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Verb

How fast can you run?

He runs faster than anyone else on the team.

She ran up the stairs to get her jacket.

We ran for the train—but missed it.

I heard her scream and ran to help.

She ran to me for help.

The dog ran away from me.

The dog ran toward me.

When I called the dog, he came running.

Don’t expect me to come running every time you want something. I’m not your servant.

Noun

He goes for a six-mile run every evening.

She took the dogs out for a run.

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Источник

Britannica Dictionary definition of RUN

[no object]

to move with your legs at a speed that is faster than walking

How fast can you run?
He runs faster than anyone else on the team.
She ran up the stairs to get her jacket.
We ran for the train—but missed it.
I heard her scream and ran to help.
She ran to me for help.
The dog ran away from me.
The dog ran toward me.
When I called the dog, he came running.
Don’t expect me to come running every time you want something. I’m not your servant.
The chickens were running loose in the yard.
The horses ran wild.
He ran at me with a knife. [=he ran toward me with a knife in his hand]

— often used figuratively

He ran back to his ex-girlfriend after I dumped him.
You can’t keep running away from your problems.
Don’t come running to me when you get in trouble.
Don’t let your imagination run wild. I’m sure nothing bad has happened.

to leave a place quickly by running

When the alarm sounded, the robbers ran.
He dropped the gun and ran.
Quick! Run and get a doctor!
The ambushed soldiers ran for cover.
They had the enemy running scared.

— often + away

When she saw all the people in the audience, she had a sudden urge to run away.
They ran away screaming.

— often + off

When they saw the police, they quickly ran off.

to run as part of a sport, for exercise, or in a race

[no object]

He ran on the track team in college.
She’s running in the marathon this year.
The horse will not be running in this race.

[+ object]

I run six miles every day.
She ran a great race. [=she ran very well in the race]
He ran track in college.
She’s running the marathon this year.
The marathon will be run tomorrow. [=people will be running the marathon tomorrow]

American football

to carry and run with (the ball)

[+ object]

He ran the football for a 20-yard gain.
He ran the kick back [=he caught the ball that was kicked and ran back with it] to the 40-yard line.

[no object]

He ran for 15 yards.

baseball

to run from base to base

[no object]

He runs well and might attempt a steal.

[+ object]

He runs the bases well.

[+ object]

to cause (an animal) to run

He ran the horse through the fields.

[no object]

chiefly US

to be a candidate in an election for a particular office

— often + for

She is running [=(Brit) standing] for mayor.

— often + against

He is running against her in the upcoming election.

[+ object]

to direct the business or activities of (something)

She runs [=manages] the restaurant/hotel/store.
He runs the after-school program.
The President is doing a good job running the country.
The company is badly/privately run.
state/family-run companies
I’m old enough to run my own life! [=make my own decisions]

to do (a test or check) on someone or something

The doctors need to run some more tests.

— often + on

The doctors ran some tests on the blood samples.
The police ran a security check on him.

[+ object]

to use and control (something)

I’m not licensed to run [=operate] a forklift.

[+ object]

to put (something) into operation

You should run the engine for a few minutes before you start driving.
He ran the program (on the computer).

[no object]

to function or operate

Never leave your car unattended while the engine is running.
He didn’t know the camera was still running.
He had his new computer up and running in no time.

— often + on

This software runs on most computers.
The car runs on [=uses] diesel.

usually followed by an adverb or preposition,

[no object]

to go on a particular route or at particular times

The bus/ferry runs every hour.
The train runs between New York and Washington.
Trains no longer run on this track.
The buses are running late. [=the buses are late]

[+ object]

to have (a bus, train, ferry, etc.) traveling on a route

They run extra trains on Saturdays.

[no object]

to make a quick trip to a place for something

She ran (up/down) to the store for bread and milk.
He ran over to the neighbors for some sugar.

[+ object]

to drive (someone) a short distance to a place or event

I have to run the kids to soccer practice.

always followed by an adverb or preposition,

[+ object]

to bring (something) quickly to someone who is at a particular place

Wait here. I’m just going to run this in/inside to her.
He ran an umbrella out to her before she drove off.

[+ object]

to do (something that involves making a quick trip)

to do (an errand)

I have a few errands to run after I leave work today.

always followed by an adverb or preposition

[+ object]

to cause (a driver or vehicle) to move in a particular direction

That car tried to run me off the road!
She ran her car off the road.
He ran the car into a tree.

[no object]

of a driver or vehicle

to move in a particular direction

His car ran off the road. = He ran off the road.

—

see also run into (below), run over (below)

always followed by an adverb or preposition

[+ object]

to cause (something) to pass through, over, along, or into something else

She ran her fingers through my hair.
He ran a brush over the dog’s fur.
I quickly ran my eyes over/down the list of names.

[no object]

to travel or spread in a fast or uncontrolled way

Whispers ran through the crowd.
A chill ran up/down my spine.

always followed by an adverb or preposition

[no object]

to go or extend in a particular direction

The boundary line runs east.
The road runs through the mountain.
The highway runs from Boston to New York.

— sometimes used figuratively

My tastes in novels run to/toward science fiction and thrillers. [=I tend to like science fiction and thrillers]
Such behavior runs counter to [=such behavior does not agree with] the values of our society.
He does nothing that would run against [=go against] his moral principles.

— used to describe the position of a road, path, etc.

The highway runs close to the shore.
The route runs the length of the eastern coast.
A path runs along the ridge.
The pipes run beneath the floor.
There was a scratch running down the side of the car.

[+ object]

to cause (something, such as a wire or cable) to go or extend from one point to another

He ran the wires up from the basement.

[+ object]

to bring (something) from one country into another country illegally and secretly

He was arrested for running [=smuggling] drugs into the country.

[no object]

to flow

He left the water running.

to flow in a particular direction

The river runs down to the valley.
The river runs into the gulf.
The tide was running out.
Sand ran out of the bag.
Steam runs through the pipes.
Blood was running down his leg.

[+ object]

to cause (something) to flow or to produce a flow of water

She ran the tap/faucet.
Run the water until it gets hot.

[+ object]

to prepare (a bath) by running a faucet

She ran a hot bath for her husband. = She ran her husband a hot bath.

[no object]

to produce a flow of liquid

Chopping the onions made my eyes run. [=water]
I knew I was getting sick when my nose started to run.
a running sore

to spread or flow into another area

Your eyeliner is running.
Mascara ran from her eyes.
The paint ran in some spots.
The writing was blurred where the ink ran.

to have a color that spreads onto other pieces of clothing when clothes are washed together

Her red shirt ran and made my blue jeans look purple.
colors that run

always followed by an adverb or preposition,

[no object]

to continue or remain effective for a particular period of time

His contract runs until next season.
She received six months on each charge, and the sentences are to run concurrently.
The course runs over a six-week period of time.
The televised game ran 30 minutes over the scheduled time.
The play has run for six months.
Things ran smoothly at the office while the boss was away.

[no object]

to be or to begin to be something specified

The well has run dry.
Her creativity has run dry.
We are running low on fuel. [=our supply of fuel is getting low]
Supplies were running low/short.
We ran short of money. [=we did not have enough money]
I have to hurry. I’m running late. [=I’m late; I’m behind schedule]
The project is running behind schedule.

[no object]

to include everything between specified limits

range

The prices for tickets run from $10 to $50.

[+ object]

to allow charges on (a bill) to add up before paying

He ran a tab at the bar.

[+ object]

to have (an amount of money) as a price

The rooms run [=cost] $100 a night.

[no object]

to have or reach a particular length, size, or amount

The book runs (to) nearly 500 pages.
Their annual budget runs to about 5 million dollars.
Their yearly income runs into/to six figures. [=their yearly income is more than $100,000]
Gas is running at over $4 per gallon. [=gas prices are over $4 per gallon]

[+ object]

to print or broadcast (something)

Every newspaper in the city ran the story.
The ad was run in yesterday’s newspaper.
The news station ran a feature on how to eat healthier.

[no object]

to appear in print or on television

Many of his stories ran in national magazines.
The show has run for five seasons.

[+ object]

to produce (a copy of a document, newspaper, etc.) using a printer or copying machine

10,000 copies were run for the first edition.

—

see also run off (below)

[+ object]

to have (particular words) in writing or print

“We Will Not Lose” ran the headline. [=the headline was/said “We Will Not Lose”]

[no object]

to be expressed in words

The definition runs as follows …

[+ object]

to drive past or through (a stop sign or red traffic light) illegally without stopping

He ran a red light. = He ran the light.
She ran the stop sign.

[no object]

US, of stockings

to start to have a long hole that continues to get longer

The nylons are guaranteed not to run. [=(Brit) ladder]

[+ object]

chiefly British

to own and maintain (a vehicle)

I can’t afford to run a car on my salary.

◊ In addition to the phrases shown below, run occurs in many idioms that are shown at appropriate entries throughout the dictionary. For example, cut and run can be found at ¹cut and run a tight ship can be found at ¹ship.

run across

[phrasal verb]

run across (someone or something)

to meet (someone) or find (something) by chance

I ran across [=ran into] an old roommate of mine today.
I ran across some old photos from when I was a kid.

run a fever/temperature

◊ If you are running a fever/temperature, you have a body temperature that is higher than normal.

run after (someone or something)

to run toward (someone or something) in an attempt to catch that person or thing

The dog ran after [=chased] the squirrel.

run after (someone)

informal + disapproving

to try to start a romantic relationship with (someone)

He’s always running after younger women.

run along

[phrasal verb]

informal + somewhat old-fashioned

to go away

leave

He told the boy to run along home.
Run along now, kid. This doesn’t concern you.

run around

[phrasal verb]

or chiefly British

run about

run round

to run in an area while playing

The children were running around outside.

informal

to go from place to place in a busy or hurried way

I spent the whole day running around doing errands.

run around/about/round with (someone)

informal + disapproving

to spend a lot of time with (someone)

He runs around with younger women.

to leave your home suddenly without permission and go somewhere else to live

He ran away (from home) at a young age.
They ran away [=ran off] together because their families objected to their marriage.

—

see also runaway

to avoid a person or situation that makes you feel uncomfortable

You shouldn’t keep running away. You should face your mom and tell her how you feel.

run away with (someone)

disapproving

to leave a person or place in order to live with and have a sexual relationship with (someone)

He left his wife and ran away with [=ran off with] his secretary.
She ran away with a man old enough to be her father.

run away with (something)

to leave a place with (something that does not belong to you)

The butler ran away with [=stole, ran off with] the family silver.

run away with (something)

informal

to be the best or most popular performer in (a performance)

She ran away with [=stole] the show.

to win (something) very easily

She ran away with the election.
He ran away with first place.

run away with (someone)

to make (someone) do something that is not sensible or reasonable

Don’t let your imagination run away with you. [=don’t let yourself imagine all kinds of things that aren’t true]

—

see also ¹run 1b (above)

run by/past

[phrasal verb]

run (something) by/past (someone)

to tell (something) to (someone) so that it can be considered, approved, etc.

You’d better run this past the boss. [=you’d better tell the boss about this and find out if he/she thinks it is a good idea]
He ran some ideas by her.
(informal) Can you run that by me again? [=can you repeat what you just said?]

run (someone or something) down

run down (someone or something)

to hit and knock down (a person or animal) with a vehicle

He says she deliberately tried to run him down.

run (someone or something) down

run down (someone or something)

to chase after and catch (a person or animal)

The cops ran the robber down in an alley.

to find (someone or something) after searching

He wasn’t in his office, but I finally ran him down in the faculty lounge.

run down

run down (something)

run (something) down

to use up or cause (something) to use up all of its power

The clock ran down. [=the clock slowed down and stopped working because it did not have any more power]
The watch’s battery ran down.
Turn off the radio so you don’t run down the batteries.

British

to become or cause (something, such as a business or activity) to become gradually smaller

The company has been running down for decades.
The company has been running down its factories/inventory.

run (someone or something) down

run down (someone or something)

informal

to criticize (someone or something) in usually an unfair way

Don’t keep running yourself down like that: you have a lot to offer!

run down (something)

to say or repeat (a list of people or things) from the beginning to the end

Let me just run down all the things we need to do.
He ran down the list of names.

—

see also rundown

to run to avoid being caught

It’s the cops! Run for it!

run high

to be or become very strong or intense

Passions often run high in these debates. [=people often get very angry in these debates]
Emotions are running high between the two teams.

run (someone) in

run in (someone)

informal + somewhat old-fashioned

to arrest (someone)

The police ran him in for being drunk and disorderly.

run (something) in

run in (something)

British

to drive (a new vehicle) carefully for a period of time until it is ready for regular use

You shouldn’t drive a new car too fast while you’re running it in. [=breaking it in]

run into (someone or something)

to move into (someone or something) in a sudden or forceful way

He went off the road and ran into a tree. = His car went off the road and ran into a tree.
Some guy on a bike almost ran into me!
She wasn’t paying attention and ran right into the table.

run into (someone)

to meet (someone) by chance

I ran into [=ran across] an old classmate the other day.

run into (something)

to experience (something that is unpleasant or difficult)

encounter

We ran into some bad weather on our way home.
We ran into some problems setting up the computer.

run its course

◊ When something runs its course, it begins, continues for a time, and then ends.

The disease usually runs its course in a few days.

informal

to leave or abandon a person or place

Her husband ran off and left her with two small children to care for.

—

see also ¹run 1b (above)

run off with (someone or something)

to leave a place with (someone or something)

to run away with (someone or something)

Her husband ran off with his secretary.
She ran off with all the money.

run off (something)

run (something) off

to repeat or produce (something) quickly

Would you please run off five copies of this letter?

—

see also ¹run 22 (above)

run (someone or something) off

run off (someone or something)

to force (a person or animal) off your land

He ran us off his property.

to talk about something for a long time

He ran on (and on) about politics until everybody was bored.

to keep going without being stopped or interrupted for a long period of time

The meeting ran on for hours.

to come to an end

Time ran out [=expired] before we could tie the game.
My contract will run out soon.

to become used up

The gasoline ran out before we got to Denver.
Our money finally ran out. [=our money was all used; we had no more money]

run (someone) out

run (someone) out of (something)

old-fashioned

to force (someone) to leave a place

An angry mob ran him out of town.

run out (something)

run (something) out

baseball, of a batter

to run hard to first base after hitting (a batted ball)

His manager got angry because he failed to run out a grounder.

run out

run out of (something)

to use up the available supply of (something)

We’re low on gas. We’d better stop before we run out.
He ran out of space and had to put his address on the other side of the paper.
You have to work faster. We’re running out of time.

run out on (someone)

informal

to leave (someone you should stay with)

to abandon or desert (someone)

She ran out on her husband and children to be with a man old enough to be her father.

to go beyond a limit

The meeting ran over. [=the meeting was longer than it was expected or planned to be]

to flow over the top or edge of something

overflow

The water was running over onto the floor.

of a container

to have a liquid flow over its edge

overflow

His cup ran over.

run over (someone or something)

run (someone or something) over

to knock down and drive over or go over (someone or something)

The dog was run over by a car.
The running back ran over two defenders.

to read, repeat, or practice (something) quickly

Let’s run the lines over together one more time.
Can you run over the instructions again?

run past

—

see run by (above)

run through

[phrasal verb]

run through (something)

to spend or use up (something) quickly

squander

He ran through his winnings in a short time.

run through (something)

to read, repeat, or practice (something) quickly

Let’s run through our lines one more time.
He quickly ran through the dance routine.

