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Runverb

To move swiftly.

Runverb

(intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. Compare walk.

Runverb

(intransitive) To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.

Runverb

(transitive) To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly.

Runverb

To compete in a race.

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(intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.

Runverb

To carry a football down the field.

Runverb

(transitive) To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.

Runverb

(intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.

Runverb

To go through without stopping, usually illegally.

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To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.

Runverb

(fluids) To flow.

Runverb

To move or spread quickly.

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(intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.

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(intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.

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(transitive) To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.

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(intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.

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(intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).

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To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.

Runverb

To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.

Runverb

(social) To carry out an activity.

Runverb

(transitive) To control or manage, be in charge of.

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(intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.

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(transitive) To make run in a race or an election.

Runverb

To exert continuous activity; to proceed.

Runverb

(intransitive) To be presented in one of the media.

Runverb

(transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.

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(transitive) To transport someone or something.

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(transitive) To smuggle illegal goods.

Runverb

To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.

Runverb

To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.

Runverb

(intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).

Runverb

(intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).

Runverb

(transitive) To make something extend in space.

Runverb

(intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.

Runverb

(transitive) To make a machine operate.

Runverb

(transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.

Runverb

To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.

Runverb

(copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).

Runverb

(transitive) To cost a large amount of money.

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(intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.

Runverb

To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

Runverb

To cause to enter; to thrust.

Runverb

To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.

Runverb

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.

Runverb

To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).

Runverb

To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

Runverb

To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

Runverb

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.

Runverb

To control or have precedence in a card game.

Runverb

To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

Runverb

(archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.

Runverb

To have growth or development.

Runverb

To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.

Runverb

To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.

Runverb

(golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.

Runverb

To speedrun.

Runverb

past participle of rin

Runnoun

Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.

Runnoun

Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) not necessarily by foot; dash or errand, trip.

Runnoun

A pleasure trip.

Runnoun

Flight, instance or period of fleeing.

Runnoun

Migration of fish.

Runnoun

A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

Runnoun

A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.

Runnoun

A (regular) trip or route.

Runnoun

The route taken while running or skiing.

Runnoun

The distance sailed by a ship.

Runnoun

A voyage.

Runnoun

An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.

Runnoun

Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.

Runnoun

State of being current; currency; popularity.

Runnoun

A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.

Runnoun

A series of tries in a game that were successful.

Runnoun

(card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.

Runnoun

(music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.

Runnoun

A trial.

Runnoun

A flow of liquid; a leak.

Runnoun

A small creek or part thereof. Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.

Runnoun

A production quantity (such as in a factory).

Runnoun

The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.

Runnoun

A quick pace, faster than a walk.

Runnoun

(of horses) A fast gallop.

Runnoun

A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.

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Any sudden large demand for something.

Runnoun

The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.

Runnoun

The horizontal length of a set of stairs

Runnoun

A standard or unexceptional group or category.

Runnoun

(baseball) The act of a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate; the point scored for this.

Runnoun

(cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.

Runnoun

(American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.

Runnoun

A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.

Runnoun

(nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.

Runnoun

(construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.

Runnoun

(mining) 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.

Runnoun

A pair or set of millstones.

Runnoun

The execution of a program or model

Runnoun

(video games) A playthrough.

Runnoun

(slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.

Runnoun

(golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.

Runnoun

(golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.

Runnoun

An attempt at a game, especially a speedrun.

Runnoun

Unrestricted use. lang=en.

Runadjective

In a liquid state; melted or molten.

Runadjective

Cast in a mould.

Runadjective

Exhausted; depleted especially with "down" or "out".

Runadjective

Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

Runadjective

Smuggled.

Runverb

To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; - said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.

Runverb

To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.

Runverb

To flee, as from fear or danger.

Runverb

To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.

Runverb

To steal off; to depart secretly.

Runverb

To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.

Runverb

Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body.

Runverb

To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.

Runverb

To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.

Runverb

To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; - so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.

Runverb

To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; - often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.

Runverb

To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.

Runverb

To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.

Runverb

To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.

Runverb

To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; - with on.

Runverb

To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.

Runverb

To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

Runverb

To be popularly known; to be generally received.

Runverb

To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.

Runverb

To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.

Runverb

To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.

Runverb

To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.

Runverb

To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.

Runverb

To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block.

Runverb

To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

Runverb

To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.

Runverb

To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.

Runverb

To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.

Runverb

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.

Runverb

To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; - said of contraband or dutiable goods.

Runverb

To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.

Runverb

To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.

Runverb

To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.

Runverb

To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

Runverb

To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.

Runverb

To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.

Runverb

To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.

Runverb

To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

Runverb

To sew, as 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.

Runverb

To migrate or move in schools; - said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.

Runverb

To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.

Runnoun

The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.

Runnoun

A small stream; a brook; a creek.

Runnoun

That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.

Runnoun

A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.

Runnoun

State of being current; currency; popularity.

Runnoun

Continued repetition on the stage; - said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.

Runnoun

A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.

Runnoun

A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.

Runnoun

The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.

Runnoun

A pleasure excursion; a trip.

Runnoun

The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license 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.

Runnoun

A roulade, or series of running tones.

Runnoun

The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.

Runnoun

The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; - said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

Runnoun

In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one point; also, the point thus scored; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs; the Yankees scored three runs in the seventh inning.

Runnoun

A pair or set of millstones.

Runnoun

A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts.

Runnoun

The movement communicated to a golf ball by running.

Runadjective

Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.

Runadjective

Smuggled; as, run goods.

Runnoun

a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely;

Runnoun

the act of testing something;

Runnoun

a race run on foot;

Runnoun

an unbroken series of events;

Runnoun

(American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball;

Runnoun

a regular trip;

Runnoun

the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace;

Runnoun

the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation;

Runnoun

unrestricted freedom to use;

Runnoun

the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.);

Runnoun

a small stream

Runnoun

a race between candidates for elective office;

Runnoun

a row of unravelled stitches;

Runnoun

the pouring forth of a fluid

Runnoun

an unbroken chronological sequence;

Runnoun

a short trip;

Runverb

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time;

Runverb

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run;

Runverb

stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point;

Runverb

direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.;

Runverb

have a particular form;

Runverb

move along, of liquids;

Runverb

perform as expected when applied;

Runverb

change or be different within limits;

Runverb

run, stand, or compete for an office or a position;

Runverb

cause to emit recorded sounds;

Runverb

move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way;

Runverb

have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;

Runverb

carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine;

Runverb

be operating, running or functioning;

Runverb

change from one state to another;

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cause to perform;

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be affected by; be subjected to;

Runverb

continue to exist;

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occur persistently;

Runverb

include as the content; broadcast or publicize;

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carry out;

Runverb

guide or pass over something;

Runverb

cause something to pass or lead somewhere;

Runverb

make without a miss

Runverb

deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

Runverb

cause an animal to move fast;

Runverb

be diffused;

Runverb

sail before the wind

Runverb

cover by running; run a certain distance;

Runverb

extend or continue for a certain period of time;

Runverb

set animals loose to graze

Runverb

keep company;

Runverb

run with the ball; in such sports as football

Runverb

travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means;

Runverb

travel a route regularly;

Runverb

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals);

Runverb

compete in a race;

Runverb

progress by being changed;

Runverb

reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating;

Runverb

come unraveled or undone as if by snagging;

Runverb

become undone;

Rannoun

(obsolete) Open robbery.

Ran

imp. of Run.

Rannoun

Open robbery.

Rannoun

Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

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