'Run' definitions:
Definition of 'run'
From: WordNet
noun
A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: run, tally]
noun
The act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial" [syn: test, trial, run]
noun
noun
An unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" [syn: streak, run]
noun
(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" [syn: run, running, running play, running game]
noun
A regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"
noun
The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: run, running]
noun
The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation; "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run"
noun
Unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house"
noun
The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"
noun
noun
A race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run" [syn: political campaign, campaign, run]
noun
noun
The pouring forth of a fluid [syn: discharge, outpouring, run]
noun
An unbroken chronological sequence; "the play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories"
noun
A short trip; "take a run into town"
verb
Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"
verb
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away]
verb
Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "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" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend]
verb
Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" [syn: operate, run]
verb
Have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..." [syn: run, go]
verb
Move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: run, flow, feed, course]
verb
Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" [syn: function, work, operate, go, run] [ant: malfunction, misfunction]
verb
Change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" [syn: range, run]
verb
Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?" [syn: campaign, run]
verb
Cause to emit recorded audio or video; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video" [syn: play, run]
verb
Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free"
verb
Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run]
verb
Be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!" [ant: idle, tick over]
verb
Change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"
verb
Cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"
verb
Be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk"
verb
Continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure]
verb
Occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family"
verb
Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction" [syn: run, execute]
verb
Include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" [syn: carry, run]
verb
Carry out; "run an errand"
verb
Pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run, draw, pass]
verb
Cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" [syn: run, lead]
verb
Make without a miss
verb
Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor [syn: run, black market]
verb
Cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"
verb
Be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" [syn: run, bleed]
verb
Sail before the wind
verb
Cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day"
verb
Extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours" [syn: run, run for]
verb
Set animals loose to graze
verb
Keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring" [syn: run, consort]
verb
Run with the ball; in such sports as football
verb
Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
verb
Travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast" [syn: ply, run]
verb
Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" [syn: hunt, run, hunt down, track down]
verb
Compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" [syn: race, run]
verb
Progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" [syn: move, go, run]
verb
Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" [syn: melt, run, melt down]
verb
Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" [syn: ladder, run]
verb
Become undone; "the sweater unraveled" [syn: run, unravel]
Definition of 'Run'
From: GCIDE
- Run \Run\ (r[u^]n), v. i. [imp. Ran (r[a^]n) or Run; p. p. Run; p. pr. & vb. n. Running.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D. runnen, rennen, OS. & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen, rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw. rinna, r[aum]nna, Dan. rinde, rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr. 'orny`nai to stir up, rouse, Skr. [.r] (cf. Origin), or perh. to L. rivus brook (cf. Rival). [root]11. Cf. Ember, a., Rennet.]
- 1. 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. Specifically: [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of voluntary or personal action: (a) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. [1913 Webster]
- "Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they ran. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] (b) To flee, as from fear or danger. [1913 Webster]
- As from a bear a man would run for life. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (c) To steal off; to depart secretly. [1913 Webster] (d) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress. [1913 Webster]
- Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. --1 Cor. ix. 24. [1913 Webster] (e) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted? --Addison. [1913 Webster] (f) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle. (g) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another. [1913 Webster]
- Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (h) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on. (i) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on. (j) To creep, as serpents. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of involuntary motion: (a) 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. (b) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread. [1913 Webster]
- The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23. [1913 Webster] (c) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. [1913 Webster]
- As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] (d) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round. (e) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago. (f) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. [1913 Webster]
- She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son. --Pope. [1913 Webster] (g) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station. (h) To make progress; to proceed; to pass. [1913 Webster]
- As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (i) 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. [1913 Webster]
- When we desire anything, our minds run wholly on the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (j) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west. [1913 Webster]
- Where the generally allowed practice runs counter to it. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Little is the wisdom, where the flight So runs against all reason. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (k) To be in form thus, as a combination of words. [1913 Webster]
- The king's ordinary style runneth, "Our sovereign lord the king." --Bp. Sanderson. [1913 Webster] (l) To be popularly known; to be generally received. [1913 Webster]
- Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself. --Knolles. [1913 Webster] (m) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. [1913 Webster]
- If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] (n) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. [1913 Webster]
- A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Temperate climates run into moderate governments. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (o) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing. [1913 Webster]
- In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] (p) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Sir J. Child. [1913 Webster] (q) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run. (r) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs. (s) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months. (t) (Naut.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. --Stillman (The Horse in Motion). [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Athletics) 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. [1913 Webster]
- As things run, according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or specification.
- To let run (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen.
- To run after, to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as, to run after similes. --Locke.
- To run away, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance.
- To run away with. (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage.
- To run down. (a) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks, watches, etc. (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
- To run down a coast, to sail along it.