—

see also run-through

to occur repeatedly in (something) or throughout (something)

The song has been running through my head all morning.
Thoughts and memories of home kept running through his mind.
A note of despair runs through the narrative.

run (something) through (something)

to enter (information) into (a computer) for processing

She ran his name through the police computer to see if he had any previous arrests.
He ran the data through.

run (someone) through

literary

to push a sword through (someone)

He ran him through with his sword.

run up (something)

run (something) up

to raise (a flag) to the top of a flagpole

To celebrate our victory, we ran up our flag.

to achieve (a large score or lead)

Our team ran up a big lead in the first quarter.
(US) She angrily accused the other coach of deliberately running up the score. [=continuing to try to score more points even though they are not needed to win a game]

to increase the amount of (something)

These extras will run the bill up another $100.

to get (a large bill, debt, etc.) by buying many things without making payments

She ran up a large phone bill.
He ran up a lot of debt on his credit cards.

run up against (something)

to experience (something difficult)

encounter

She has run up against a lot of opposition.
He has run up against a bug in his computer program.

run with (something)

informal

to use (something) in a very energetic, enthusiastic, and effective way

He took the idea and ran with it.

to talk too much and in a foolish way

He’s always running his mouth about what a great athlete he is.

walk before you (can) run

—

see ¹walk

Britannica Dictionary definition of RUN

[count]

an act of running

He goes for a six-mile run every evening.
She took the dogs out for a run.
When they realized they might miss the train, they broke into a run. [=started running]
The robbers heard the police sirens and made a run for it. [=ran away to avoid being captured]
The dog was coming toward us at a run. [=the dog was running toward us]

—

see also hit-and-run

[count]

a continuous series of similar things

— often + of

We had a long run of cloudy days.
a run of good/bad luck
a long run of wins/losses

a continuous series of performances or showings

The play had a run of six months on Broadway. = The play had a six-month run on Broadway.

[count]

the amount of a product that is produced at one time

— often + of

The book had a print run of 10,000 copies. [=10,000 copies of the book were printed at one time]

[count]

an attempt to win or do something

The team is making a run at the championship. [=the team is playing well and has a chance to win the championship]
She made an unsuccessful run for a seat in the Senate. [=she tried to be elected to a seat in the Senate, but she lost the election]
(informal) “I can’t solve this math problem.” “Let me take a run at it.” [=let me try it]

[singular]

the usual or normal kind of person or thing

She’s not like the average/normal/general/usual run of students. [=she’s not like most students]
The place is different from the usual run of restaurants.

[count]

a score made in baseball when a player reaches home plate after going around the bases

The home team took the lead with three runs in the bottom of the fifth (inning).
a three-run lead

—

see also home run

a score made in cricket

[count]

American football

a play in which a player tries to move the ball forward by running with it

He scored on a 25-yard run.

[count]

a regular journey that is made by a bus, train, etc.

The bus makes four runs daily.
a delivery run
(Brit) the school run [=a regular trip in which parents take their children to or from school each day]
The planes were sent out on a bomb/bombing run.

[singular]

a short trip in a vehicle

I have to make a quick run to the store.

[count]

a track that slopes down and that is used for skiing, sledding, etc.

a ski run [=slope]
a bobsled run

[count]

a path that is used regularly by animals

a deer run

—

see also rat run

[count]

an enclosed area for animals where they feed and exercise

a chicken run

[count]

a long hole in a stocking

She had a run in her stocking/nylons.

— called also
(British)
ladder

[count]

music

a series of notes that are sung or played quickly up or down a scale

[count]

a situation in which many people want to have, get, or do something at the same time

— usually singular

— usually + on

There’s been a big run on tickets for the game. [=a lot of people have been trying to get tickets for the game]
There was a run on the bank. [=a lot of people were taking their money out of the bank because they were afraid that the bank would fail]

[count]

the general way in which something is moving or changing

Investors are anxiously watching the run of the stock market. [=are watching to see if the stock market is going up or down]

the runs

informal

diarrhea

a bad case of the runs

[count]

technical

an occurrence in which a large number of fish (such as salmon) swim up a river to return to the place where they were hatched and produce young

a salmon run

a run for your money

◊ Someone who gives you a (good) run for your money in a game or contest makes it difficult for you to win by trying hard and playing or performing well.

Though they lost, they gave last year’s champions a run for their money.

on the run

running away from someone in order to avoid being captured

an escaped convict on the run
He is on the run from the cops.

running away because you are about to be defeated

The army had the enemy on the run.

while going somewhere or while doing something else

We ate lunch on the run.

informal

continuously busy

He’s always on the run.

the run of

the freedom to go anywhere or do anything you want in (a place)

With his parents gone, he had the run of the house.

Источник

Defenition of the word run
- To move quickly by alternately making a short jump off of either foot.
- To perform an action, as in executing a program or a command.
- To develop in a direction.
- To flee; to take to one’s heels; to cut and run.
- To direct or control (e.g. projects, businesses, etc.).
- To move along, of liquids.
- To compete in a race.
- run or stand for office
- 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»
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a race run on foot; «she broke the record for the half-mile run»
- physical or metaphorical, as in «She rammed her mind into focus»
- function properly; «The washing machine won’t go unless it’s plugged in»
- guide or pass over something; «He ran his eyes over her naked body.» «She ran her fingers along the carved figurine.»
- hunt wild animals; «Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland»
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging, of stockings; «Her nylons were running»
- reduce from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; «melt butter»; «melt down gold»
- progress by being changed: «The speech has to go through several more drafts»; «run through your presentation before the meeting»
- direct or control; of machinery, projects, businesses, etc.
- cause to be played: «They ran the tapes over and over again»
- travel a route regularly; «Ships ply the waters near the coast»
- cease to exist after resistance or a struggle; «These stories die hard»
- compete in a race, as in athletics
- 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»
- a small stream
- a regular trip; «the ship made its run in record time»
- a short trip; «take a run into town»
- cause to perform; «run a subject»; «run a process»
- change from one state to another; «run amok»; «run rogue», «run riot»
- be in the running; compete for a certain position; «Who’s running this year?»
- be running or functioning, as of engines or machines; «Is the computer running?»
- carry out; «run an errand»
- cover by running; run a certain distance; «She ran 10 miles that day»
- move fast by using one’s feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- run with the ball; in football
- sail before the wind
- cause an animal to move fast
- 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»
- set animals loose to graze
- make without a miss; in sports or games
- execute a program or process, as on a computer or a machine; «Run the dishwasher»; «run a new program on the Mac»
- occur persistently; «Musical talent runs in the family»
- be affected by; be subjected to; as in «run a temperature,» «run a risk»
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- be diffused; of dyes and colors
- keep company; of male animals
- move along, of liquids; «Water flowed into the cave»
- have a particular form; «the story or argument runs….», «as the saying goes…»
- 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»
- a row of unravelled stitches; «she got a run in her stocking»
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere; «Run the wire behind the cabinet»
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; «he broke into a run»; «his daily run keeps him fit»
- a football play in which a player runs with the ball; «the defensive line braced to stop the run»; «the coach put great emphasis on running»
- extend or continue for a certain period of time; «The film runs 5 hours»
- take to one’s heels; cut and run
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; «the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th» or «their first tally came in the 3rd inning»
- become undone, as of clothes such as knitted fabrics; «the sweater unraveled»
- an unbroken series of events: «a succession of failures»; «had a streak of bad luck»; «Nicklaus had a run of birdies»
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; «She tends to be nervous before her lectures»
- 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»
- 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»
- (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball; «the defensive line braced to stop the run»; «the coach put great emphasis on running»
- an unbroken chronological sequence; «the play had a long run on Broadway»; «the team enjoyed a brief run of victories»
- a race between candidates for elective office; «I managed his campaign for governor»; «he is raising money for a Senate run»
- an unbroken series of events; «had a streak of bad luck»; «Nicklaus had a run of birdies»
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); «a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint»
- unrestricted freedom to use; «he has the run of the house»
- 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»
- become undone; «the sweater unraveled»
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; «Her nylons were running»
- 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»
- progress by being changed; «The speech has to go through several more drafts»; «run through your presentation before the meeting»
- change from one state to another; «run amok»; «run rogue»; «run riot»
- compete in a race; «he is running the Marathon this year»; «let»s race and see who gets there first»
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; «Who»s running for treasurer this year?»
- 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»
- guide or pass over something; «He ran his eyes over her body»; «She ran her fingers along the carved figurine»; «He drew her hair through his fingers»
- 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»
- be operating, running or functioning; «The car is still running—turn it off!»
- cause to emit recorded sounds; «They ran the tapes over and over again»; «Can you play my favorite record?»
- 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»
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; «Run to the store!»; «She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there»
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- keep company; «the heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring»
- be diffused; «These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run»
- move along, of liquids; «Water flowed into the cave»; «the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi»
- flee; take to one»s heels; cut and run; «If you see this man, run!»; «The burglars escaped before the police showed up»
- cause an animal to move fast; «run the dogs»
- 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»
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; «She is running a relief operation in the Sudan»
- make without a miss
- 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»
- continue to exist; «These stories die hard»; «The legend of Elvis endures»
- 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 ex
- 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»
- be affected by; be subjected to; «run a temperature»; «run a risk»
- have a particular form; «the story or argument runs as follows»; «as the saying goes…»
- 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»
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a regular trip
- a short trip
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the act of testing something
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- a row of unravelled stitches
- a race run on foot
- a race between candidates for elective office
- an unbroken series of events
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- unrestricted freedom to use
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- become undone
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- cause to perform
- progress by being changed
- change from one state to another
- compete in a race
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- pass over, across, or through
- perform as expected when applied
- be operating, running or functioning
- carry out
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel a route regularly
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- keep company
- be diffused
- move along, of liquids
- flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- occur persistently
- continue to exist
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- be affected by; be subjected to
- have a particular form
- change or be different within limits

Synonyms for the word run

- administer
- administrate
- be in charge
- be in power
- black market
- bleed
- break away
- bunk
- cage
- campaign
- carry
- carry on
- cast
- chain
- compete
- consort
- contend
- continue
- control
- coop
- course
- cycle
- dart
- dash
- die hard
- direct
- discharge
- drive
- enclosure
- endure
- extend
- flood
- flow
- foot race
- footrace
- force
- function
- go
- go by
- go on
- govern
- guide
- gush
- handle
- happen
- hunt
- hunt down
- hurry
- hutch
- incline
- jog
- keep on
- ladder
- lam
- lane
- last
- lead
- lean
- list
- lope
- manage
- manipulate
- melt
- melt down
- move
- move along
- move forward
- operate
- organize
- outing
- outpouring
- paddock
- pass
- pass by
- pen
- persist
- play
- ply
- pour out
- prevail
- proceed
- process
- progress
- race
- ram
- range
- ravel
- reach
- ride
- rill
- rivulet
- route
- rule
- run away
- run for
- runnel
- running
- running game
- running play
- rush
- scamper
- scarper
- scurry
- scuttle
- seep
- sequence
- series
- spate
- spill
- sprint
- streak
- stream
- streamlet
- stretch
- string
- succession
- tally
- tend
- test
- throw
- track
- track down
- train
- trial
- trickle
- trip
- turn tail
- unravel
- work

Similar words in the run

- be due
- beat in
- break away
- brim over
- broadcast
- bunk
- cavort
- circularise
- circularize
- circulate
- diffuse
- disperse
- disport
- disseminate
- distribute
- draw out
- drill in
- drive home
- drive in
- extend to
- flow from
- frisk
- frolic
- gambol
- hammer in
- lam
- lark
- lark about
- line
- overflow
- overrun
- pan out
- pass around
- pass over
- propagate
- ram down
- ram home
- reach
- rollick
- romp
- run
- run along
- run around
- run away
- run off
- run over
- runabout
- runabout’s
- runabouts
- runaround
- runarounds
- runaway
- runaways
- rundown
- rundown’s
- rundowns
- rune
- rune’s
- runes
- rung’s
- rungs
- runnel
- runnel’s
- runnels
- runner
- runner’s
- runners
- runnier
- runniest
- running
- runny
- runnymede
- runnymede’s
- runoff
- runoff’s
- runoffs
- runs
- runt
- runt’s
- runts
- runway
- runway’s
- runways
- runyon
- runyon’s
- scarper
- screw
- skylark
- sport
- spread
- touch
- turn tail
- well over
- wipe
- work out

Hyponyms for the word run

- ambush
- assay
- audition
- block
- boat-race
- campaign
- campaign for governor
- carry over
- circulate
- clinical test
- clinical trial
- clip
- come
- course
- crock
- cross-file
- cut
- dash
- double
- double blind
- drain
- draw
- draw play
- dribble
- drive
- earned run
- eddy
- end run
- escape
- falcon
- ferret
- field trial
- filter
- financier
- fitting
- flee
- flush
- fly
- forage
- fowl
- foxhunt
- fun run
- funrun
- fuse
- go deep
- go far
- governor’s race
- gravitate
- gush
- gutter
- hare
- hawk
- horse-race
- jack
- jacklight
- jet
- jog
- leak
- leakage
- lope
- losing streak
- marathon
- Ministry of Transportation test
- MOT
- MOT test
- obstacle race
- ooze
- outflow
- outrun
- pilot program
- pilot project
- place
- poach
- pour
- preclinical phase
- preclinical test
- preclinical trial
- press run
- print run
- purl
- rabbit
- radiate
- ray
- rbi
- register
- render
- rerun
- return
- reverberate
- reverse
- roll
- romp
- rub
- run
- run bases
- run batted in
- run down
- run off
- run out
- run-time
- rush
- rushing
- scamper
- scrounge
- scurry
- scuttle
- seal
- seep
- senate campaign
- senate race
- serve
- service
- show
- skedaddle
- skitter
- Snellen test
- snipe
- speed skate
- spill
- spirt
- sprint
- spurt
- squirt
- steeplechase
- step
- still-hunt
- streak
- stream
- stump
- suffer
- surge
- sweep
- swirl
- take flight
- take kindly to
- thread
- tide
- track event
- tree
- trickle
- trot
- try
- try-on
- trying on
- tryout
- turtle
- unearned run
- warm up
- waste
- well out
- whale
- whirl
- whirlpool
- whistlestop
- winning streak
- work

Hypernyms for the word run

- accompany
- accomplish
- action
- apply
- attempt
- be
- become
- break
- break up
- bring home the bacon
- broadcast
- capture
- carry out
- carry through
- catch
- change
- chronological sequence
- chronological succession
- circularise
- circularize
- circulate
- come apart
- come through
- compete
- contend
- continue
- damage
- deliver the goods
- diffuse
- direct
- disintegrate
- disperse
- displace
- disseminate
- dissolve
- distribute
- effort
- endeavor
- endeavour
- endure
- enforce
- execute
- fall apart
- fan out
- flow
- flowing
- football play
- free
- fulfil
- fulfill
- function
- get
- go
- go across
- go away
- go forth
- go through
- harm
- hurry
- impairment
- implement
- incur
- indefinite quantity
- jaunt
- last
- leave
- liberate
- liberty
- locomote
- locomotion
- loose
- make pass
- merchandise
- move
- occur
- operate
- pass
- pass around
- period
- period of time
- process
- propagate
- race
- release
- resolve
- run
- sail
- score
- separate
- sequence
- speed
- split up
- spread
- spread out
- stream
- succeed
- succession
- successiveness
- thrust
- time period
- trade
- travel
- travel rapidly
- treat
- trip
- try
- unloose
- unloosen
- vie
- watercourse
- win
- work
- zip

Antonyms for the word run

- idle
- malfunction
- misfunction
- tick over

Idioms for the word run

- run away
- run out

See other words

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- The definition of resolve
- The interpretation of the word resilience
- What is meant by grill
- The lexical meaning appearance
- The dictionary meaning of the word remote
- The grammatical meaning of the word remember
- Meaning of the word release
- Literal and figurative meaning of the word relax
- The origin of the word rug
- Synonym for the word rude
- Antonyms for the word beaten
- Homonyms for the word filter
- Hyponyms for the word service
- Holonyms for the word empower
- Hypernyms for the word fault
- Proverbs and sayings for the word tickler
- Translation of the word in other languages tall

Источник

Other forms: ran; running; runs

When you run, you move along quickly, and for a long time if you’re running a marathon. You can also run a campaign or a business — you make them function.

