run

A1
Pronunciation
/ɹʊn/
/ɹʌn/
/ɹʌn/
Noun
23 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • I just got back from my morning run.
2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • I need to make a run to the store.
3 Definition

A pleasure trip.

Example Sentences
  • Let's go for a run in the car.
4 Definition

Flight, instance or period of fleeing.

5 Definition

Migration (of fish).

6 Definition

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

7 Definition

A path taken by literal movement or figuratively

8 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He set up a rabbit run.
9 Definition

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

10 Definition

State of being current; currency; popularity.

11 Definition

Continuous or sequential

12 Definition

A flow of liquid; a leak.

Example Sentences
  • The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
13 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run".
14 Definition

A quick pace, faster than a walk.

Example Sentences
  • He broke into a run.
15 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings.
16 Definition

Any sudden large demand for something.

Example Sentences
  • There was a run on Christmas presents.
17 Definition

Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces

18 Definition

A standard or unexceptional group or category.

Example Sentences
  • He stood out from the usual run of applicants.
19 Definition

In sports

20 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • I have a run in my stocking.
21 Definition

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

22 Definition

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.

23 Definition

A pair or set of millstones.

Verb
35 definition(s)
1 Definition

To run.

2 Definition

To move swiftly.

3 Definition

(fluids) To flow.

4 Definition

(of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.

5 Definition

To control or manage, be in charge of.

Example Sentences
  • He is running the candidate's expensive campaign.
6 Definition

To be a candidate in an election.

Example Sentences
  • I have decided to run for governor of California.
7 Definition

To make run in a race or an election.

Example Sentences
  • He ran his best horse in the Derby.
8 Definition

To exert continuous activity; to proceed.

Example Sentences
  • to run through life; to run in a circle
9 Definition

To be presented in the media.

Example Sentences
  • Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.
10 Definition

To print or broadcast in the media.

Example Sentences
  • run a story; run an ad
11 Definition

To smuggle (illegal goods).

Example Sentences
  • to run guns; to run rum
12 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
13 Definition

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

14 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Don't run that software unless you have permission.
15 Definition

To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.

Example Sentences
  • to run from one subject to another
16 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Our supplies are running low.
17 Definition

To cost a large amount of money.

Example Sentences
  • Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.
18 Definition

Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.

Example Sentences
  • My stocking is running.
19 Definition

To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

20 Definition

To cause to enter; to thrust.

Example Sentences
  • to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
21 Definition

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

22 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • to run a line
23 Definition

To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).

Example Sentences
  • to run the risk of losing one's life
24 Definition

To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

25 Definition

To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

26 Definition

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.

27 Definition

To control or have precedence in a card game.

Example Sentences
  • Every three or four hands he would run the table.
28 Definition

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

29 Definition

To be popularly known; to be generally received.

30 Definition

To have growth or development.

Example Sentences
  • Boys and girls run up rapidly.
31 Definition

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

32 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Certain covenants run with the land.
33 Definition

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

34 Definition

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

35 Definition

To speedrun.

Adjective
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

In a liquid state; melted or molten.

Example Sentences
  • Put some run butter on the vegetables.
2 Definition

Cast in a mould.

3 Definition

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

4 Definition

(of a zoology) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

5 Definition

Smuggled.

Example Sentences
  • run brandy