- To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an office.
- To run in or To run into. (a) To enter; to step in. (b) To come in collision with.
- To run into To meet, by chance; as, I ran into my brother at the grocery store.
- To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
- To run in with. (a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker. (b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in with the land.
- To run mad, To run mad after or To run mad on. See under Mad.
- To run on. (a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a year or two without a settlement. (b) To talk incessantly. (c) To continue a course. (d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on. (e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
- To run out. (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out at Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread. "Insectile animals . . . run all out into legs." --Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out. [1913 Webster]
- And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To run over. (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over. (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily. (c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
- To run riot, to go to excess.
- To run through. (a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book. (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
- To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
- To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accounts of goods credited run up very fast. [1913 Webster]
- But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- To run with. (a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the streets ran with blood. (b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance. "Its rivers ran with gold." --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Run'
From: GCIDE
- Run \Run\ (r[u^]n), v. i. [imp. Ran (r[a^]n) or Run; p. p. Run; p. pr. & vb. n. Running.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D. runnen, rennen, OS. & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen, rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw. rinna, r[aum]nna, Dan. rinde, rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr. 'orny`nai to stir up, rouse, Skr. [.r] (cf. Origin), or perh. to L. rivus brook (cf. Rival). [root]11. Cf. Ember, a., Rennet.]
- 1. 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. Specifically: [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of voluntary or personal action: (a) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. [1913 Webster]
- "Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they ran. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] (b) To flee, as from fear or danger. [1913 Webster]
- As from a bear a man would run for life. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (c) To steal off; to depart secretly. [1913 Webster] (d) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress. [1913 Webster]
- Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. --1 Cor. ix. 24. [1913 Webster] (e) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted? --Addison. [1913 Webster] (f) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle. (g) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another. [1913 Webster]
- Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (h) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on. (i) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on. (j) To creep, as serpents. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of involuntary motion: (a) 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. (b) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread. [1913 Webster]
- The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23. [1913 Webster] (c) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. [1913 Webster]
- As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] (d) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round. (e) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago. (f) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. [1913 Webster]
- She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son. --Pope. [1913 Webster] (g) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station. (h) To make progress; to proceed; to pass. [1913 Webster]
- As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (i) 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. [1913 Webster]
- When we desire anything, our minds run wholly on the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (j) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west. [1913 Webster]
- Where the generally allowed practice runs counter to it. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Little is the wisdom, where the flight So runs against all reason. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (k) To be in form thus, as a combination of words. [1913 Webster]
- The king's ordinary style runneth, "Our sovereign lord the king." --Bp. Sanderson. [1913 Webster] (l) To be popularly known; to be generally received. [1913 Webster]
- Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself. --Knolles. [1913 Webster] (m) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. [1913 Webster]
- If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] (n) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. [1913 Webster]
- A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Temperate climates run into moderate governments. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (o) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing. [1913 Webster]
- In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] (p) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Sir J. Child. [1913 Webster] (q) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run. (r) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs. (s) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months. (t) (Naut.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. --Stillman (The Horse in Motion). [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Athletics) 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. [1913 Webster]
- As things run, according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or specification.
- To let run (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen.
- To run after, to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as, to run after similes. --Locke.
- To run away, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance.
- To run away with. (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage.
- To run down. (a) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks, watches, etc. (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
- To run down a coast, to sail along it.
- To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an office.
- To run in or To run into. (a) To enter; to step in. (b) To come in collision with.
- To run into To meet, by chance; as, I ran into my brother at the grocery store.
- To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
- To run in with. (a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker. (b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in with the land.
- To run mad, To run mad after or To run mad on. See under Mad.
- To run on. (a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a year or two without a settlement. (b) To talk incessantly. (c) To continue a course. (d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on. (e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
- To run out. (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out at Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread. "Insectile animals . . . run all out into legs." --Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out. [1913 Webster]
- And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To run over. (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over. (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily. (c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
- To run riot, to go to excess.
- To run through. (a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book. (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
- To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
- To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accounts of goods credited run up very fast. [1913 Webster]
- But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- To run with. (a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the streets ran with blood. (b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance. "Its rivers ran with gold." --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Run'
From: GCIDE
- Run \Run\ (r[u^]n), v. i. [imp. Ran (r[a^]n) or Run; p. p. Run; p. pr. & vb. n. Running.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D. runnen, rennen, OS. & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen, rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw. rinna, r[aum]nna, Dan. rinde, rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr. 'orny`nai to stir up, rouse, Skr. [.r] (cf. Origin), or perh. to L. rivus brook (cf. Rival). [root]11. Cf. Ember, a., Rennet.]