There are plenty of meanings for run. If you’re plotting your escape from the Tower of London, you can «make a run for it,» and if you’re a baseball player, you’re a hero if you make a home run. When your play opens on Broadway, you hope it will have many performances — «a long run» — and if you’re lucky, the New York Times will run a rave review.

Definitions of run

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”

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clip, jog, trot

run at a moderately swift pace

scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter

move about or proceed hurriedly

romp

run easily and fairly fast

run bases

run around the bases, in baseball

streak

run naked in a public place

outrun

run faster than

jog

run for exercise

sprint

run very fast, usually for a short distance

lope

run easily

rush

run with the ball, in football

hare

run quickly, like a hare

crab

scurry sideways like a crab

type of:

hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip

move very fast
verb

travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
verb

cover by running; run a certain distance

“She
ran 10 miles that day”
“he is
running the Marathon this year”

synonyms:

race
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

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

“If you see this man,
run!”

synonyms:

break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail

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flee, fly, take flight

run away quickly

skedaddle

run away, as if in a panic

break

make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one’s own by quitting or fleeing

stampede

run away in a stampede

abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

elope, run off

run away secretly with one’s beloved

break loose, escape, get away

run away from confinement

high-tail

retreat at full speed

defect, desert

desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

type of:

go away, go forth, leave

go away from a place
verb

travel a route regularly

synonyms:

ply

black market

deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
verb

sail before the wind
verb

cause an animal to move fast

“run the dogs”

Synonyms:

hunt, hunt down, track down

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

progress by being changed

“run through your presentation before the meeting”

synonyms:

go, move

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change

undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature
verb

pass over, across, or through

“She
ran her fingers along the carved figurine”

synonyms:

draw, guide, pass

draw, string, thread

thread on or as if on a string

lead

cause something to pass or lead somewhere

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rub

move over something with pressure

thread

pass through or into

thread

pass a thread through

brush

rub with a brush, or as if with a brush

pumice

rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen

gauge

rub to a uniform size

puree, strain

rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender

rosin

rub rosin onto

sponge down, sponge off

clean with a sponge, by rubbing

worry

touch or rub constantly

scour, scrub

clean with hard rubbing

abrade, scour

rub hard or scrub

blur, smear, smudge, smutch

make a smudge on; soil by smudging

grate, scrape

scratch repeatedly

pass over, wipe

rub with a circular motion

grate

reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
verb

cause something to pass or lead somewhere

“Run the wire behind the cabinet”

synonyms:

lead

draw, guide, pass

pass over, across, or through

range

change or be different within limits
verb

set animals loose to graze
verb

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

“The dogs are
running deer”

synonyms:

hunt, hunt down, track down

hunt

search (an area) for prey
noun

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

“he broke into a
run”

“his daily
run keeps him fit”

synonyms:

running
“she broke the record for the half-mile
run”

synonyms:

foot race, footrace
“the ship made its
run in record time”
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”

synonyms:

extend, go, lead, pass

range

change or be different within limits

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come

extend or reach

radiate, ray

extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

go deep, go far

extend in importance or range

type of:

be

occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
verb

have a particular form

“the story or argument
runs as follows”

synonyms:

go

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be

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
verb

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

“These dresses
run small”

synonyms:

be given, incline, lean, tend
verb

change from one state to another

“run amok”

“run rogue”

“run riot”
verb

change or be different within limits

“Interest rates
run from 5 to 10 percent”

synonyms:

range

extend, go, lead, pass

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

lead

cause something to pass or lead somewhere

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be

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
“Musical talent
runs in the family”

Synonyms:

die hard, endure, persist, prevail

continue to exist
verb

extend or continue for a certain period of time

“The film
runs 5 hours”

synonyms:

run for
noun

an unbroken chronological sequence

“the play had a long
run on Broadway”

“the team enjoyed a brief
run of victories”
noun

an unbroken series of events

“Nicklaus had a
run of birdies”

synonyms:

streak
noun

unrestricted freedom to use

“he has the
run of the house”
verb

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

“Run the dishwasher”

“run a new program on the Mac”

synonyms:

execute

play

cause to emit recorded audio or video
“run a subject”

“run a process”

Synonyms:

play

cause to emit recorded audio or video

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rerun

cause to perform again

type of:

process, treat

subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
verb

direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.

“She is
running a relief operation in the Sudan”

synonyms:

operate
verb

perform as expected when applied

“Does this old car still
run well?”

synonyms:

function, go, operate, work

work

operate in or through
verb

be operating, running or functioning

“The car is still
running—turn it off!”

Synonyms:

function, go, operate, work

perform as expected when applied
verb

be affected by; be subjected to

“run a temperature”

“run a risk”
verb

include as the content; broadcast or publicize

“We
ran the ad three times”

synonyms:

carry

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type of:

broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread

cause to become widely known
verb

cause to emit recorded audio or video

“They
ran the tapes over and over again”

synonyms:

play

play

emit recorded sound

execute

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

deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

synonyms:

black market

ply

travel a route regularly
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

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

the act of testing something

synonyms:

test, trial

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a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.

clinical test, clinical trial

a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use

double blind

a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed; designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results

preclinical phase, preclinical test, preclinical trial

a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects; conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial

audition, tryout

a test of the suitability of a performer

field trial

a test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving

fitting, try-on, trying on

putting clothes on to see whether they fit

MOT, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test

a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes

pilot program, pilot project

activity planned as a test or trial

Snellen test

a test of visual acuity using a Snellen chart

ELISA, enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay

an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)

immunohistochemistry

an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase)

phase I, phase I clinical trial

a clinical trial on a few persons to determine the safety of a new drug or invasive medical device; for drugs, dosage or toxicity limits should be obtained

phase II, phase II clinical trial

a clinical trial on more persons than in phase I; intended to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment for the condition it is intended to treat; possible side effects are monitored

phase III, phase III clinical trial

a large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects; after successful conclusion of these clinical trials it will receive formal approval from the FDA

phase IV, phase IV clinical trial

sometimes the FDA approves a drug for general use but requires the manufacturer to continue to monitor its effects; during this phase the drug may be tried on slightly different patient populations than those studied in earlier trials

screen test

a filmed audition of an actor or actress

diagnostic assay, diagnostic test

an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes

bio-assay, bioassay

appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard

type of:

attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
verb

move along, of liquids

synonyms:

course, feed, flow

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flush

flow freely

gush, jet

issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

surge, tide

rise or move forward

circulate

move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool

flow in a circular current, of liquids

run off, waste

run off as waste

run down

move downward

pour

flow in a spurt

run out, spill

flow, run or fall out and become lost

stream, well out

flow freely and abundantly

dribble, filter, trickle

run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

drain, run out

flow off gradually

ooze, seep

pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

gutter

flow in small streams

flush down, wash down

flow freely

ventilate

circulate through and freshen

spin

stream in jets, of liquids

gush, spirt, spout, spurt

gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

regurgitate

pour or rush back

leach, percolate

permeate or penetrate gradually

brim over, overflow, overrun, run over, well over

flow or run over (a limit or brim)

type of:

move

move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
“These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to
run”

synonyms:

bleed

melt, melt down

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

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

synonyms:

melt, melt down

bleed

be diffused
noun

the pouring forth of a fluid
verb

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

“Who’s
running for treasurer this year?”

synonyms:

campaign
noun

a race between candidates for elective office

“he is raising money for a Senate
run”

synonyms:

campaign, political campaign
verb

run with the ball; in such sports as football
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”

synonyms:

running, running game, running play

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draw, draw play

(American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage

end run, sweep

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

return

(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

reverse

(American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

rush, rushing

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

double reverse

(American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse

type of:

football play

(American football) a play by the offensive team
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”

synonyms:

tally

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earned run

a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team

unearned run

a run that was scored as a result of an error by the other team

rbi, run batted in

a run that is the result of the batter’s performance

type of:

score

the act of scoring in a game or sport
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unravel

ladder

come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
verb

come unraveled or undone as if by snagging

“Her nylons were
running”

synonyms:

ladder

unravel

become undone
noun

a row of unravelled stitches

“she got a
run in her stocking”

synonyms:

ladder, ravel

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verb (used without object), ran [ran], /ræn/, run, run·ning [ruhn-ing]. /ˈrʌn ɪŋ/.

to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.

to move with haste; act quickly: Run upstairs and get the iodine.

to depart quickly; take to flight; flee or escape: to run from danger.

to have recourse for aid, support, comfort, etc.: He shouldn’t run to his parents with every little problem.

to make a quick trip or informal visit for a short stay at a place: to run up to New York;I will run over to see you after dinner.

to go around, rove, or ramble without restraint (often followed by about): to run about in the park.

to move, roll, or progress from momentum or from being hurled, kicked, or otherwise propelled: The wheel ran over the curb and into the street.

Sports.

to take part in a race or contest.
to finish in a race or contest in a certain numerical position: The horse ran second.

to be or campaign as a candidate for election.

to migrate, as fish: to run in huge shoals.

(of fish) to migrate upstream or inshore from deep water to spawn: Now that it’s fall, the salmon are running.

to move under continuing power or force, as of the wind, a motor, etc.: The car ran along the highway.

(of a ship, automobile, etc.) to be sailed or driven from a safe, proper, or given route: The ship ran aground.

to ply between places, as a vessel or conveyance: This bus runs between New Haven and Hartford.

to move, glide, turn, rotate, or pass easily, freely, or smoothly: A rope runs in a pulley.

to creep, trail, or climb, as growing vines: The ivy ran up the side of the house.

to come undone or to unravel, as stitches or a fabric: these stockings run easily.

to flow, as a liquid: Let the water run before you drink it.

to flow along, especially strongly, as a stream or the sea: The rapids ran over the rocks.

to empty or transfer contents: The river ran into the sea.

to appear, occur, or exist within a certain limited range; include a specific range of variations (usually followed by from): Your work runs from fair to bad.

to melt and flow or drip: Wax ran down the burning candle.

Golf. (of a golf ball) to bounce or roll along the ground just after landing from a stroke: The ball struck the green and ran seven feet past the hole.

to spread when applied to a surface, as a liquid: Fresh paint ran over the window molding onto the pane.

to spread over a material when exposed to moisture: The dyes in this fabric are guaranteed not to run in washing.

to undergo a spreading of colors: materials that run when washed.

to flow forth as a discharge: Tears ran from her eyes.

to discharge or give passage to a liquid or fluid: Her eyes ran with tears.

to operate or function: How does your new watch run?Cars run on gasoline.

to be in operation: the noise of a dishwasher running.

to continue in operation: The furnace runs most of the day.

to elapse; pass or go by, as time: Time is running out, and we must hurry.

to pass into or meet with a certain state or condition: to run into debt;to run into trouble.

to get or become: The well ran dry.

to amount; total: The bill ran to $100.

to be stated or worded in a certain manner: The minutes of the last meeting run as follows.

Commerce.

to accumulate, follow, or become payable in due course, as interest on a debt: Your interest runs from January 1st to December 31st.
to make many withdrawals in rapid succession, as from a bank.

Law.

to have legal force or effect, as a writ.
to continue to operate.
to go along with: The easement runs with the land.

to proceed, continue, or go: The story runs for eight pages.

to extend in a given direction: This road runs north to Litchfield.

to extend for a certain length: The unpaved section runs for eight miles.

to extend over a given surface: Shelves ran from floor to ceiling.

to be printed, as on a printing press: Two thousand copies ran before the typo was caught.

to appear in print or be published as a story, photograph, etc., in a newspaper, magazine, or the like: The account ran in all the papers.The political cartoon always runs on the editorial page.

to be performed on a stage or be played continually, as a play: The play ran for two years.

to occur or take place continuously, as a movie: The picture runs for two hours.

to pass quickly: A thought ran through his mind. Her eyes ran over the room.

to be disseminated, circulated, or spread rapidly: The news of his promotion ran all over town.

to continue or return persistently; recur: The old tune ran through his mind all day.

to have or tend to have or produce a specified character, quality, form, etc.: This novel runs to long descriptions.This family runs to extreme in everything from foot size to skin sensitivity.

to be or continue to be of a certain or average size, number, etc.: Potatoes are running large this year.

Nautical. to sail before the wind.

verb (used with object), ran, run, run·ning.

to move or run along (a surface, way, path, etc.): Every morning he ran the dirt path around the reservoir to keep in condition.She ran her fingers over the keyboard.

to traverse (a distance) in running: He ran the mile in just over four minutes.

to perform, compete in, or accomplish by or as by running: to run a race;to run an errand.

to go about freely on or in without supervision: permitting children to run the streets.

to ride or cause to gallop: to run a horse across a field.

to enter in a race: He ran his best filly in the Florida Derby.

to bring into a certain state by running: He ran himself out of breath trying to keep pace.

to trace, track, pursue or hunt, as game: to run deer on foot.

to drive (an animal) or cause to go by pursuing: to run a fox to cover;to run the stallion into the barn.

to leave, flee, or escape from: He ran town before the robbery was discovered.

to cause to ply between places, as a vessel or conveyance: to run a ferry between New York and New Jersey.

to convey or transport, as in a vessel or vehicle: I’ll run you home in my car.

to cause to pass quickly: He ran his eyes over the letter.She ran a comb through her hair.

to get past or through: to run a blockade.

