsteps of ♦ follow in the steps of ♦ follow in the wake of ♦ follow me! ♦ follow my leader ♦ follow on ♦ follow on the heels of ♦ follow one another ♦ follow one's bent ♦ follow one's nose ♦ follow oneself ♦ follow out ♦ follow out one's train of thoughts ♦ follow smb. with one's eyes ♦ follow smb.'s advice ♦ follow smb.'s example ♦ follow smb.'s leader ♦ follow smb.'s trail ♦ follow suit ♦ follow the dictates of ♦ follow the enemy ♦ follow the fashion ♦ follow the law ♦ follow the lead of ♦ follow the leader ♦ follow the plough ♦ follow the plow ♦ follow the reasoning ♦ follow the scent ♦ follow the sea ♦ follow the stream upwards ♦ follow the trail ♦ follow through ♦ follow to ♦ follow to the world's end ♦ follow up ♦ follow up an advantage ♦ follow up on ♦ follow up with ♦ follow upon the heels of ♦ it does not follow ♦ it must follow ♦ To follow suit ♦ to follow the fortunes ♦ To follow the hounds ♦ To follow up. Additional references.

Beginning with "follow": follow-me, follow-my-leader, follow-on, follow-on echelon, follow-on forces, follow-on forces attack, follow-on-contract, follow-on-target, follow-spot, follow-the-fireworks-code, follow-the-leader, follow-then, follow-through, Follow-Up, follow-up, follow-up attack, follow-up examination, follow-up forces, follow-up letter, Follow-Up Studies, follow-up treatment, follow-up visit, follow-ups.

Ending with "follow": easy-to-follow.

Afrikaans

volg (come after). (various references)

Albanian

zbatoj (act, apply, apply to, carry out, carry through, dispense, effectuate, enforce, execute, obey, observe, practise, realize), vjen (comes, draw in, feel, leap, reek, spring), shoqëroj (accompany, associate, attend, convoy, escort, go along with, go with, lead, show in, string along with), pasoj (ensue, feed, pass on), ndjek (attend, chase, give chase, Hunt, lead, nose, persecute, prosecute, pursue, rattle, shadow, smell out, spoor, string along, tag, tail, take after, touch, trace, track, track down, trail, tread), ndiq, merrem me (address oneself to, engage, engage in, handle, look after, see to, settle down to), bindem (answer, bend, comply, make sure, obey). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لاحق (chase, follow in his footsteps, follow up, following, give chase, go after, hunt, later, posterior, prosecute, pursue, run after, run at smb., stalk, subsequent, tag, track), ‏قلد (affect, ape, burlesque, copy, echo, fake, imitate, inaugurate, mime, mimic, mock, parrot, present, send up, sham, simulate, vest), ‏ولى (ensue, inaugurate, succeed, supervene), ‏حاول تقليده, ‏تعقب (carry, chase, dog, hound, keep track of, pursue, set back, tail), ‏تابع (adherent, attached, citizen, dependent, disciple, follow up, follower, following, forward, function, get on, go ahead, keep an eye on, page, post, press, pursue, put up with, redirect, satellite, send on, sub, subject, subordinate, subsequent, subservient, subsidiary, tributary, under one's thumb, underlying, urge, vassal), ‏تبع (dangle, direct, go after, succeed, supervene, tread, tread on smb.'s heels), ‏إمتثل (obey, toe the line), ‏أدرك (apprehend, awake, comprehend, feel, get at, observe, overhaul, overtake, penetrate, perceive, pierce, realize, recognize, rejoin, see, see daylight, sense, sober up, take, twig, understand), ‏رافق (accompany, bring, bully, carry, chaperon, companion, company, escort, join, pursue, see, see off, string, string along with, take, take along, take out). (various references)

Aymara

arcaña (to follow). (various references)

Basque

jarraitu. (various references)

Breton

heuilhit. (various references)

Bulgarian 

следя внимателно, следвам (act on, imitate, pursue, read, read for, study, take), разбирам (apprehend, catch on, comprehend, cotton, discover, fathom, figure out, find out, grasp, grip, have, latch, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick up, realize, riddle, rumble, see, see through, sense, take, take in, think, understand, work out), гоня (badger, chivy, drive, keep away, persecute, prey upon, prosecute, pursue, push, run, run after, shag, victimize), вървя след, последвам (be the result of, ensue, go after, result, supervene), интересувам се от (go in for, think about). (various references)

