Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Follow.

2. (n.) One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.

3. (n.) Vocation; business; profession.

4. (a.) Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.

5. (a.) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.