(of drivers or cyclists) to disregard (a red or amber traffic light) and continue ahead without stopping.

to smuggle (contraband goods): to run guns across the border.

to work, operate, or drive: Can you run a tractor?

to publish, print, or make copies of, as on a printing press (sometimes followed by off): Run off 3000 of these posters.The newspapers ran the story on page one.

to process, refine, manufacture, or subject to an analysis or treatment: The doctor wanted to run a blood test.The factory ran 50,000 gallons of paint a day.

to keep operating or going, as a machine: They ran the presses 24 hours a day.

to keep (a motor) idling for an indefinite period: On cold days he would run the car motor to prevent stalling.

to allow (a ship, automobile, etc.) to depart from a safe, proper, or given route, as by negligence or error: He ran the ship aground.She ran the car up on the curb.

to sponsor, support, or nominate (a person) as a candidate for election.

to manage or conduct: to run a business;to run one’s own life.

Computers. to process (the instructions in a program) by computer.

(in some games, as billiards) to continue or complete a series of successful strokes, shots, or the like.

Cards. to lead a series (of one’s assured tricks or winners in a given suit): He ran the heart suit before leading spades.

to expose oneself to or be exposed to (a chance, risk, etc.): Through his habitual lateness he ran the danger of being fired.

to cause (a liquid) to flow: to run the water for a bath.

to fill (a tub or bath) with water: She ran a hot tub for him.

to give forth or flow with (a liquid); pour forth or discharge: The well ran 500 barrels of oil daily.

to charge (an item or items) as on a charge account or to accumulate (bills) to be paid all at one time: He ran a large monthly tab at the club.

to cause to move easily, freely, or smoothly: to run a rope in a pulley.

Golf. to cause (a golf ball) to move forward along the ground after landing from a stroke: He ran his ball seven feet past the hole.

to cause stitches in (a garment or fabric) to unravel or come undone: to run a stocking on a protruding nail.

to bring, lead, or force into a certain state or condition: He ran his troops into an ambush.They ran themselves into debt.

to drive, force, or thrust: to run a nail into a board;to run one’s head against a wall;to run one’s hand into one’s pocket.

to graze; pasture: They run sixty head of cattle on their ranch.

to extend (something) in a particular direction or to a given point or place: to run a partition across a room;to run a telephone cable from Boston to Buffalo.

Carpentry. to make (millwork) from boards.

to cause to fuse and flow, as metal for casting in a mold.

to draw, trace, or mark out, as a line: to run a line over a surface;to run a line through a word.

to cost (an amount or approximate amount): This watch runs $30.

to cost (a person) an amount or approximate amount: The car repair will run you a couple of hundred at least.

noun

an act, instance, or period of running: She took a five-minute run before breakfast.

a hurrying to or from some point, as on an errand: a run to reach the store before it closes.

a fleeing, especially in great haste; flight: a run from the police who were hot on his trail.

a running pace: The boys set out at a run.

an act or instance or a period of moving rapidly, as in a boat or automobile: a run to shore before the storm.

distance covered, as by racing, running, or during a trip: a three-mile run.

an act or instance or a period of traveling or moving between two places; trip: a truck on its daily run from farm to market;a nonstop run from Louisville to Memphis.

Computers. a single instance of carrying out the sequence of instructions in a program.

Golf. the distance that a golf ball moves along the ground after landing from a stroke: He got a seven-foot run with his chip shot.

a quick trip for a short stay at a place: to take a run up to New York.

Military.

bomb run.
any portion of a military flight during which the aircraft flies directly toward the target in order to begin its attack: a strafing run.

Aeronautics.

the rapid movement, under its own power, of an aircraft on a runway, water, or another surface.
a routine flight from one place to another: the evening run from New York to London.

an interval or period during which something, as a machine, operates or continues operating: They kept each press in the plant on a 14-hour run.

the amount of anything produced in such a period: a daily run of 400,000 gallons of paint.

a line or place in knitted work where a series of stitches have slipped out or come undone: a run in a stocking.

onward movement, development, progress, course, etc.: the run of our business from a small store to a large chain.

the direction of something or of its component elements: the run of the grain of wood.

the particular course, order, or tendency of something: the normal run of events.

freedom to move around in, pass through, or use something: to allow one’s guests the run of the house.

any rapid or easy course of progress: a run from trainee to supervisor.

a continuous series of performances, as of a play: a long run on Broadway.

an uninterrupted course of some state or condition; a spell: a run of good luck;a run of good weather.

a continuous extent of something, as a vein of ore.

an uninterrupted series or sequence of things, events, etc.: a run of 30 scoreless innings.

a sequence of cards in a given suit: a heart run.

Cribbage. a sequence of three or more cards in consecutive denominations without regard to suits.

any extensive continued demand, sale, or the like: a run on umbrellas on a rainy day.

a series of sudden and urgent demands for payment, as on a bank.

a period of being in demand or favor with the public: Her last book had a briefer run than her first.

a period during which liquid flows: They kept each oil well on an eight-hour run.

the amount that flows during such a period: a run of 500 barrels a day.

a small stream; brook; rivulet.

a flow or rush, as of water: The snow melting on the mountains caused a run of water into the valley.

a kind or class, as of goods: a superior run of blouses.

the typical, ordinary, or average kind: The run of 19th-century novels tends to be of a sociological nature.

an inclined course, as on a slope, designed or used for a specific purpose: a bobsled run;a run for training beginning skiers.

a fairly large enclosure within which domestic animals may move about freely; runway: a chicken run.

Australian. a large sheep ranch or area of grazing land.

the beaten track or usual trail used by deer or other wild animals; runway.

a trough or pipe for water or the like.

the movement of a number of fish upstream or inshore from deep water.

large numbers of fish in motion, especially inshore from deep water or up a river for spawning: a run of salmon.

a number of animals moving together.

Music. a rapid succession of tones; roulade.

Building Trades.

the horizontal distance between the face of a wall and the ridge of a roof.
the distance between the first and last risers of a flight of steps or staircase.
the horizontal distance between successive risers on a flight of steps or a staircase.

Baseball. the score unit made by safely running around all the bases and reaching home plate.

a series of successful shots, strokes, or the like, in a game.

Nautical. the immersed portion of a hull abaft the middle body (opposed to entrance).

the runs, (used with a singular or plural verb)Informal. diarrhea.

adjective

melted or liquefied: run butter.

poured in a melted state; run into and cast in a mold: run bronze.

Verb Phrases

run across, to meet or find accidentally: She ran across an old friend at the party.I ran across your podcast while looking for something else online.

run after,

to follow; chase: The dog ran after the burglar.
to pursue or court the affections of, especially in an aggressive manner: He ran after her until she agreed to marry him.
to attempt to become friendly with or part of the society of: He runs after the country-club set.

run along, to leave; go on one’s way: I have to run along now, but I’ll see you tonight.Run along—can’t you see I’m busy?

run around,

(often followed by with) to socialize; consort with: She runs around with the strangest people.
to be unfaithful to one’s spouse or lover: It was common knowledge that he was running around.

run away,

to flee or escape; leave a place of confinement or control with the intention of never returning: He ran away from home three times.
Nautical. to haul on a line by walking or running steadily.

run away with,

to go away with, especially to elope with: She ran away with a sailor.
to abscond with; steal: to run away with some valuable jewelry.
to surpass others in; be outstanding in: to run away with academic honors.
to overwhelm; get the better of: Sometimes his enthusiasm runs away with him.

run down,

to strike and fell or overturn, especially to drive a vehicle into (someone): to run down an innocent pedestrian.
to pursue until captured; chase: The detective swore that he would run down the criminal.
to peruse; review: His eyes ran down the front row and stopped suddenly.
to cease operation; stop: My watch has run down.
to speak disparagingly of; criticize severely: The students were always running down their math teacher.
to search out; trace; find: to run down information.
Baseball. to tag out (a base runner) between bases.
Nautical. to collide with and sink (another vessel).
Nautical. to sail closely parallel to (a coast).

run in,

to visit casually: If I’m in the neighborhood, I may run in for a few minutes.
to include in a text, as something to be inserted.
Slang. to arrest; take to jail: They ran him in for burglary.
Printing. to add (matter) to text without indenting.
to break in (new machinery).

run into,

to crash into; collide with: She was so sleepy that she ran into a lamppost.
to meet accidentally: You never know whom you’ll run into at a big party.
to amount to; total: losses that ran into millions of dollars.
to succeed; follow: One year ran into the next, and still there was no change.
to experience; encounter: The project ran into difficulty.

run in with, Nautical. to sail close to (a coast, vessel, etc.).

run off,

to leave quickly; depart: When he realized the time, he ran off with barely a «good-bye,» hoping to catch his bus.
to create or perform rapidly or easily: to run off a new song.
to determine the winner of (a contest, race, etc.) by a runoff.
to drive away; expel: to run someone off one’s property.
to print or otherwise duplicate: Please run off 500 copies.

run off with,

to abscond with (something); steal or borrow; take: He ran off with the money.Who ran off with the pencil sharpener?
to elope: I hear she ran off with the Smith boy.

run on,

to continue without interruption: The account that he gave ran on at some length.
Printing. to add (matter) to text without indenting.
to add something, as at the end of a text: to run on an adverb to a dictionary entry.

run out,

to terminate; expire: My subscription ran out last month.Time ran out before we could score another touchdown.
to become used up: His money soon ran out.
to drive out; expel: They want to run him out of the country.

run out of, to exhaust a quantity or supply of: She couldn’t bake a cake because she had run out of sugar.

run out on, to withdraw one’s support from; abandon: No one could accuse him of running out on his friends.

run over,

to hit and knock down, especially with a vehicle: She cried inconsolably when her cat was run over by a car.
to go beyond; exceed: His speech ran over the time limit.
to repeat; review: We’ll run over that song again.
to overflow, as a vessel: The gravy boat ran over when she took her eye off the pan she was filling it from.

run through,

to pierce or stab, as with a sword: to run someone through.
to consume or use up recklessly; squander: to run through a fortune.
to practice, review, or rehearse quickly or informally: to run through a scene.

run up,

to sew rapidly: She ran up some curtains.
to amass; incur: running up huge debts.
to cause to increase; raise: to run up costs unnecessarily.
to build, especially hurriedly: They are tearing down old tenement blocks and running up skyscrapers.

run with, Informal.

to proceed or go ahead with: If the stockholders like the idea, we’ll run with it.
to carry out with enthusiasm or speed.

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Idioms about run

a run for one’s money,

close or keen competition: The out-of-town team gave us a run for our money.
enjoyment or profit in return for one’s expense: This may not be the best tool kit, but it will give you a run for your money.

in the long run, in the course of long experience; in the end: Retribution will come, in the long run.

in the short run, as an immediate or temporary outcome: Recession may be averted in the short run if policy changes are made now.

on the run,

moving quickly; hurrying about: He’s so busy, he’s always on the run.
while running or in a hurry: I usually eat breakfast on the run.
escaping or hiding from the police: He was on the run for two years.

run afoul of,

Nautical. to collide with so as to cause damage and entanglement.
to incur or become subject to the wrath or ill will of: to run afoul of the law; .He argued with his father and has run afoul of him ever since.

run for it, to hurry away or flee, especially to evade something: You had better run for it before anyone else arrives.

run in place,

to go through the motions of running without leaving one’s original place, as on a treadmill: joggers running in place at red lights.
to exist or work without noticeable change, progress, or improvement: By the end of the third meeting, it was clear that no progress had been made and the committee was just running in place.

run out of gas, Informal.

to exhaust or lose one’s energy, enthusiasm, etc.: After the first game of tennis, I ran out of gas and had to rest.
to falter for lack of impetus, ideas, capital, etc.: The economic recovery seems to be running out of gas.

run scared, to be thrown into a state of fear or uncertainty because of a perceived threat; be apprehensive about survival or the future: Many businesses are running scared because of increasing competition.

Origin of run

First recorded before 900; Middle English verb rinnen, rennen, partly from Old Norse rinna, renna, partly continuing Old English rinnan; cognate with German rinnen; the form run, originally the past participle, was later extended to present tense; the noun and adjective derivative of the verb

OTHER WORDS FROM run

run·na·ble, adjectiverun·na·bil·i·ty, nounnon·run, adjectivewell-run, adjective

Words nearby run

Rum Rebellion, rumrunner, Rumsey, Rumsfeld, rum shop, run, runabout, run across, run a fever, run afoul of, run after

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Words related to run

break, race, rush, spurt, drive, outing, ride, round, tour, trip, season, series, streak, stretch, string, dash, fly, jog, shoot, sprint

How to use run in a sentence

McSally ran for Senate in 2018 but lost to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.
He unsuccessfully ran for the Republican presidential nomination during the 2016 election cycle.
New York food impresario Tom Colicchio got into all of our living rooms with his 17-season run as the head judge on Top Chef.
While Fraser is not the first woman to run one of the country’s top 20 banks—KeyCorp’s Beth Mooney, who retired in May, broke that ceiling—she is the first to run one of Citigroup’s size.

With a massive influx of Israeli tourism expected now that commercial flights are running, many are expecting the demand for kosher food to grow.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.
Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.
Should lightning strike and Hillary Clinton forgoes a presidential run, Democrats have a nominee in waiting.
The decision not to run the cartoons is motivated by nothing more than fear: either fear of offending or fear of retaliation.
Do not the widow’s tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
A few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.
But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.
The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
When these last words of his were interpreted to her, she started, made as if she would run after him, but checked herself.