Catalan

segueixi (you follow). (various references)

Chinese 

随后而来 (Followed, following), 遹 (in accordance with), 跟進 (follow up), 跟從 , 迪 (direct), 踵 (arrive, heel), 皈 (comply with), 由 (because of, by, cause, due to, from, it is for...to, reason, to, to leave it), 接著 (carry on), 從 (from, lax, obey, observe, second cousin, unhurried, yielding), 徇 (quick). (various references)

Croatian

slijedite. (various references)

Czech

následovat (ensue, follow on, go after, succeed, take after). (various references)

Danish

følge (come after, consequence, consistency, result). (various references)

Dutch

opvolgen (act on, act upon, observe, run after), handelen volgens (act on, act upon, observe). (various references)

Esperanto

veni poste (arrive afterwards, come afterwards, come later), sekvu, sekvi, postiri, agi laŭ (observe). (various references)

Estonian

järgige. (various references)

Faeroese

fylgja (accompany, come after, consequence, escort). (various references)

Farsi 

فهمیدن (Catch, Compass, Comprehend, Get, Grasp, Gripe, Induct, Intend, Learn, Realize, Savor, Savvy, See, Skill, Tell, Understand), پیروی کردن از (Listen), پیروی (Imitation), منتج شدن , متابعت کردن , متابعت , تعقیب کردن (Chase-Chace, Pursue, Suit, Tail), استنباط (Deduction, Presumption), دنبال کردن (Chase-Chace, Continue, Dog, Pursue, Trace, Track), درک کردن (Appreciate, Apprehend, Catch, Cognize, Compass, Comprehend, Coneive, Hear, Induct, Perceive, Realize, Savvy, Seize, Understand), درذیل امدن . (various references)

Finnish

seurata (accompany, be a consequence of, come after, ensue from, observe, succeed, watch). (various references)

Flemish

volg. (various references)

French

suivre (follow up), suivez, respecter. (various references)

French Canadian

suivez. (various references)

Frisian

folgje (come after). (various references)

German

folgen (aftereffects, agree with, come after, ensue, follow on, go along with, obey, results, sequels, sequences, sequiturs, succeed, succeeding, successions, suites, tail, to ensue, to follow, to succeed, trace, trail), befolgen (act on, act upon, comply with, keep, obey, observe, to follow, to obey), verfolgen (chase, follow through, follow up, haunt, Hunt, keep, mind, observe, obsess, persecute, prosecute, pursue, to follow, to follow up, to obsess, to pursue, to trace, to track, track, tracking, trail), nachkommen (carry out, come after, come later, come on, comply with, descendants, follow on, fulfill, honor, honour, keep, keep up, obey, progeny, satisfy). (various references)

Greek 

ακολουθώ (accompany, attend, come on, heel, pursue). (various references)

Haitian Creole

suiv. (various references)

Hebrew 

לעקוב (keep track of, set back, tag, trace, track), להזדנב (queue up, straggle, tail, trail behind), להבין (apprehend, comprehend, gather, grasp, know, make out, realize, see, see daylight, see the light, take, take in, understand), לבוא אחרי (succeed), לנהות אחרי (long for, yearn). (various references)

Hungarian

következik (ensue, succeed, to ensue, to follow, to result, to succeed), követ (emissary, envoy, legate, mercury, minister, pursue, to attend, to follow, to follow suit, to pursue, to track, track), kövesse. (various references)

Icelandic

fylgdu (follow you). (various references)

Indonesian

turut (keep), mengiringi (accompany, convoy, escort, shadow), mengikuti, membuntuti (follow at rear, trail), ikut (go along, participate). (various references)

Inuktitut

malikpaa (to follow). (various references)

Irish

lean. (various references)

Italian

seguire (come after, descendants, ensue, practice, practise, run, succeed, tail, to follow), inseguire (chase, follow up, haunt, hound, obsess, pursue, run after, stalk, track, tracking, trail), conseguire (achieve, attain, deduct, ensue, gain, obtain, reach, result). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

尾行 (shadow, tail). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

フォロー (followup), フォロウ , びこう (beautiful port, faint light, muzzle of a dog, N.B., nose and mouth, nostril, nostrils, note, provision for famine, remarks, shadow, tail, the nasal cavity, traveling incognito), ついずい, ほう (Act, cannon, divide, emulate, gun, imitate, information, male phoenix bird, punishment, retribution, salary, side). (various references)

