What is the meaning of the word "follow"?

Definitions:

accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of verb
- Let's follow our great helmsman!
adhere to or practice verb
- These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion
be later in time verb
- Tuesday always follows Monday
be next verb
- Mary plays best, with John and Sue following
be the successor (of) verb
- Carter followed Ford
come after in time, as a result verb
- A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake
come as a logical consequence verb
- follow logically
follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something verb
- We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba
grasp the meaning verb
- Can you follow their argument?
keep under surveillance verb
- The police had been following the suspect for weeks, but they could not prove their involvement in the bombing.
perform an accompaniment to verb
- The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano
to bring something about at a later time than verb
- I followed dinner with a brandy.
to travel behind, go after, come after verb
- The ducklings followed their mother around the pond
travel along a certain course verb
- follow the road