British Dictionary definitions for run

verb runs, running, ran or run

(intr)

(of a two-legged creature) to move on foot at a rapid pace so that both feet are off the ground together for part of each stride
(of a four-legged creature) to move at a rapid gait; gallop or canter

(tr) to pass over (a distance, route, etc) in runningto run a mile; run a race

(intr) to run in or finish a race as specified, esp in a particular positionJohn is running third

(tr) to perform or accomplish by or as if by runningto run an errand

(intr) to flee; run awaythey took to their heels and ran

(tr) to bring into a specified state or condition by runningto run oneself to a standstill

(tr) to track down or hunt (an animal)to run a fox to earth

(intr) to move about freely and without restraintthe children are running in the garden

(intr usually foll by to) to go or have recourse, as for aid, assistance, etche’s always running to his mother when he’s in trouble

(tr) to set (animals) loose on (a field or tract of land) so as to graze freely

(intr ; often foll by over, round or up) to make a short trip or brief informal visitI’ll run over to your house this afternoon

to move quickly and easily on wheels by rolling, or in any of certain other waysa ball running along the ground; a sledge running over snow

to move or cause to move with a specified result or in a specified mannerto run a ship aground; to run into a tree

(often foll by over) to move or pass or cause to move or pass quicklyto run a vacuum cleaner over the carpet; to run one’s eyes over a page

(tr ; foll by into, out of, through, etc) to force, thrust, or driveshe ran a needle into her finger

(tr) to drive or maintain and operate (a vehicle)

(tr) to give a lift to (someone) in a vehicle; transporthe ran her to the railway station

to ply or cause to ply between places on a routethe bus runs from Piccadilly to Golders Green

to operate or be operated; function or cause to functionthe engine is running smoothly

(tr) to perform or carry outto run tests

(tr) to be in charge of; manageto run a company

to extend or continue or cause to extend or continue in a particular direction, for a particular duration or distance, etcthe road runs north; the play ran for two years; the months ran into years

(intr) law

to have legal force or effectthe lease runs for two more years
to accompany; be an integral part of or adjunct toan easement runs with the land

(tr) to be subjected to, be affected by, or incurto run a risk; run a temperature

(intr often foll by to) to be characterized (by); tend or inclineher taste runs to extravagant hats; to run to fat

(intr) to recur persistently or be inherentred hair runs in my family

to cause or allow (liquids) to flow or (of liquids) to flow, esp in a manner specifiedwater ran from the broken pipe; the well has run dry

(intr) to melt and flowthe wax grew hot and began to run

metallurgy

to melt or fuse
(tr) to mould or cast (molten metal)to run lead into ingots

(intr) (of waves, tides, rivers, etc) to rise high, surge, or be at a specified heighta high sea was running that night

(intr) to be diffusedthe colours in my dress ran when I washed it

(intr) (of stitches) to unravel or come undone or (of a garment) to have stitches unravel or come undoneif you pull that thread the whole seam will run

to sew (an article) with continuous stitches

(intr) (of growing vines, creepers, etc) to trail, spread, or climbivy running over a cottage wall

(intr) to spread or circulate quicklya rumour ran through the town

(intr) to be stated or reportedhis story runs as follows

to publish or print or be published or printed in a newspaper, magazine, etcthey ran his story in the next issue

(often foll by for) mainly US and Canadian to be a candidate or present as a candidate for political or other officeAnderson is running for president

(tr) to get past or through; evadeto run a blockade

(tr) to deal in (arms, etc), esp by importing illegallyhe runs guns for the rebels

nautical to sail (a vessel, esp a sailing vessel) or (of such a vessel) to be sailed with the wind coming from astern

(intr) (of fish)

to migrate upstream from the sea, esp in order to spawn
to swim rapidly in any area of water, esp during migration

(tr) cricket to score (a run or number of runs) by hitting the ball and running between the wickets

(tr) billiards snooker to make (a number of successful shots) in sequence

(tr) golf to hit (the ball) so that it rolls along the ground

(tr) bridge to cash (all one’s winning cards in a long suit) successively

run a bath to turn on the taps to fill a bath with water for bathing oneself

run close to compete closely with; present a serious challenge tohe got the job, but a younger man ran him close

run for it informal to attempt to escape from arrest, etc, by running

be run off one’s feet to be extremely busy

noun

an act, instance, or period of running

a gait, pace, or motion faster than a walkshe went off at a run

a distance covered by running or a period of runninga run of ten miles

an act, instance, or period of travelling in a vehicle, esp for pleasureto go for a run in the car

free and unrestricted accesswe had the run of the house and garden for the whole summer

a period of time during which a machine, computer, etc, operates
the amount of work performed in such a period

a continuous or sustained perioda run of good luck

a continuous sequence of performancesthe play had a good run

cards a sequence of winning cards in one suit, usually more than fivea run of spades

tendency or trendthe run of the market

type, class, or categorythe usual run of graduates

(usually foll by on) a continuous and urgent demanda run on butter; a run on the dollar

a series of unravelled stitches, esp in stockings or tights; ladder

the characteristic pattern or direction of somethingthe run of the grain on a piece of wood

a continuous vein or seam of ore, coal, etc
the direction in which it lies

a period during which water or other liquid flows
the amount of such a flow

a pipe, channel, etc, through which water or other liquid flows

US a small stream

a steeply inclined pathway or course, esp a snow-covered one used for skiing and bobsleigh racingSee also green run, blue run, red run, black run

an enclosure for domestic fowls or other animals, in which they have free movementa chicken run

(esp in Australia and New Zealand) a tract of land for grazing livestock

a track or area frequented by animalsa deer run; a rabbit run

a group of animals of the same species moving together

the migration of fish upstream in order to spawn

nautical

the tack of a sailing vessel in which the wind comes from astern
part of the hull of a vessel near the stern where it curves upwards and inwards

the movement of an aircraft along the ground during takeoff or landing

music a rapid scalelike passage of notes

cricket a score of one, normally achieved by both batsmen running from one end of the wicket to the other after one of them has hit the ballCompare extra (def. 6), boundary (def. 2c)

baseball an instance of a batter touching all four bases safely, thereby scoring

golf the distance that a ball rolls after hitting the ground

a run for one’s money informal

a strong challenge or close competition
pleasure derived from an activity

in the long run as the eventual outcome of a sequence of events, actions, etc; ultimately

in the short run as the immediate outcome of a series of events, etc

on the run

escaping from arrest; fugitive
in rapid flight; retreatingthe enemy is on the run
hurrying from place to placeshe’s always on the run

the runs slang diarrhoea

See also runabout, run across, run after, run along, run around, run away, run down, run in, run into, run off, run on, run out, run over, run through, run to, run up, run with

Word Origin for run

Old English runnen, past participle of (ge) rinnan; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse rinna, Old Saxon, Gothic, Old High German rinnan

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Other Idioms and Phrases with run

In addition to the idioms beginning with run

run across
run a fever
run afoul of
run after
run against
run along
run amok
run an errand
run a risk
run around
run around in circles
run around like a chicken
run around with
run a temperature
run a tight ship
run away
run away with
run by someone
run circles around
run counter to
run down
run dry
run for it
run for one’s money, a
run foul
run high
run in
run in place
run interference
run in the blood
run into
run into a stone wall
run into the ground
run its course
run like clockwork
running on empty
running start
run off
run off at the mouth
run off with
run of luck
run of the mill
run on
run one ragged
run one’s eyes over
run one’s head against the wall
run one’s own show
run out
run out of
run out on
run over
run rings around
run riot
run scared
run short
run someone in
run someone off his or her feet
run the gamut
run the gauntlet
run the show
run through
run to
run to earth
run to form
run to seed
run up
run wild
run with

also see:

beat (run) one’s head against the wall
cut and run
dry run
eat and run
end run
go (run) around in circles
great minds (run in the same channel)
home run
in the long run
like clockwork, run
make a break (run) for
make one’s blood run cold
(run) off someone’s feet
on the run
still waters run deep
tight ship, run a
well’s run dry

Also see underrunning.

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Inflections of ‘run‘ (v): (⇒ conjugate)

runs: v 3rd person singular

running: v pres p

ran: v past

run: v past p

run /rʌn/USA pronunciation
v., ran/ræn/USA pronunciation run, run•ning, n.
v.

to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk:[no object]He ran down the street.
to perform by or as if by running:[~ + object]She ran an errand.
to go or cross (a distance) in running:[~ + object]He ran the mile in under four minutes.
to enter in a race:[~ + object]She ran her horse in the last race.
to pass something (over or through) quickly:[~ + object]He ran his fingers lightly over the keyboard.
to go to for aid, etc.:[no object]He is always running to his parents.
to make a quick trip or visit:[no object]to run to the supermarket.
to carry or transport:[~ + object]I’ll run you home in my car.
to (cause to) move freely: [no object]At least here the dog can run around in the park.[~ + object]Take the dog and run him around the track.
to (cause to) move forward: [no object]The ball ran into the street.[~ + object]The golfer ran the ball too far and it rolled off the green.
to (cause to) be a candidate for election: [no object]She’s running for vice president.[~ + object]The party ran its best candidates in the last election.
(of a ship, car, etc.) to (cause to) be sailed or driven from a proper or given route: [no object]The ship ran aground.[~ + object]The driver ran the car up onto the curb.
to (cause to) go back and forth between places or along a certain route: [no object]The bus runs between New Haven and Hartford.[~ + object]The company runs ferries between New York and Hoboken.
to (cause to) unravel, as stitches or a fabric: [no object]Her stockings ran when she knelt down quickly.[~ + object]to run the stocking.
to (cause to) flow in or as if in a stream: [no object]Tears ran from her eyes. Her nose was running.[~ + object]He ran some hot water into the tub.
(of colors) to spread to other things:[no object]The colors in your blouse will run if you use hot water.
to (cause to) operate or function: [no object]How is the office running these days?[~ + object]Run the dishwasher again and let’s see if it works.
to manage or conduct:[~ + object]to run a business.
to be within a range of a certain size, number, etc.:[no object]The grades on the last exam ran from B + to F.
to (cause to) meet or endure a certain condition:[no object]to run into trouble.
to tend to have a specified quality, form, etc.:[~ + to + object]This novel runs to long descriptions.
to be stated or worded:[no object]The text runs as follows.
to amount;
total:[~ + to + object]The bill ran to $100.
to cost (an amount):[~ + object]This watch runs $30 or so.
to cost (a person) an amount:[~ + object + object]The car repair will run you $90.
to continue, extend, stretch, or last:[not: be + ~-ing* no object]The story runs for eight pages.
to put so as to extend in a particular direction:[~ + object]to run the television cable under the road.
to (cause to) appear in print: [no object]The story ran in all the papers.[~ + object]The newspaper ran the story on page 1.
Show Businessto (cause to) be performed: [no object]The play ran for two years.[~ + object]to run the movie for two years until it made a profit.
to occur again through time:[no object]Musical ability runs in my family.
to get past or through without stopping:[~ + object]to run a blockade.
Computing to process (the instructions in a program) by computer:[~ + object]For some reason the computer runs the program but then stops.
to place oneself in danger, at risk, etc.:[~ + object]running some big risks.
to drive, force, or thrust:[~ + object]ran the sword through his opponent’s heart.
run across, [~ + across + object] to meet or find accidentally:I ran across an old friend.
run after, [~ + after + object]
- to chase or pursue:The police ran after the thief.
- to try to gain or obtain:to run after wealth.
run along, [no object] to leave;
go away:Run along, children, and play outside.
run around, [no object]
- to be involved in many different activities.
- to have more than one romantic involvement.
run away, [no object] to flee, esp. with no intent to return:The three-year-old said she was going to run away.
run away with, [~ + away + with + object]
- to go away with, esp. to marry:Her husband ran away with another woman.
- to steal:to run away with all the money.
- to get by surpassing others, as a prize:ran away with all the prizes.
- to overwhelm;
  get the better of:Sometimes his enthusiasm runs away with him.
run down:
- to strike and overturn, esp. with a vehicle: [~ + object + down]He accidentally ran the child down.[~ + down + object]He ran down the child.
- to chase after and seize: [~ + down + object]to run down criminals.[~ + object + down]to run them down and catch them.
- [~ + down + object] to read through quickly:He ran down the list of figures.
- [no object] to cease operation;
  stop:The battery ran down in just a few hours.
- to speak badly about (someone): [~ + down + object]always running down his friends.[~ + object + down]always running me down.
- to search out;
  find: [~ + down + object]to run down some leads in the murder case.[~ + object + down]to run some leads down.
run in, [Informal.]to arrest: [~ + in + object]The police officers ran in all the usual suspects.[~ + object + in]promised he’d run me in if he ever caught me again.
run into, [~ + object]
- to collide with:We ran into each other and fell.
- to meet accidentally:ran into an old friend just the other day.
- [Informal.]to amount to;
  total:This project could run into the millions.
run off:
- [no object] to leave quickly;
  run away:ran off before I could thank her.
- to create quickly and easily: [~ + off + object]to run off a term paper in an hour.[~ + object + off]ran his rehearsed answers off quickly in the debate.
- to drive away;
  expel: [~ + off + object]ran off the pesky stray dog.[~ + object + off]ran the stray dog off.
- to print, print out, or duplicate: [~ + off + object]to run off 500 copies.[~ + object + off]to run a few copies off.
run off with, [~ + off + with + object]
- to steal;
  abscond with:running off with the money.
- to leave suddenly with, so as to marry or have an affair with:ran off with the mayor’s wife.
run on, [no object] to continue without relief or interruption:He ran on about his computer so long that I was bored stiff.
run out:
- [no object] to come to an end;
  to be finished:My visa has run out.
- [no object] to become used up;
  to have no more:The fuel has run out.
- [~ + object + out] to drive out;
  expel:could run us out with threats or intimidation.
run out of, [~ + out + of + object] to use up a supply of:We’ve run out of wood; how will we make a fire?
run over:
- to hit with a vehicle, esp. when severe injury or death results: [~ + over + object]The car ran over several people in the park.[~ + object + over]The driver ran the child over.
- [~ + over + object] to go beyond;
  exceed:His speech ran over the time limit.
- [~ + over + object] to repeat;
  review:Let’s run over that song again.
- [no object] to overflow, as a container.
run through:
- [~ + object + through] to pierce or stab, as with a sword:Cyrano ran him through.
- [~ + through + object] to consume or use up wastefully:He ran through all their money.
- [~ + through + object] to practice or rehearse:Let’s run through that tune one more time.
run to, [~ + to + object] to amount to;
reach:The bill ran to several hundred dollars.
run up:
- to gather, accumulate, or amass: [~ + up + object]running up huge debts.[no object]Huge debts have run up.
run with, [~ + with + object][Informal.]to proceed with:If the board likes the idea, we’ll run with it.

n. [countable]

a fleeing;
flight:a quick run for the border.
the distance covered, as by running.
a quick trip:a few runs to the grocery store.
a routine or regular trip:the deliveryman’s usual run.
a period of operation of a machine:a 14-hour run for each generator.
the amount produced in such a period:The newspaper has runs of over a million copies a day.
a course, trend, or tendency:the normal run of events.
freedom to use something:[usually singular]to have the run of the house.
Show Businessa continuous series, course, or extent:a run of good luck.
any extensive and continued demand:a sudden run on umbrellas.
a series of demands for payment, as on a bank:a run on the banks.
an inclined course, such as on a slope:a bobsled run.
[Baseball.]the score made by running around all the bases and reaching home plate.
the runs, [Informal.]diarrhea: [uncountable; used with a singular verb]Having the runs is very unpleasant.[plural* used with a plural verb]The runs were very unpleasant.

Idioms

Idioms in the long run, in the course of long experience:In the long run your stocks will earn money.

Idioms, in the short run, in the near future:The stocks are losing money in the short run.

Idioms on the run:

scurrying about to perform one’s activities:on the run from morning till night.
while rushing to get somewhere:eating breakfast on the run.
moving from place to place so as to hide from the police.

Idioms run for it, [no object][Informal.]to flee quickly:We’d better run for it; the police are right behind us.

Idioms run off at the mouth, [Informal.]to talk without stopping or without thinking:constantly running off at the mouth.