Korean 

따르십시요 (Comply, Pour). (various references)

Luganda

goberera (follow the), gendera (follow this). (various references)

Malagasy

manaraha. (various references)

Malay

mengikuti (come after), ikuti (come after). (various references)

Manx

eiyrt (attend on, bolster, chase, drive, emulate, emulation, ensue, follow through, persist, pursue, pursuit, put it into practice, result, shadow, stalk, tail), eiyr (drive). (various references)

Maori

aru-mia (to follow). (various references)

Maya

tzaay-neh (to follow). (various references)

Norwegian

følge (consequence, ensue), følg, etterfølge. (various references)

Papiamen

sigui (come after). (various references)

Pidgin English

follo (to follow). (various references)

Pig Latin

ollowfay.(various references)

Portuguese

siga. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

siga. (various references)

Quechua

qhatiriy. (various references)

Romanian

fi atent (be on the spot, hear, listen, mind, notice, watch), rezulta (accrue, ensue, issue, result, result from), însoţi (accompany, annex, attend, chaperon, consort, escort, gallant, go with, see, see off, take, usher), acţiona conform cu, adopta (adopt, affiliate, assume, choose, embrace, espouse, legitimate, receive, take), arãta interes pentru (care for, nibble at), completa cu, conforma, continua (bide, carry on, carry through, continue, go on, hold, keep, keep it up, keep on, keep up, last, persist, play off, proceed, prosecute, pursue, resume), imita (ape, copy, counterfeit, echo, forge, go after, imitate, mimic, parody, pattern after, simulate), merge împreunã cu, merge în urmã (go after), merge de-a lungul, înţelege (agree, apprehend, bottom, catch, come it, compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, grasp, interpret, latch on, make of, perceive, read, realize, savvy, scheme, see, see into, seize, take, tumble to, twig, understand), respecta (esteem, hold, honor, honour, keep, observe, redeem, regard, respect, revere), veni dupã cineva, se ţine pe urmele (spoor), se alãtura (accede, join), se angaja (commit oneself, engage, promise, sign on), se apuca de (begin, embark, fall to, go at, set about), se conduce dupã, se interesa (ask, concern oneself with, inquire, make inquiries), se lua dupã (go by), se ocupa (attend to, busy oneself with, dabble, deal with, embrace, employ, employ oneself in, go in for, practise, see about), studia (consider, examine, explore, learn, prepare, read, study, survey), urma (attend, continue, ensue, go with, hold, inherit, resume, succeed, take), urmãri (aim, chase, dog, drive, follow out, give chase, go after, go for, haunt, hound, Hunt, intend, look at, make after, Mark, obsess, pursue, run, run after, seek after, strive after, trace, track, watch), urmãri cu atenţie, veni (appear, approach, arrive, come, come down, draw, fall, go in, set in), merge dupã. (various references)

Romansch

suandar (to follow). (various references)

Romany

denedìnav (to follow). (various references)

Russian 

следовать (abide by, befit, behoove, ensue, follow upon, ought, pursue, result, run, supervene). (various references)

Scottish

lean (adhere to, come after, continue, stick to). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uslediti, slediti (freeze, go after, succeed, track), pratiti (accompany, chaperon, convoy, escort, follow up, keep an eye on, keep track of, shadow, tag, tail), postupiti (act, proceed), goniti (bay, chase, chevy, hunt, hunt for, impel, prosecute, pursue), držati se (acquit, carry, cling, hang on, keep, stick to). (various references)

Shona

-tevera (to follow). (various references)

Sicilian

seguiri (to follow). (various references)

Slovene

sledite. (various references)

Somali

raac. (various references)

Sotho

sala (stay). (various references)

Spanish

seguir (chase, come after, continue, go after, go in for, go off, go on, hold, keep, keep on, keep track of, keep up, keep up with, proceed, pursue, run, shadow, tail, take, to follow, trace), venir después (arrive afterwards, come afterwards, come later, tag along). (various references)

Swahili

fuata. (various references)

Swazi

ku-lándzeli (to follow). (various references)

Swedish

följa (accompany, come after, ensue, obey, observe, see, Shepherd, show, succeed, take, to accompany, trace, track, walk), lyda (obey, read, run, take), efterfölja (succeed). (various references)

Tagalog

sundin, sumunód (come after). (various references)

