run

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To move swiftly.

   • Run, and you might still catch the train!
   • Through the open front door ran Jessamy, down the steps to where Kitto was sitting at the bottom with the pram beside him.
2. 2

   To flow.

   • The river runs through the forest into the North Sea.
   • There's blood running down your leg.
   • The current runs to the toaster.
3. 3

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

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   1. 4

      To control or manage

      To control or manage; to be in charge of.

      • My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.
      • She runs the fundraising.
      • My parents think they run my life.
   2. 5

      To be a candidate in an election.

      • I have decided to run for governor of California.
      • We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year.
   3. 6

      To make participate in certain kinds of competitions.

      • He ran his best horse in the Derby.
      • We're running two cars in today's rally.
   4. 7

      To exert continuous activity

      To exert continuous activity; to proceed.

      • to run through life; to run in a circle
   5. 8

      To be presented in the media.

      • The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.
      • The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre.
      • Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.
   6. 9

      To print or broadcast in the media.

      • run a story; run an ad
   7. 10

      To smuggle (illegal goods).

      • They are running guns to the rebels.
      • [...]whereas in the business of laying heavy impositions two and two never made more than one ; which happens by lessening the import, and the strong temptation of running such goods as paid high duties
   8. 11

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

      • Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
   9. 12

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

      • The border runs for 3000 miles.
      • The leash runs along a wire.
      • The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.
   10. 13

       To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.

       • They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong.
       • Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice.
       • I will run the sample.
   11. 14

       To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.

       • to run from one subject to another
       • Virgil was so well acquainted with this Secret, that to set off his first Georgic, he has run into a set of Precepts, which are almost foreign to his Subject,
   12. 15

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

       • Our food supplies are running low because money is running short.
       • They frequently overspent and soon ran into debt.
       • Tap water always runs freezing cold before running dry.
   13. 16

       To cost an amount of money.

       • Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.
       • Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece.
   14. 17

       Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.

       • My stocking is running.
   15. 18

       To cause stitched clothing to unravel.

       • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He took off the nylons & had runned one. He said "now I really look like a street whore!"
   16. 19

       To pursue in thought

       To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

       • To run the world back to its first original and infancy, and, as it were, to view nature in its cradle,
       • Methinks, if it might be, I would gladly understand the Formation of a Soul, run it up to its Punctum Saliens, and see it beat the first conscious Pulse.
   17. 20

       To cause to enter

       To cause to enter; to thrust.

       • to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
       • “You run your head into the lion's mouth,” answered Mac-Ivor.
       • With that he took off his great-coat, and having run his fingers through his hair, thrust one hand gently in the bosom of his waistcoat
   18. 21

       To drive or force

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

       • They ran the ship aground.
       • [...]and others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions and the abstract generalities of logic ;
   19. 22

       To cause to be drawn

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

       • to run a line
   20. 23

       To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).

       • to run the risk of losing one's life
       • He runneth two dangers.
   21. 24

       To put at hazard

       To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

       • He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them.
   22. 25

       To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

   23. 26

       To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally…

       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.

   24. 27

       To control or have precedence in a card game.

       • Every three or four hands he would run the table.
   25. 28

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

       • Which Sovereignty, with us, ſo undoubtedly reſideth in the Perſon of the King, that his ordinary Style runneth — Our Sovereign Lord the King: […]
       • The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running: “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
   26. 29

       To be popularly known

       To be popularly known; to be generally received.

       • [...]great captains, and even consular men, who first brought them over, took pride in giving them their own names (by which they run a great while in Rome)
       • Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himselfe.
   27. 30

       To have growth or development.

       • Boys and girls run up rapidly.
       • or the Richness of the Ground cause them [turnips] to run too much to Leaves
   28. 31

       To tend, as to an effect or consequence

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

       • A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds.
       • It hath been observed, that the temperate climates usually run into moderate governments, and the extremes into despotic power.
   29. 32

       To have a legal course

       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.
       • Customs run only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid.
   30. 33

       To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).

       • Don't let me run the fate of all who show indulgence to your sex […].
   31. 34

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

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

   32. 35

       To speedrun.

   33. 36

       To eject from a game or match.