Idioms run short, [no object] to have an insufficiency of something:My patience is running short.

run
(run),USA pronunciation v., ran, run, run•ning, n., adj.
v.i.

to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
to move with haste;
act quickly:Run upstairs and get the iodine.
to depart quickly;
take to flight;
flee or escape:to run from danger.
to have recourse for aid, support, comfort, etc.:He shouldn’t run to his parents with every little problem.
to make a quick trip or informal visit for a short stay at a place:to run up to New York; I will run over to see you after dinner.
to go around, rove, or ramble without restraint (often fol. by about):to run about in the park.
to move, roll, or progress from momentum or from being hurled, kicked, or otherwise propelled:The wheel ran over the curb and into the street.
[Sports.]
- to take part in a race or contest.
- to finish in a race or contest in a certain numerical position:The horse ran second.
to be or campaign as a candidate for election.
to migrate, as fish:to run in huge shoals.
to migrate upstream or inshore from deep water to spawn.
to move under continuing power or force, as of the wind, a motor, etc.:The car ran along the highway.
(of a ship, automobile, etc.) to be sailed or driven from a safe, proper, or given route:The ship ran aground.
to ply between places, as a vessel or conveyance:This bus runs between New Haven and Hartford.
to move, glide, turn, rotate, or pass easily, freely, or smoothly:A rope runs in a pulley.
to creep, trail, or climb, as growing vines:The ivy ran up the side of the house.
to come undone or to unravel, as stitches or a fabric:these stockings run easily.
to flow, as a liquid:Let the water run before you drink it.
to flow along, esp. strongly, as a stream or the sea:The rapids ran over the rocks.
to empty or transfer contents:The river ran into the sea.
to appear, occur, or exist within a certain limited range;
include a specific range of variations (usually fol. by from):Your work runs from fair to bad.
to melt and flow or drip:Wax ran down the burning candle.
[Golf.](of a golf ball) to bounce or roll along the ground just after landing from a stroke:The ball struck the green and ran seven feet past the hole.
to spread on being applied to a surface, as a liquid:Fresh paint ran over the window molding onto the pane.
to spread over a material when exposed to moisture:The dyes in this fabric are guaranteed not to run in washing.
to undergo a spreading of colors:materials that run when washed.
to flow forth as a discharge:Tears ran from her eyes.
to discharge or give passage to a liquid or fluid:Her eyes ran with tears.
to operate or function:How does your new watch run? Cars run on gasoline.
to be in operation:the noise of a dishwasher running.
to continue in operation:The furnace runs most of the day.
to elapse;
pass or go by, as time:Time is running out, and we must hurry.
to pass into or meet with a certain state or condition:to run into debt; to run into trouble.
to get or become:The well ran dry.
to amount;
total:The bill ran to $100.
to be stated or worded in a certain manner:The minutes of the last meeting run as follows.
[Com.]
- to accumulate, follow, or become payable in due course, as interest on a debt:Your interest runs from January 1st to December 31st.
- to make many withdrawals in rapid succession, as from a bank.
[Law.]
- to have legal force or effect, as a writ.
- to continue to operate.
- to go along with:The easement runs with the land.
to proceed, continue, or go:The story runs for eight pages.
to extend in a given direction:This road runs north to Litchfield.
to extend for a certain length:The unpaved section runs for eight miles.
to extend over a given surface:Shelves ran from floor to ceiling.
to be printed, as on a printing press:Two thousand copies ran before the typo was caught.
to appear in print or be published as a story, photograph, etc., in a newspaper, magazine, or the like:The account ran in all the papers. The political cartoon always runs on the editorial page.
to be performed on a stage or be played continually, as a play:The play ran for two years.
to occur or take place continuously, as a movie:The picture runs for two hours.
to pass quickly:A thought ran through his mind. Her eyes ran over the room.
to be disseminated, circulated, or spread rapidly:The news of his promotion ran all over town.
to continue or return persistently;
recur:The old tune ran through his mind all day.
to have or tend to have or produce a specified character, quality, form, etc.:This novel runs to long descriptions. Her sister is fat too, but the family runs to being overweight.
to be or continue to be of a certain or average size, number, etc.:Potatoes are running large this year.
[Naut.]to sail before the wind.

v.t.

to move or run along (a surface, way, path, etc.):Every morning he ran the dirt path around the reservoir to keep in condition. She ran her fingers over the keyboard.
to traverse (a distance) in running:He ran the mile in just over four minutes.
to perform, compete in, or accomplish by or as by running:to run a race; to run an errand.
to go about freely on or in without supervision:permitting children to run the streets.
to ride or cause to gallop:to run a horse across a field.
to enter in a race:He ran his best filly in the Florida Derby.
to bring into a certain state by running:He ran himself out of breath trying to keep pace.
to trace, track, pursue or hunt, as game:to run deer on foot.
to drive (an animal) or cause to go by pursuing:to run a fox to cover; to run the stallion into the barn.
to leave, flee, or escape from:He ran town before the robbery was discovered.
to cause to ply between places, as a vessel or conveyance:to run a ferry between New York and New Jersey.
to convey or transport, as in a vessel or vehicle:I’ll run you home in my car.
to cause to pass quickly:He ran his eyes over the letter. She ran a comb through her hair.
to get past or through:to run a blockade.
(of drivers or cyclists) to disregard (a red or amber traffic light) and continue ahead without stopping.
to smuggle (contraband goods):to run guns across the border.
to work, operate, or drive:Can you run a tractor?
to publish, print, or make copies of, as on a printing press (sometimes fol. by off):Run off 3000 of these posters. The newspapers ran the story on page one.
to process, refine, manufacture, or subject to an analysis or treatment:The doctor wanted to run a blood test. The factory ran 50,000 gallons of paint a day.
to keep operating or going, as a machine:They ran the presses 24 hours a day.
to keep (a motor) idling for an indefinite period:On cold days he would run the car motor to prevent stalling.
to allow (a ship, automobile, etc.) to depart from a safe, proper, or given route, as by negligence or error:He ran the ship aground. She ran the car up on the curb.
to sponsor, support, or nominate (a person) as a candidate for election.
to manage or conduct:to run a business; to run one’s own life.
Computingto process (the instructions in a program) by computer.
(in some games, as billiards) to continue or complete a series of successful strokes, shots, or the like.
[Cards.]to lead a series (of one’s assured tricks or winners in a given suit):He ran the heart suit before leading spades.
to expose oneself to or be exposed to (a chance, risk, etc.):Through his habitual lateness he ran the danger of being fired.
to cause (a liquid) to flow:to run the water for a bath.
to fill (a tub or bath) with water:She ran a hot tub for him.
to give forth or flow with (a liquid);
pour forth or discharge:The well ran 500 barrels of oil daily.
to charge (an item or items) as on a charge account or to accumulate (bills) to be paid all at one time:He ran a large monthly tab at the club.
to cause to move easily, freely, or smoothly:to run a rope in a pulley.
[Golf.]to cause (a golf ball) to move forward along the ground after landing from a stroke:He ran his ball seven feet past the hole.
to sew or use a running stitch:to run a seam.
to cause stitches in (a garment or fabric) to unravel or come undone:to run a stocking on a protruding nail.
to bring, lead, or force into a certain state or condition:He ran his troops into an ambush. They ran themselves into debt.
to drive, force, or thrust:to run a nail into a board;to run one’s head against a wall;to run one’s hand into one’s pocket.
to graze;
pasture:They run sixty head of cattle on their ranch.
to extend (something) in a particular direction or to a given point or place:to run a partition across a room; to run a telephone cable from Boston to Buffalo.
[Carpentry.]to make (millwork) from boards.
to cause to fuse and flow, as metal for casting in a mold.
to draw, trace, or mark out, as a line:to run a line over a surface; to run a line through a word.
to cost (an amount or approximate amount):This watch runs $30.
to cost (a person) an amount or approximate amount:The car repair will run you a couple of hundred at least.
run across, to meet or find accidentally:She ran across an old friend at the party. He ran across her name in the phone book.
run afoul of:
- [Naut.]to collide with so as to cause damage and entanglement.
- to incur or become subject to the wrath or ill will of:to run afoul of the law; He argued with his father and has run afoul of him ever since.
run after:
- to follow;
  chase:The dog ran after the burglar.
- to pursue or court the affections of, esp. in an aggressive manner:He ran after her until she agreed to marry him.
- to attempt to become friendly with or part of the society of:He runs after the country-club set.
run along, to leave;
go on one’s way:I have to run along now, but I’ll see you tonight. Run along—can’t you see I’m busy?
run around:
- (often fol. by with) to socialize;
  consort with:She runs around with the strangest people.
- to be unfaithful to one’s spouse or lover:It was common knowledge that he was running around.
run away:
- to flee or escape;
  leave a place of confinement or control with the intention of never returning:He ran away from home three times.
- [Naut.]to haul on a line by walking or running steadily.
run away with:
- to go away with, esp. to elope with:She ran away with a sailor.
- to abscond with;
  steal:to run away with some valuable jewelry.
- to surpass others in;
  be outstanding in:to run away with academic honors.
- to overwhelm;
  get the better of:Sometimes his enthusiasm runs away with him.
run down:
- to strike and fell or overturn, esp. to drive a vehicle into (someone):to run down an innocent pedestrian.
- to pursue until captured;
  chase:The detective swore that he would run down the criminal.
- to peruse;
  review:His eyes ran down the front row and stopped suddenly.
- to cease operation;
  stop:My watch has run down.
- to speak disparagingly of;
  criticize severely:The students were always running down their math teacher.
- to search out;
  trace;
  find:to run down information.
- [Baseball.]to tag out (a base runner) between bases.
- [Naut.]to collide with and sink (another vessel).
- [Naut.]to sail closely parallel to (a coast).
run for it, to hurry away or flee, esp. to evade something:You had better run for it before anyone else arrives.
run in:
- to visit casually:If I’m in the neighborhood, I may run in for a few minutes.
- to include in a text, as something to be inserted.
- [Slang.]to arrest;
  take to jail:They ran him in for burglary.
- [Print.]to add (matter) to text without indenting.
- to break in (new machinery).
run in place:
- to go through the motions of running without leaving one’s original place.
- to exist or work without noticeable change, progress, or improvement.
run into:
- to crash into;
  collide with:She was so sleepy that she ran into a lamppost.
- to meet accidentally:You never know whom you’ll run into at a big party.
- to amount to;
  total:losses that ran into millions of dollars.
- to succeed;
  follow:One year ran into the next, and still there was no change.
- to experience;
  encounter:The project ran into difficulty.
run in with, [Naut.]to sail close to (a coast, vessel, etc.).
run off:
- to leave quickly;
  depart.
- to create or perform rapidly or easily:to run off a new song.
- to determine the winner of (a contest, race, etc.) by a runoff.
- to drive away;
  expel:to run someone off one’s property.
- to print or otherwise duplicate:Please run off 500 copies.
run off with:
- to abscond with (something);
  steal or borrow;
  take:He ran off with the money. Who ran off with the pencil sharpener?
- to elope:I hear she ran off with the Smith boy.
run on:
- to continue without interruption:The account that he gave ran on at some length.
- [Print.]to add (matter) to text without indenting.
- to add something, as at the end of a text:to run on an adverb to a dictionary entry.
run out:
- to terminate;
  expire:My subscription ran out last month. Time ran out before we could score another touchdown.
- to become used up:His money soon ran out.
- to drive out;
  expel:They want to run him out of the country.
run out of, to exhaust a quantity or supply of:She couldn’t bake a cake because she had run out of sugar.
run out of gas, [Informal.]
- to exhaust or lose one’s energy, enthusiasm, etc.:After the first game of tennis, I ran out of gas and had to rest.
- to falter for lack of impetus, ideas, capital, etc.:The economic recovery seems to be running out of gas.
run out on, to withdraw one’s support from;
abandon:No one could accuse him of running out on his friends.
run over:
- to hit and knock down, esp. with a vehicle:She cried inconsolably when her cat was run over by a car.
- to go beyond;
  exceed:His speech ran over the time limit.
- to repeat;
  review:We’ll run over that song again.
- to overflow, as a vessel.
run scared, to be thrown into a state of fear or uncertainty because of a perceived threat;
be apprehensive about survival or the future:Many businesses are running scared because of increasing competition.
run through:
- to pierce or stab, as with a sword:to run someone through.
- to consume or use up recklessly;
  squander:to run through a fortune.
- to practice, review, or rehearse quickly or informally:to run through a scene.
run up:
- to sew rapidly:She ran up some curtains.
- to amass;
  incur:running up huge debts.
- to cause to increase;
  raise:to run up costs unnecessarily.
- to build, esp. hurriedly:They are tearing down old tenement blocks and running up skyscrapers.
run with, [Informal.]
- to proceed or go ahead with:If the stockholders like the idea, we’ll run with it.
- to carry out with enthusiasm or speed.

an act or instance, or a period of running:a five-minute run before breakfast.
a hurrying to or from some point, as on an errand:a run to reach the store before it closes.
a fleeing, esp. in great haste;
flight:a run from the police who were hot on his trail.
a running pace:The boys set out at a run.
an act or instance or a period of moving rapidly, as in a boat or automobile:a run to shore before the storm.
distance covered, as by racing, running, or during a trip:a three-mile run.
an act or instance or a period of traveling or moving between two places;
trip:a truck on its daily run from farm to market; a nonstop run from Louisville to Memphis.
Computinga single instance of carrying out the sequence of instructions in a program.
[Golf.]the distance that a golf ball moves along the ground after landing from a stroke:He got a seven-foot run with his chip shot.
a quick trip for a short stay at a place:to take a run up to New York.
[Mil.]
- See bomb run.
- any portion of a military flight during which the aircraft flies directly toward the target in order to begin its attack:a strafing run.
[Aeron.]
- the rapid movement, under its own power, of an aircraft on a runway, water, or another surface.
- a routine flight from one place to another:the evening run from New York to London.
beat (def. 52b).
an interval or period during which something, as a machine, operates or continues operating:They kept each press in the plant on a 14-hour run.
the amount of anything produced in such a period:a daily run of 400,000 gallons of paint.
pressrun.
a line or place in knitted work where a series of stitches have slipped out or come undone:a run in a stocking.
onward movement, development, progress, course, etc.:the run of our business from a small store to a large chain.
the direction of something or of its component elements:the run of the grain of wood.
the particular course, order, or tendency of something:the normal run of events.
freedom to move around in, pass through, or use something:to allow one’s guests the run of the house.
any rapid or easy course of progress:a run from trainee to supervisor.
a continuous series of performances, as of a play:a long run on Broadway.
an uninterrupted course of some state or condition;
a spell:a run of good luck; a run of good weather.
a continuous extent of something, as a vein of ore.
an uninterrupted series or sequence of things, events, etc.:a run of 30 scoreless innings.
a sequence of cards in a given suit:a heart run.
Games[Cribbage.]a sequence of three or more cards in consecutive denominations without regard to suits.
any extensive continued demand, sale, or the like:a run on umbrellas on a rainy day.
a series of sudden and urgent demands for payment, as on a bank.
a period of being in demand or favor with the public:Her last book had a briefer run than her first.
a period during which liquid flows:They kept each oil well on an eight-hour run.
the amount that flows during such a period:a run of 500 barrels a day.
a small stream;
brook;
rivulet.
a flow or rush, as of water:The snow melting on the mountains caused a run of water into the valley.
a kind or class, as of goods:a superior run of blouses.
the typical, ordinary, or average kind:The run of 19th-century novels tends to be of a sociological nature.
an inclined course, as on a slope, designed or used for a specific purpose:a bobsled run; a run for training beginning skiers.
a fairly large enclosure within which domestic animals may move about freely;
runway:a chicken run.
[Australian.]a large sheep ranch or area of grazing land.
the beaten track or usual trail used by deer or other wild animals;
runway.
a trough or pipe for water or the like.
the movement of a number of fish upstream or inshore from deep water.
large numbers of fish in motion, esp. inshore from deep water or up a river for spawning:a run of salmon.
a number of animals moving together.
[Music.]a rapid succession of tones;
roulade.
[Building Trades.]
- the horizontal distance between the face of a wall and the ridge of a roof.
- the distance between the first and last risers of a flight of steps or staircase.
- the horizontal distance between successive risers on a flight of steps or a staircase.
[Baseball.]the score unit made by safely running around all the bases and reaching home plate.
a series of successful shots, strokes, or the like, in a game.
[Naut.]the immersed portion of a hull abaft the middle body (opposed to entrance).
the runs, (used with a singular or plural v.)[Informal.]diarrhea.
a run for one’s money:
- close or keen competition:The out-of-town team gave us a run for our money.
- enjoyment or profit in return for one’s expense:This may not be the best tool kit, but it will give you a run for your money.
in the long run, in the course of long experience;
in the end:Retribution will come, in the long run.
in the short run, as an immediate or temporary outcome:Recession may be averted in the short run if policy changes are made now.
on the run:
- moving quickly;
  hurrying about:He’s so busy, he’s always on the run.
- while running or in a hurry:I usually eat breakfast on the run.
- escaping or hiding from the police:He was on the run for two years.

adj.

melted or liquefied:run butter.
poured in a melted state;
run into and cast in a mold:run bronze.

