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Run   /rən/   Listen
Run

verb
(past ran; past part. run; pres. part. running)
1.
Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time.  "The children ran to the store"
2.
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.  Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail.  "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
3.
Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.  Synonyms: extend, go, lead, pass.  "His knowledge doesn't go very far" , "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life" , "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
4.
Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc..  Synonym: operate.
5.
Have a particular form.  Synonym: go.  "As the saying goes..."
6.
Move along, of liquids.  Synonyms: course, feed, flow.  "The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
7.
Perform as expected when applied.  Synonyms: function, go, operate, work.  "Does this old car still run well?" , "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
8.
Change or be different within limits.  Synonym: range.  "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent" , "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals" , "My students range from very bright to dull"
9.
Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position.  Synonym: campaign.
10.
Cause to emit recorded audio or video.  Synonym: play.  "I'll play you my favorite record" , "He never tires of playing that video"
11.
Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way.  "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles" , "Let the dogs run free"
12.
Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.  Synonyms: be given, incline, lean, tend.  "These dresses run small" , "He inclined to corpulence"
13.
Be operating, running or functioning.
14.
Change from one state to another.  "Run rogue" , "Run riot"
15.
Cause to perform.  "Run a process"
16.
Be affected by; be subjected to.  "Run a risk"
17.
Continue to exist.  Synonyms: die hard, endure, persist, prevail.  "The legend of Elvis endures"
18.
Occur persistently.
19.
Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine.  Synonym: execute.  "Run a new program on the Mac" , "The computer executed the instruction"
20.
Include as the content; broadcast or publicize.  Synonym: carry.  "This paper carries a restaurant review" , "All major networks carried the press conference"
21.
Carry out.
22.
Pass over, across, or through.  Synonyms: draw, guide, pass.  "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine" , "He drew her hair through his fingers"
23.
Cause something to pass or lead somewhere.  Synonym: lead.
24.
Make without a miss.
25.
Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor.  Synonym: black market.
26.
Cause an animal to move fast.
27.
Be diffused.  Synonym: bleed.
28.
Sail before the wind.
29.
Cover by running; run a certain distance.
30.
Extend or continue for a certain period of time.  Synonym: run for.
31.
Set animals loose to graze.
32.
Keep company.  Synonym: consort.
33.
Run with the ball; in such sports as football.
34.
Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means.  "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
35.
Travel a route regularly.  Synonym: ply.
36.
Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals).  Synonyms: hunt, hunt down, track down.  "The dogs are running deer" , "The Duke hunted in these woods"
37.
Compete in a race.  Synonym: race.  "Let's race and see who gets there first"
38.
Progress by being changed.  Synonyms: go, move.  "Run through your presentation before the meeting"
39.
Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.  Synonyms: melt, melt down.  "Melt down gold" , "The wax melted in the sun"
40.
Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging.  Synonym: ladder.
41.
Become undone.  Synonym: unravel.
noun
1.
A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.  Synonym: tally.  "Their first tally came in the 3rd inning"
2.
The act of testing something.  Synonyms: test, trial.  "He called each flip of the coin a new trial"
3.
A race run on foot.  Synonyms: foot race, footrace.
4.
An unbroken series of events.  Synonym: streak.  "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"
5.
(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team.  Synonyms: running, running game, running play.  "The coach put great emphasis on running"
6.
A regular trip.
7.
The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace.  Synonym: running.  "His daily run keeps him fit"
8.
The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation.
9.
Unrestricted freedom to use.
10.
The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.).
11.
A small stream.  Synonyms: rill, rivulet, runnel, streamlet.
12.
A race between candidates for elective office.  Synonyms: campaign, political campaign.  "He is raising money for a Senate run"
13.
A row of unravelled stitches.  Synonyms: ladder, ravel.
14.
The pouring forth of a fluid.  Synonyms: discharge, outpouring.
15.
An unbroken chronological sequence.  "The team enjoyed a brief run of victories"
16.
A short trip.



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"Run" Quotes from Famous Books



... lifted one great foot after the other, and again began to utter his plaintive cry. Out of mischief, I took Jimmy's part, and, picking up the bait-box, pretended to run with it. The elephant was not going to be teased by me. He dipped his trunk into the Ganges, and in an instant squirted a stream of water over me with all the force and precision of a fire-engine, to the immense amusement of ...
— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. - Scribner's Illustrated • Various
... will help us to solve the mystery. The plain of northern Europe may be divided into two wide areas, the French plain, whose waters run from East to West into the Atlantic, and the German plain, whose waters run from South to North into the North Sea and the Baltic. These wide expanses are connected by a narrow strip of territory through which all communications skirting the hills and mountains of the South must ...
— Belgium - From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day • Emile Cammaerts
... "Tyrant" and during the seventh and sixth centuries before our era every Greek city was for a time ruled by such Tyrants, many of whom, by the way, happened to be exceedingly capa-ble men. But in the long run, this state of affairs became unbearable. Then attempts were made to bring about reforms and out of these reforms grew the first democratic government of which ...
— The Story of Mankind • Hendrik van Loon
... nearer shelter. Already the pattering of heavy drops sounded in the lane, and before they had gone a dozen paces the rain came down in torrents. Two or three fields away a small shed offered the only shelter. Mr. Tredgold, taking his companion by the arm, started to run towards it. ...
— Dialstone Lane, Complete • W.W. Jacobs
... went corkscrewing down the hill, traversing crooked ways that were astonishingly full of German soldiers and astonishingly free of French townspeople. Either the citizens kept to their closed-up houses or, having run away at the coming of the enemy, they had not yet dared to return, although so far as I might tell there was no danger of their being mistreated by the gray-backs. Reaching the plain which is below the city we streaked westward, our destination ...
— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb


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