- 1. 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. Specifically: [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of voluntary or personal action: (a) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. [1913 Webster]
- "Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they ran. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] (b) To flee, as from fear or danger. [1913 Webster]
- As from a bear a man would run for life. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (c) To steal off; to depart secretly. [1913 Webster] (d) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress. [1913 Webster]
- Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. --1 Cor. ix. 24. [1913 Webster] (e) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted? --Addison. [1913 Webster] (f) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle. (g) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another. [1913 Webster]
- Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (h) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on. (i) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on. (j) To creep, as serpents. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of involuntary motion: (a) 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. (b) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread. [1913 Webster]
- The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23. [1913 Webster] (c) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. [1913 Webster]
- As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] (d) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round. (e) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago. (f) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. [1913 Webster]
- She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son. --Pope. [1913 Webster] (g) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station. (h) To make progress; to proceed; to pass. [1913 Webster]
- As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (i) 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. [1913 Webster]
- When we desire anything, our minds run wholly on the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (j) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west. [1913 Webster]
- Where the generally allowed practice runs counter to it. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Little is the wisdom, where the flight So runs against all reason. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (k) To be in form thus, as a combination of words. [1913 Webster]
- The king's ordinary style runneth, "Our sovereign lord the king." --Bp. Sanderson. [1913 Webster] (l) To be popularly known; to be generally received. [1913 Webster]
- Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself. --Knolles. [1913 Webster] (m) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. [1913 Webster]
- If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] (n) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. [1913 Webster]
- A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Temperate climates run into moderate governments. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (o) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing. [1913 Webster]
- In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] (p) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Sir J. Child. [1913 Webster] (q) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run. (r) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs. (s) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months. (t) (Naut.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. --Stillman (The Horse in Motion). [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Athletics) 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. [1913 Webster]
- As things run, according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or specification.
- To let run (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen.
- To run after, to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as, to run after similes. --Locke.
- To run away, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance.
- To run away with. (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage.
- To run down. (a) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks, watches, etc. (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
- To run down a coast, to sail along it.
- To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an office.
- To run in or To run into. (a) To enter; to step in. (b) To come in collision with.
- To run into To meet, by chance; as, I ran into my brother at the grocery store.
- To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
- To run in with. (a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker. (b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in with the land.
- To run mad, To run mad after or To run mad on. See under Mad.
- To run on. (a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a year or two without a settlement. (b) To talk incessantly. (c) To continue a course. (d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on. (e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
- To run out. (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out at Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread. "Insectile animals . . . run all out into legs." --Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out. [1913 Webster]
- And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To run over. (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over. (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily. (c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
- To run riot, to go to excess.
- To run through. (a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book. (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
- To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
- To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accounts of goods credited run up very fast. [1913 Webster]
- But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- To run with. (a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the streets ran with blood. (b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance. "Its rivers ran with gold." --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Run'
From: GCIDE
- Run \Run\, v. t.
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. [1913 Webster]
- To run the world back to its first original. --South. [1913 Webster]
- I would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and run it up to its "punctum saliens." --Collier. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot. [1913 Webster]
- You run your head into the lion's mouth. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Having run his fingers through his hair. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven. [1913 Webster]
- They ran the ship aground. --Acts xxvii. 41. [1913 Webster]
- A talkative person runs himself upon great inconveniences by blabbing out his own or other's secrets. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- Others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- The purest gold must be run and washed. --Felton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods. [1913 Webster]
- Heavy impositions . . . are a strong temptation of running goods. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- 10. 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. "He runneth two dangers." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. --Dan Quail . [PJC]
- 11. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. [1913 Webster]
- He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 12. To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water. [1913 Webster]
- At the base of Pompey's statua, Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 13. To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood. [1913 Webster]
- 14. To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- 15. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 16. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 17. To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn. [1913 Webster]
- 18. (Golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- To run a blockade, to get to, or away from, a blockaded port in safety.
- To run down. (a) (Hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted; as, to run down a stag. (b) (Naut.) To run against and sink, as a vessel. (c) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear. "Religion is run down by the license of these times." --Berkeley. (d) To disparage; to traduce. --F. W. Newman.
- To run hard. (a) To press in competition; as, to run one hard in a race. (b) To urge or press importunately. (c) To banter severely.
- To run into the ground, to carry to an absurd extreme; to overdo. [Slang, U.S.] (c) To erect hastily, as a building. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Run'
From: GCIDE
- Run \Run\, n.