Old Norse rinna, renna, partly continuing Old English rinnan; cognate with German rinnen; form run origin, originally past participle, later extended to present tense; (noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival) derivative of the verb, verbal
(verb, verbal) Middle English rinnen, rennen, partly bef. 900

run′na•ble, adj.
run′na•bil′i•ty, n.

run /rʌn/ vb (runs, running, ran, run)

(intransitive) (of a two-legged creature) to move on foot at a rapid pace so that both feet are off the ground together for part of each stride
(of a four-legged creature) to move at a rapid gait; gallop or canter
(transitive) to pass over (a distance, route, etc) in running: to run a mile, run a race
(intransitive) to run in or finish a race as specified, esp in a particular position: John is running third
(transitive) to perform or accomplish by or as if by running: to run an errand
(intransitive) to flee; run away
(transitive) to bring into a specified state or condition by running: to run oneself to a standstill
(transitive) to track down or hunt (an animal): to run a fox to earth
(transitive) to set (animals) loose on (a field or tract of land) so as to graze freely
(intr; often followed by over, round or up) to make a short trip or brief informal visit: I’ll run over to your house this afternoon
to move quickly and easily on wheels by rolling, or in any of certain other ways: a ball running along the ground, a sledge running over snow
to move or cause to move with a specified result or in a specified manner: to run a ship aground, to run into a tree
(often followed by over) to move or pass or cause to move or pass quickly: to run a vacuum cleaner over the carpet, to run one’s eyes over a page
(tr; followed by into, out of, through, etc) to force, thrust, or drive: she ran a needle into her finger
(transitive) to drive or maintain and operate (a vehicle)
(transitive) to give a lift to (someone) in a vehicle; transport: he ran her to the railway station
to ply or cause to ply between places on a route: the bus runs from Piccadilly to Golders Green
to operate or be operated; function or cause to function: the engine is running smoothly
(transitive) to perform or carry out: to run tests
to extend or continue or cause to extend or continue in a particular direction, for a particular duration or distance, etc: the road runs north, the play ran for two years, the months ran into years
(intransitive) to have legal force or effect: the lease runs for two more years
(transitive) to be subjected to, be affected by, or incur: to run a risk, run a temperature
(intransitive) often followed by to: to be characterized (by); tend or incline: her taste runs to extravagant hats, to run to fat
(intransitive) to recur persistently or be inherent: red hair runs in my family
to cause or allow (liquids) to flow or (of liquids) to flow, esp in a manner specified: water ran from the broken pipe, the well has run dry
(intransitive) to melt and flow: the wax grew hot and began to run
to melt or fuse
(transitive) to mould or cast (molten metal): to run lead into ingots
(intransitive) (of waves, tides, rivers, etc) to rise high, surge, or be at a specified height: a high sea was running that night
(intransitive) to be diffused: the colours in my dress ran when I washed it
(intransitive) (of stitches) to unravel or come undone or (of a garment) to have stitches unravel or come undone
to sew (an article) with continuous stitches
(intransitive) (of growing vines, creepers, etc) to trail, spread, or climb: ivy running over a cottage wall
(intransitive) to spread or circulate quickly: a rumour ran through the town
(intransitive) to be stated or reported: his story runs as follows
to publish or print or be published or printed in a newspaper, magazine, etc: they ran his story in the next issue
(often followed by for) chiefly US Canadian to be a candidate or present as a candidate for political or other office: Anderson is running for president
(transitive) to get past or through; evade: to run a blockade
(transitive) to deal in (arms, etc), esp by importing illegally: he runs guns for the rebels
to sail (a vessel, esp a sailing vessel) or (of such a vessel) to be sailed with the wind coming from astern
(intransitive)(of fish) to migrate upstream from the sea, esp in order to spawn
(transitive) to score (a run or number of runs) by hitting the ball and running between the wickets
(transitive) to make (a number of successful shots) in sequence
(transitive) to hit (the ball) so that it rolls along the ground
(transitive) to cash (all one’s winning cards in a long suit) successively

an act, instance, or period of running
a gait, pace, or motion faster than a walk: she went off at a run
a distance covered by running or a period of running: a run of ten miles
an act, instance, or period of travelling in a vehicle, esp for pleasure: to go for a run in the car
free and unrestricted access: we had the run of the house and garden for the whole summer
a period of time during which a machine, computer, etc, operates
the amount of work performed in such a period
a continuous or sustained period: a run of good luck
a continuous sequence of performances: the play had a good run
a sequence of winning cards in one suit, usually more than five: a run of spades
tendency or trend: the run of the market
type, class, or category: the usual run of graduates
(usually followed by on) a continuous and urgent demand: a run on butter, a run on the dollar
a series of unravelled stitches, esp in stockings or tights; ladder
the characteristic pattern or direction of something: the run of the grain on a piece of wood
a period during which water or other liquid flows
the amount of such a flow
a pipe, channel, etc, through which water or other liquid flows
US a small stream
a steeply inclined pathway or course, esp a snow-covered one used for skiing and bobsleigh racing
an enclosure for domestic fowls or other animals, in which they have free movement: a chicken run
(esp in Australia and New Zealand) a tract of land for grazing livestock
the migration of fish upstream in order to spawn
a mission in a warplane
the movement of an aircraft along the ground during takeoff or landing
a rapid scalelike passage of notes
a score of one, normally achieved by both batsmen running from one end of the wicket to the other after one of them has hit the ball
an instance of a batter touching all four bases safely, thereby scoring
the distance that a ball rolls after hitting the ground
a run for one’s money ⇒ informal a strong challenge or close competition
pleasure derived from an activity
in the long run ⇒ as the eventual outcome of a sequence of events, actions, etc; ultimately
in the short run ⇒ as the immediate outcome of a series of events, etc
on the run ⇒ escaping from arrest; fugitive
in rapid flight; retreating: the enemy is on the run
hurrying from place to place: she’s always on the run
the runs ⇒ slang diarrhoea

See also runabout, run across, run along, run around, run away, run down, run in, run into, run off, run on, run out, run over, run through, run to, run upEtymology: Old English runnen, past participle of (ge)rinnan; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse rinna, Old Saxon, Gothic, Old High German rinnan

‘run‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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35	0 0 Run The horizontal change between two points on a graph. The slope of a line is the rise divided by the run.

36	0 0 Run To publish a story.

37	0 0 Run To publish a story. __________________

38	0 0 Run period of printing edition.

39	0 0 Run A rapid descending, or ascending, usually right-hand passage on the piano in the form of a continuous scale, or a scale with variations.

40	0 0 Run occurs when a flood of depositors withdraw their funds from a bank within a short time frame.

41	0 0 Run Running a program is how it is made to do something. The term "execute" means the same thing.

42	0 0 Run When consumers believe that a bank is insolvent, they all withdraw funds at the same time.

43	0 0 Run (n) a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely(n) the act of testing something(n) a race run on foot(n) an unbroken series of events(n) (American football) a play in whic [..]

44	0 0 Run The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge. One half the span.

45	0 0 Run the horizontal distance of a stair tread from the nose to the riser.

46	0 0 Run To allow a line to feed freely.

47	0 0 Run A long run, a short run. We say of a drama, “It had a long run,” meaning it attracted the people to the house, and was represented over and over again for many nights. The allusion i [..]

48	0 0 Run The distance a ship has travelled through the water.

49	0 0 Run The after-part of a vessel in the water. Runner-pennant

50	0 0 Run To allow a line to feed freely.

51	0 0 Run Total number of copies ordered or printed.

52	0 0 Run a small stream; creek

53	0 0 Run A complete or secondary section(s) of pipe that extend from supply to fixture or drain to stack.

54	0 0 Run In stairs, the net width of a step or the horizontal distance covered by a flight of stairs.

55	0 0 Run A Run is a length of a strip observed in a single continuous image observing scan, bounded by lines of μ and ν. A strip covers a great circle region from pole to pole; this cannot be observed in one [..]

56	0 0 Run The catastrophic occurrence when the spring power in a musical box is discharged very rapidly, as when the governor fails. In cylinder boxes this causes the cylinder to spin at great speed and can res [..]

57	0 0 Run off- The portion of precipitation that flows over the land surface or in open channels.

58	0 0 Run A sequence notes in a scale, typically played very quickly. When used as an ornament, a run is a sequence of grace notes that ascend or descend a ladder of notes in a scale, before landing on the main [..]

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A Run is a length of a strip observed in a single continuous image observing scan, bounded by lines of μ and ν. A strip covers a great circle region from pole to pole; this cannot be observed in one pass. The fraction of a strip observed at one time (limited by observing conditions) is a Run. Runs can (and usually do) overlap at the ends. Like st [..]

60	0 0 Run 1. In a foreign port, to head out on the town and have as much fun as is possible. ie. » a run ashore» 2. To press disciplinary charges against a sailor ie. «To run him».

61	0 0 Run Voyage between two ports, especially when regular. 2. Distance sailed between two observations, or epochs. 3. After part of ship’s underwater body where it rises and sweeps towards stern post. 4. [..]

62	0 0 Run To allow a line to feed freely.

63	0 0 Run The narrowing sides of a vessel aft where they meet at the hooding-ends.

64	0 0 Run As in ‘the run of a ship’. Indicating the curvature of the lines of a vessel’s hull towards the stern.

65	0 0 Run (1) Sailing away from the wind with the sails let out all the way; going with the wind, downwind sailing (2) To allow a line to feed freely. (3) The shape of the afterpart of the underbody of a ship i [..]

66	0 0 Run Point of sail approximately 160° from the wind direction.

67	0 0 Run (1) Sailing away from the wind with the sails let out all the way; going with the wind, downwind sailing (2) To allow a line to feed freely. (3) The shape of the afterpart of the underbody of a ship i [..]

68	0 0 Run a sequence of responses, bounded by pauses or by some event (e.g., an FR run is the response sequence within a single ratio).

69	0 0 Run The under part of a vessel aft defined by the buttock lines and water lines.

70	0 0 Run See Reporting Unit Number

71	0 0 Run An enclosed area outdoors that is connected to a coop and allows chickens to roam freely.

72	0 0 Run See simulation run.

73	0 0 Run see execute

74	0 0 Run The transfer of weight form one leg to the other during which there is a brief moment when both feet are off the ground. The weight is usually leaning forward in a run.

75	0 0 Run The distance the ball will travel along the ground after it lands.

76	0 0 Run (1) Bidding: to take partner (or yourself) out into a different suit (or notrump) when the first suit is doubled. (2) Play or “run” (a suit): to cash all the winning cards of an established or s [..]

77	0 0 Run n. — A method of movement much faster than walking. This usually keeps your character moving forward continuously, but leaves them vulnerable. In some games, this is synonymous with Dashing, but in others Running and Dashing are two different techniques. — v. — To perform a Run. S

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It is a myth that ace was used exclusively and run was not. Run was in common use from the 1850s. Ace was used in the Knickerbocker rules of 1845, and was being weeded out as archaic by the early 1860s. Like many archaic base ball terms, it can still be found being used for color in later years. Tally was used in the 1860s as slang for run, most co [..]

79	0 0 Run (aka «Sequence», «Stringer», «Straight» or «Rope») A lot of 3 or more cards of same suit and consecutive rank in a sequence, such as for example: 3 4 5 or even 4 5 6 7 8

80	0 0 Run Occurs when one team scores several field goals in quick succession while its opponents score few or none.

81	0 0 Run the score made by the offensive team each time a player safely reaches home plate

82	0 0 Run To escape a runner

83	0 0 Run One of two ways for the offense to move the ball. This involves either the quarterback or running back carrying the ball while running through the defence.

84	0 0 Run (1) play off winners in a suit

85	0 0 Run To move your back checkers out of your opponent’s home board in an attempt to escape.

86	0 0 Run A sequence.

87	0 0 Run A series of similar results.

88	0 0 Run A score made by a runner.

89	0 0 Run A sustained period of selling which drives down the price of something, such as a security or commodity.

90	0 0 Run The total number of performances of a production.

91	0 0 Run of-house (ROH) — refers to a hotel room, the type of which is assigned at the discretion of the hotel shortly before you arrive. Usually, the rates are lower

92	0 0 Run of-ship — cabin is assigned at the last moment, giving the cruise line the ability to shift accommodations as needed. Usually, you are guaranteed a minimum category of cabin, and sometimes get an upgr [..]

93	0 0 Run A section of the curling sheet that is dipped or troughed that can prevent a stone to curl or draw down its normal path of travel.

94	0 0 Run A section of river that can be boated.

95	0 0 Run OUT BIT- A special type of bit to prevent a horse from bearing out (or in). S

96	0 0 Run Usually refers to a player’s attempt to one-credit a shmup, and/or a specific effort to obtain a high score; a player who makes a “run” at a shmup will usually refuse to continue after losing on [..]