Tahitian

pe'e (to follow). (various references)

Thai

เลียนแบบ (ape, do, imitate, mock, mock up), เป็นผลมาจาก (arise from, arise out of), ไล่ตาม (dog, keep after), การติดตาม, ตาม, ปฏิบัติตาม. (various references)

Tswana

latelang, latela. (various references)

Turkish

uymak (abide by, accommodate oneself, accord, adapt, agree, answer, assort, become, chime, chime in with, coincide, comply, comply with, comport, conform, consist, consort, correlate, correspond, defer, do, do for, fall with, fit, gear, go, go together, go with, harmonize, keep, keep to, match, mate, obey, observe, pertain, quadrate, respect, sort together, Square, square with, string along with, suit, tally, tally with, tone, work in with), takip etmek (chase, come after, dog, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, hound, keep tabs on, prosecute, pursue, sleuth, track), sonucu olmak (be the result of, ensue, result), sonra gelmek (be posterior to, come second, succeed), sürdürmek (carry on, continue, elongate, go ahead with smth., keep, keep going, keep on, keep the ball rolling, keep up, lead, maintain, perpetuate, persist, prolong, prosecute, pursue, remain, support, sustain, uphold, wage), izleyin, izlemek (chase, come on, dog, eye, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, go by, hound, keep tabs on, monitor, monitorize, observe, pursue, shadow, supervene, tail, trace, track, trail, watch), dolayı olmak, dinlemek (attend, hark, harken, hear, hearken, lend an ear, lend one's ear, listen, listen to, obey), bilardoda bir vuruş. (various references)

Turkmen 

yzarlamak (trace, track down), kowalmak (chase), gollanmak (be guided), eяermek (be led, ensue). (various references)

Ukrainian

супроводити (accompany, be, companion, company, conduct, convoy, go with), іти слідом (tail), удар накатом, випливати (issue, result), наставати після, переслідувати (bay, chase, drive, ghost, hound, persecute, pursue, tag), дотримуватися (adhere, hold to, keep, pursue). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trò chơi "rồng rắn lên mây" (follow-my-leader). (various references)

Welsh

dilyn (attend, imitate, pursue), canlyn (pursue). (various references)

Xhosa

landela. (various references)

Yucatec

tsaypachik (come after). (various references)

Zulu

-landelayo (come after, following, next). (various references)

comitabantur, comitari, comitati, comitatu, comitatur, comitatus, comites, comitetur, consecuta, consecutam, consecuti, consecutus, consequamur, consequantur, consequaris, consequebantur, consequens, consequenti, consequeretur, consequeris, consequi, consequitur, exceperint, exceperunt, excepi, excepistis, excepit, excepta, exceptis, excepto, exceptoria, exceptus, excipe, excipere, excipiens, excipientes, excipies, excipiet, excipite, exsecuti, exsecutores, insecuti, insecutus, insequebantur, insequentur, insequitur, secunda, secundae, secundam, secundarum, secundas, secundi, secundo, secundoprimo, secundos, secundum, secundus, secuta, secutae, secuti, secutique, secutum, secutus, secutusque, sequamini, sequamur, sequantur, sequar, sequaris, sequatur, sequebamur, sequebantur, sequebar, sequebatur, sequebaturque, sequemurque, sequens, sequentem, sequentes, sequenti, sequentibus, sequentis, sequentium, sequentur, sequere, sequerentur, sequerer, sequereris, sequeretur, sequeris, sequetur, sequeturque, sequi, sequimini, sequitur, sequor, sequuntur, succedente, succedentibus, succedere, succederet, succedit, succedunt, successerant, successerit, successerunt, successit, successu, successum, successus. (various references)

folgian, fylgan. (various references)

trasser. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "follow": followed, follower, followers, followership, followerships, following, followings, follows, followup, followups. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Follow" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bollow, falloc, Fillou, Flotow, Folla, follo, foolow, fowlow, Frolov, fullo, fyllo, ollow. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: flow, fool, fowl, loof, wolf, woof, wool.

-3 letters: loo, low, owl, woo.

-4 letters: lo, of, ow, wo.

+1 letter: follows.

+2 letters: followed, follower, followup, footwall, woolfell.

+3 letters: followers, following, followups, footwalls, woolfells.

+4 letters: followings, yokefellow.

+5 letters: floorwalker, globeflower, sorrowfully, yokefellows.