Follows meaning : (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. The act of following another user's online activity. To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction. To go or come after in a sequence. To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.). To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc). To understand, to pay attention to. To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person. To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform. To be a logical consequence of something. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.