- 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck. [1913 Webster]
- They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 5. State of being current; currency; popularity. [1913 Webster]
- It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long continuance, if not diversified with humor. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights. [1913 Webster]
- A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes. [1913 Webster]
- 8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run. --Howitt. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Naut.) (a) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter. (b) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles. (c) A voyage; as, a run to China. [1913 Webster]
- 10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- I think of giving her a run in London. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 11. (Mining) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones. [1913 Webster]
- 13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed. [1913 Webster]
- 14. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 15. (Sport) 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- The "runs" are made from wicket to wicket, the batsmen interchanging ends at each run. --R. A. Proctor. [1913 Webster]
- 16. A pair or set of millstones. [1913 Webster]
- 17. (Piquet, Cribbage, etc.) A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 18. (Golf) (a) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running. (b) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- At the long run, now, commonly, In the long run, in or during the whole process or course of things taken together; in the final result; in the end; finally. [1913 Webster]
- [Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
- Home run. (a) A running or returning toward home, or to the point from which the start was made. Cf. Home stretch. (b) (Baseball) See under Home.
- The run, or The common run, or The run of the mill etc., ordinary persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]
- Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]
- His whole appearance was something out of the common run. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- To let go by the run (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Run'
From: GCIDE
Words containing 'Run'
- By the run,
- Running,
- Runningly,
- The run,
- To run after,
- To run down,
- To run in,
- To run in with,
- To run into,
- To run on,
- To run out,
- To run over,
- To run through,
- To run up,
- To run with,
- on the run,
- out of the running,
- run after,
- run against,
- run at,
- run by,
- run down,
- run for,
- run in,
- run into,
- run off,
- run on,
- run out,
- run over,
- run through,
- run up,
- runs,
- As things run,
- At long running,
- At the long run,
- Bermuda Run,
- Big Run,
- Birch Run,
- Buck Run,
- Bull Run,
- Cattle run,
- Dry Run,
- Earned run,
- Fountain Run,
- Fox Run,
- Hand running,
- Hard run,
- Hazel Run,
- Home run,
- Horse run,
- In the long run,
- Laurel Run,
- Lewis Run,
- Mile run,
- Pleasant Run,
- Run of stairs,
- Run steel,
- Run-in,
- Running Springs,
- Running block,
- Running board,
- Running fight,
- Running fire,
- Running gear,
- Running load,
- Running rigging,
- Sheep run,
- The common run,
- The run of the mill,
- To cut and run,
- To let run,
- To run a blockade,
- To run a foil,
- To run a muck,
- To run a rig,
- To run a risk,
- To run against time,
- To run an errand,
- To run away,
- To run away with,
- To run down a coast,
- To run for an office,
- To run foul of,
- To run hard,
- To run in trust,
- To run into the ground,
- To run large,
- To run mad,
- To run mad after,
- To run mad on,
- To run off at the mouth,
- To run riot,
- To run the gantlet,
- To run the guard,
- To run the hazard,
- To run to seed,
- To run wild,
- Tyler Run,
- Warrior Run,
- bank run,
- bombing run,
- chicken run,
- end run,
- fowl run,
- fun run,
- long run,
- mine run,
- pit run,
- press run,
- print run,
- run a risk,
- run across,
- run afoul,
- run aground,
- run along,
- run amok,
- run around,
- run away,
- run bases,
- run batted in,
- run dry,
- run low,
- run ragged,
- run riot,
- run roughshod,
- run short,
- run the gauntlet,
- run wild,
- run-down,
- run-on,
- run-through,
- run-up,
- running away,
- running back,
- running blackberry,
- running game,
- running hand,
- running head,
- running headline,
- running light,
- running mate,
- running noose,
- running pine,
- running play,
- running pop,
- running postman,
- running shoe,
- running start,
- running stitch,
- running suit,
- running time,
- running title,
- ski run,
- split run,
- trial run,
- unearned run,
- Bermuda Run, NC,
- Big Run, PA,
- Birch Run, MI,
- Buck Run, PA,
- Bull Run, VA,
- Coal Run Village,
- Dry Run, OH,
- Elk Run Heights,
- Fountain Run, KY,
- Fox Run, PA,
- Hazel Run, MN,
- Laurel Run, PA,
- Lewis Run, PA,
- Pleasant Run Farm,
- Pleasant Run, OH,
- Right-running,
- Run-around,
- Running Springs, CA,
- To let go by the run,
- To run upon sorts,
- Tyler Run, PA,
- Warrior Run, PA,
- battle of bull run,
- earned run average,
- hit-and-run,
- long-run,
- run-of-the-mill,
- run-of-the-mine,
- run-on sentence,
- run-resistant,
- run-time,
- short-run,
- tip-and-run,
- Coal Run Village, KY,
- Elk Run Heights, IA,
- Grindstone-Rowes Run,
- Pleasant Run Farm, OH,
- pit-run gravel,
- run-time error,
- Grindstone-Rowes Run, PA,
- Tyler Run-Queens Gate,
- inside-the-park home run,
- Tyler Run-Queens Gate, PA