run
verb
- To run.
noun
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
"I just got back from my morning run."
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
"I need to make a run to the store."
- A pleasure trip.
"Let's go for a run in the car."
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- Migration (of fish).
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A path taken by literal movement or figuratively
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
"He set up a rabbit run."
- Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- Continuous or sequential
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
"The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me."
- (West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
"The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run"."
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
"He broke into a run."
- A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
"Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings."
- Any sudden large demand for something.
"There was a run on Christmas presents."
- Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
"He stood out from the usual run of applicants."
- In sports
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
"I have a run in my stocking."
- The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A pair or set of millstones.
verb
- To move swiftly.
- (fluids) To flow.
- (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
"He is running the candidate's expensive campaign."
- To be a candidate in an election.
"I have decided to run for governor of California."
- To make run in a race or an election.
"He ran his best horse in the Derby."
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
"to run through life; to run in a circle"
- To be presented in the media.
"Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper."
- To print or broadcast in the media.
"run a story; run an ad"
- To smuggle (illegal goods).
"to run guns; to run rum"
- To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
"Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again."
- To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
- To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
"Don't run that software unless you have permission."
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
"to run from one subject to another"
- To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
"Our supplies are running low."
- To cost a large amount of money.
"Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars."
- Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
"My stocking is running."
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
"to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot"
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
"to run a line"
- To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
"to run the risk of losing one's life"
- To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
"Every three or four hands he would run the table."
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- To be popularly known; to be generally received.
- To have growth or development.
"Boys and girls run up rapidly."
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
"Certain covenants run with the land."
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- To speedrun.
adjective
- In a liquid state; melted or molten.
"Put some run butter on the vegetables."
- Cast in a mould.
- Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
- (of a zoology) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
- Smuggled.
"run brandy"
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