       • Jackson got himself run in the top of the sixth for arguing a borderline strike three call.
   34. 37

       To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.

   35. 38

       To play basketball (usually pickup).

       • you wanna run? -- 'do you want to play?'; said to someone not in the game but who is watching and ready to play, when a team needs another player to make five (usually) for a pick-up game
       • "You wanna run?"
   36. 39

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

       • I just got back from my morning run.
       • Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes.
   37. 40

       Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot)

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

       • I need to make a run to the store.
       • Jackson said the white firefighters attempted to make him and other Black firefighters miss runs by not waking them up along with everyone else.
   38. 41

       A pleasure trip.

       • Let's go for a run in the car.
       • And I think of giving her a run in London for a change.
   39. 42

       Flight, instance or period of fleeing.

       • During his run from the police, he claimed to have a metaphysical experience which can only be described as “having passed through an abyss.”
   40. 43

       Migration of fish.

   41. 44

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

   42. 45

       A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to

       A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:

       • The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.
       • You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
   43. 46

       Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.

       • He can have the run of the house.
   44. 47

       An enclosure for an animal

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

       • He set up a rabbit run.
   45. 48

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

   46. 49

       State of being current

       State of being current; currency; popularity.

       • It is impossible for detached papers[...] to have a general run, or long continuance, if they are not diversified[...].
   47. 50

       Something continuous or sequential.

       • I’m having a run of bad luck.
       • 1782 Frances Burney Cecilia “ […] had had the preceding night an uncommon run of luck”.
       • He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.
   48. 51

       A flow of liquid

       A flow of liquid; a leak.

       • The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
       • a run of must in wine-making
       • the first run of sap in a maple orchard
   49. 52

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

       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".
   50. 53

       A quick pace, faster than a walk.

       • He broke into a run.
   51. 54

       A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially…

       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.
   52. 55

       Any sudden large demand for something.

       • There was a run on Christmas presents.
   53. 56

       Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces

   54. 57

       A standard or unexceptional group or category.

       • He stood out from the usual run of applicants.
   55. 58

       In sports

       • After trailing by as much as 12 points in the second half, Florida went on a 8-0 run to get back in the game.
   56. 59

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

       • I have a run in my stocking.
       • A camera pans the cocktail hour / Behind a blind of potted palms / And finds a lady in a Paris dress / With runs in her nylons
   57. 60

       The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and…

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

   58. 61

       The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the…

       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.

   59. 62

       A pair or set of millstones.

   60. 63

       One’s gait while running

       One’s gait while running; the way one runs.

       • I think they only have a weird run because their leg hurts.
   61. 64

       In a liquid state

       In a liquid state; melted or molten.

       • Put some run butter on the vegetables.
       • Samples of the regular run butter were sealed in 1 pound tins and sent to Washington, where the butter was scored and examined.
   62. 65

       Cast in a mould.

       • [...] the Sides are generally made of Holland's Tiles, or Plates of run Iron, ornamented variously as Fancy dictates, [...]
       • Vast quantities are cast in sand moulds, with that kind of run steel which is so largely used in the production of common table-knives and forks.
       • For making tea I have a kettle, Besides a pan made of run metal; An old arm-chair, in which I sit well — The back is round.
   63. 66

       Exhausted

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

   64. 67

       Travelled, migrated

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

       • The temperature of the water is consequently much higher than in either England or Scotland, and many newly run salmon will be found in early spring in the upper waters of Irish rivers where obstructions exist.
       • It may be very much a metallic appearance as opposed to the silver freshness of a recently run salmon.
       • Thus, on almost any day of the year, a fresh-run salmon may be caught legally somewhere in the British Isles.
   65. 68

       Smuggled.

       • run brandy
   66. 69

       past participle of rin

The neighborhood

• synonymgallop
• synonymrun
• synonymexecute
• synonymstart
• synonymtreadhorizontal part of a step
• synonymladderunravelling
• antonymriseantonym(s) of “horizontal part of a step”
• antonymriserantonym(s) of “horizontal part of a step”
• neighborwalk
• neighborway
• neighborgait
• neighborjourney
• neighborquickly
• neighborrush
• neighborspeedy
• neighbormove
• neighbormove quickly
• neighborrace
• neighborspeed
• neighborsprint