97	0 0 Run A term used in transit operations to describe an operator work assignment.

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99	0 0 Run To perform a function or command (said of a computer).

100	0 0 Run A continuous analytical sequence consisting of prepared samples and all associated quality assurance measurements as required by the Contract Statement of Work.

101	0 0 Run lang=en »’1967»’, and , , May 1976 edition, ISBN 0553025171, pages 8–9: :It required sixty seconds to run a man’s bloodstream. After that: expanded consciousness. Synthetic bliss.

102	0 0 Run A run consists of a series of bid and offer quotes for different securities or maturities. Dealers give and ask for runs from each other.

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run

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kirundi.

English[edit]

Run on Wikipedia

Alternative forms[edit]

rin, ren (dialectal)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen,
yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”) (compare also *rannijaną (“to make run”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”).

Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), Dutch rennen (“to run, race”), Alemannic German ränne (“to run”), German rennen (“to run, race”), rinnen (“to flow”), Rhein, Danish rende (“to run”), Swedish ränna (“to run”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), Icelandic renna (“to flow”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rend (“to run, run after”). See random.

Pronunciation[edit]

(US, UK) IPA^(key): /ɹʌn/
(Northern England) IPA^(key): /ɹʊn/
Rhymes: -ʌn

Verb[edit]

A runner running (sense 1.4)

Women running (sense 1.4) in a 100-meter foot race

run (third-person singular simple present runs, present participle running, simple past ran, past participle run)

To move swiftly.
1. (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
  
  Run, Sarah, run!
  - 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 122:
    
    Through the open front door ran Jessamy, down the steps to where Kitto was sitting at the bottom with the pram beside him.
  - For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run.
2. (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
  
  The horse ran the length of the track.
  
  I have been running all over the building looking for him.
  
  Sorry, I’ve got to run; my house is on fire.
3. (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
  
  Every day I run my dog across the field and back.
  
  I’ll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.
  
  Run your fingers through my hair.
5. (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
  
  The horse will run the Preakness next year.
  
  I’m not ready to run a marathon.
6. (transitive) To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.
  
  Could you run me over to the store?
  
  Please run this report upstairs to director’s office.
7. (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
  
  the bus (train, plane, ferry boat, etc) runs between Newport and Riverside
  - 1997, Karl-Heinz Reger; Nelles Verlag Staff, Malaysia — Singapore — Brunei, Hunter Publishing, Inc, →ISBN, page 91:
    
    Small planes run between Alor and Langkawi. BUS: Express busses leave the bus terminal on the corner of Jl. Langgar and Jl. Stesyen for K. Kedah, […]
  - 2013 April 15, Mary Ann Sternberg, Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana’s Historic Byway, LSU Press, →ISBN, page 62:
    
    The first steam ferry or tug, the Little Minnie, ran the river in the 1870s. When vehicles were to cross, a barge was affixed to the Minnie to carry them. The Bella Israel, a successor to the Little Minnie, sank in 1894 and 62 Along the […]
8. (transitive) To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.
  - 1979, United States. Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Region, Piedra River: Final Environmental Impact Statement & Wild & Scenic River Study, page 74:
    
    To put it frankly, if you people had to hire others to run the river and survey it for you, if, in short, you can’t even run it yourself, why do think you can decide who is and who is not competent? River running, as has been […]
9. (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
10. (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
  - 2019 December 29, Chad Finn, “24 thoughts on the Patriots’ loss to the Dolphins”, in Boston Globe‎^[2]:
    
    Then, on their second possession, Isaiah Ford ran for 11 yards after abandoning a flea flicker. […] The Patriots ran the ball just 27 times despite averaging 5 yards per carry.
11. (transitive) To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
  
  The horse ran a great race.
12. (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
  
  Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.
  
  When he’s broke, he runs to me for money.
13. (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
  
  If you have a collision with a vehicle oncoming from the right, after having run priority to the right, you are at fault.
14. (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
(fluids) To flow.
1. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.
  
  The river runs through the forest.
  
  There’s blood running down your leg.
2. (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
  
  There’s a strange story running around the neighborhood.
  
  The flu is running through my daughter’s kindergarten.
3. (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
  
  Your nose is running.
  
  Why is the hose still running?
4. (transitive) To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
  
  You’ll have to run the water a while before it gets hot.
  
  Could you run a bath for me, please?
5. (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
  - 1717 [a. 18 A.D.], Ovid, Joseph Addison, transl., Ovid’s Metamorphoses in fifteen books. Translated by the most eminent hands. Adorn’d with sculptures‎^[3], Book the Third, The Story of Narcissus, page 92:
    
    As Wax dissolves, as Ice begins to run,
  - 1729, John Woodward, An Attempt Towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England, Tome I, page 223:
    
    The Sussex ores run pretty freely in the Fire for Iron-Ores; otherwise they would hardly be worth working.
6. (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
  
  During washing, the red from the rug ran onto the white sheet, staining it pink.
7. To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
  
  to run bullets
  - 1718, Henry Felton, A Dissertation on Reading the Classics, and Forming a Just Style‎^[4], page 6:
    
    But, my Lord, the fairest Diamonds are rough till they are polished, and the purest Gold must be run and washed, and sifted in the Oar.
(nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
(transitive) To control or manage, be in charge of.

My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.

She runs the fundraising.

My parents think they run my life.

He is running the candidate’s expensive campaign.
- 1972 December 29, Richard Schickel, “Masterpieces underrated and overlooked”, in Life, volume 73, number 25, page 22:
  
  A friend of mine who runs an intellectual magazine was grousing about his movie critic, complaining that though the fellow had liked The Godfather (page 58), he had neglected to label it clearly as a masterpiece.
- 2013 May 11, “What a waste”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8835, page 12:
  
  India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run.
(intransitive) 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.
To make participate in certain kinds of competitions
1. (transitive) To make run in a race.
  
  He ran his best horse in the Derby.
2. (transitive) To make run in an election.
  
  The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.
To exert continuous activity; to proceed.

to run through life; to run in a circle
(intransitive) 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.
(transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.

run a story; run an ad
(transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).

to run guns; to run rum
- 1728, Jonathan Swift, “An answer to a paper, called A memorial of the poor inhabitants, tradesmen, and labourers of the kingdom of Ireland”, in The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, published 1757, page 175:
  
  […]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
(transitive, agriculture) 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.
1. (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
  
  The border runs for 3000 miles.
  
  The leash runs along a wire.
  
  The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.
  
  It ran in quality from excellent to substandard.
2. (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
  
  The sale will run for ten days.
  
  The contract runs through 2008.
  
  The meeting ran late.
  
  The book runs 655 pages.
  
  The speech runs as follows: …
3. (transitive) To make something extend in space.
  
  I need to run this wire along the wall.
4. (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
  
  My car stopped running.
  
  That computer runs twenty-four hours a day.
  
  Buses don’t run here on Sunday.
5. (transitive) To make a machine operate.
  
  It’s full. You can run the dishwasher now.
  
  Don’t run the engine so fast.
(transitive) 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.

Don’t run that software unless you have permission.

My computer is too old to run the new OS.
To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.

to run from one subject to another
- 1697, Joseph Addison, “An essay on the Georgics”, in The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis‎^[5], by John Dryden:
  
  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,
(copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).

Our supplies are running low.

They frequently overspent and soon ran into debt.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy, Act IV, scene i:
  
  Have I not cause to rave, and beat my breast, / To rend my heart with grief and run distracted?
- 1968, Paul Simon, The Boxer (song)
  
  I was no more than a boy / In the company of strangers / In the quiet of the railway station / Running scared.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run.
(transitive) To cost a large amount of money.

Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.

Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece.
(intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.

My stocking is running.
To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- 1692, Robert South, “Discourse I. The creation of man in God’s image”, in Discourses on Various Subjects and Occasions‎^[6], published 1827, page 1:
  
  To run the world back to its first original and infancy, and, as it were, to view nature in its cradle,
- 1695, Jeremy Collier, “A Thought”, in Miscellanies upon Moral Subjects by Jeremy Collier‎^[7], page 88:
  
  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.
To cause to enter; to thrust.

to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one’s foot
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
  
  There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; […].
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run.
To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- They ran the ship aground.
- 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation:
  
  […]besides all this, a talkative person must needs be impertinent, and speak many idle words, and so render himself burdensome and odious to Company, and may perchance run himself upon great Inconveniences, by blabbing out his own or other’s Secrets;
- 1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding‎^[8], Section 24. Partiality:
  
  […]and others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions and the abstract generalities of logic ;
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.
- He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them.
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.
- 1722 [1647], Robert Sanderson, Thomas Lewis, transl., A Preservative Against Schism and Rebellion, in the Most Trying Times‎^[9], volume 1, translation of De juramenti promissorii obligatione, page 355:
  
  Which Sovereignity, with us, so undoubtedly resideth in the Person of the King, that his ordinary style runneth — Our Sovereign Lord the King
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎^[10]:
  
  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.”
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run.
(archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
- c. 1685, William Temple, Upon the Gardens of Epicurus‎^[11], published 1908, page 27:
  
  […]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.
To have growth or development.

Boys and girls run up rapidly.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, →OCLC:
  
  or the Richness of the Ground cause them [turnips] to run too much to Leaves
To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- 1708, Jonathan Swift, “The Sentiments of a Church-of-England Man with respect to Religion and Government”, in The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, published 1757, page 235:
  
  It hath been observed, that the temperate climates usually run into moderate governments, and the extremes into despotic power.
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.
- c. 1665, Josiah Child, Discourse on Trade
  
  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.
To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
(golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
(video games, rare) To speedrun.

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

also-ran
hit-and-run
lose the run of oneself
overrun
re-run
run someone ragged
run-down
run-in
run-of-the-mill
run-off
run-up
runaround
runaway
runner
runner-up
runny
runtime
runway
scoop and run
uprun
well-run

[edit]

front runner
hit the ground running
hold with the hare and run with the hounds
in the running
make someone’s blood run cold
off and running
one can run but one can’t hide
out of the running
re-run
run a bath
run a fever
run a risk
run a temperature
run a train
run across
run after
run aground
run along
run amok
run amuck
run an errand
run around
run away
run by
run circles around
run down
run for the exercise
run for the hills
run for the roses
run high
run hot
run hot and cold
run in
run in the family
run into
run into the ground
run like a dry creek
run low
run of the mill
run off
run on
run one’s name
run out
run out of steam
run over
run past
run rampant
run rate
run scared
run someone off their feet
run the gamut
run the gauntlet
run the show
run through
run time
run to
run up
run up against
run, don’t walk
scud run
up and running

Translations[edit]

to move quickly on two feet

Abkhaz: аҩра (ajʷra)
Afar: erde
Albanian: vrapoj (sq)
American Sign Language: S@SideChesthigh-S@SideChesthigh CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline
Arabic: رَكَضَ‎ (ar) (rakaḍa), جَرَى‎ (ar) (jarā)

Egyptian Arabic: جري‎ (gerī)

Hijazi Arabic: جري‎ (jirī)

Moroccan Arabic: جْرى‎ (jra)

South Levantine Arabic: ركض‎ (rakaḍ)
Armenian: վազել (hy) (vazel)
Aromanian: fug, alag
Assamese: দৌৰা (doura)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܵܚܹܛ‎ (raḳeṭ)
Asturian: correr (ast)
Avar: рекеризе (rekerize)
Azerbaijani: yüyürmək
Bashkir: йүгереү (yügerew)
Basque: korrika egin (eu), lasterka egin (eu)
Belarusian: бе́гаць impf (bjéhacʹ), пабе́гаць pf (pabjéhacʹ) (abstract), бе́гчы impf (bjéhčy) (concrete), пабе́гчы pf (pabjéhčy)
Bengali: দৌড়ানো (bn) (dōuṛanō)
Bikol Central: dalagan (bcl)
Breton: redek (br)
Bulgarian: бя́гам (bg) impf (bjágam) (abstract), ти́чам (bg) impf (tíčam)
Burmese: ပြေး (my) (pre:)
Catalan: córrer (ca)
Cebuano: dagan
Chechen: дада (dada), ида (ida)
Cherokee: ᎠᏟ (atli)
Cheyenne: -ameméohe
Chinese:

Cantonese: 走 (zau²), 跑 (paau²)

Dungan: по (po)

Hakka: 走 (chéu)

Mandarin: 跑 (zh) (pǎo), 奔跑 (zh) (bēnpǎo), 走 (zh) (zǒu) (literary)

Min Nan: 走 (zh-min-nan) (cháu)

Wu: 奔 (pen), 跑 (bau)
Chuvash: чуп (čup)
Crimean Tatar: çapmaq, (northern dialect) cuvurmaq
Czech: běhat (cs) impf (abstract), běžet (cs) impf (concrete)
Dalmatian: cuar
Danish: løbe (da)
Dutch: rennen (nl), lopen (nl)
Esperanto: kuri (eo)
Estonian: jooksma (et)
Even: тут- (tut-)
Evenki: тукса- (tuksa-)
Ewe: ƒu du
Faroese: renna (fo)
Finnish: juosta (fi)
French: courir (fr)
Friulian: cori
Galician: correr (gl)
Georgian: სირბილი (sirbili)
German: rennen (de), laufen (de)

Alemannic German: lauffe
Gothic: 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan), 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (rinnan)
Greek: τρέχω (el) (trécho)

Ancient: τρέχω (trékhō), θέω (théō)
Guaraní: ñani
Gujarati: દોડવું (doḍvũ)
Haitian Creole: kouri
Hebrew: רָץ‎ (he) (rats)
Higaonon: pulaguy
Hindi: दौड़ना (hi) (dauṛnā)
Hungarian: fut (hu), szalad (hu)
Icelandic: hlaupa (is)
Ido: kurar (io), hastar (io)
Indonesian: lari (id), berlari (id), menjalankan (id)
Ingrian: joossa
Ingush: вада (vada)
Irish: rith
Italian: correre (it)
Japanese: 走る (ja) (はしる, hashiru)
Javanese: mlayu (jv)
Kabyle: azzel
Kannada: ಓಡು (kn) (ōḍu)
Kazakh: жүгіру (kk) (jügıru)
Khmer: រត់ (km) (rŭət)
Korean: 달리다 (ko) (dallida), 뛰다 (ko) (ttwida)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: ڕاکردن‎ (ckb) (rakirdin)

Northern Kurdish: bezîn (ku), revîn (ku), bazdan (ku)
Kyrgyz: жүгүрүү (ky) (jügürüü)
Lao: ແລ່ນ (lǣn)
Latgalian: skrīt
Latin: currō (la)
Latvian: skriet
Lithuanian: bėgti (lt)
Lombard: cór
Luxembourgish: lafen, rennen
Macedonian: т́рча impf (t́rča), истрча pf (istrča)
Malay: berlari, lari (ms)
Malayalam: ഓടുക (ml) (ōṭuka)
Maltese: ġera
Manchu: ᡶᡝᡴᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳ (feksimbi)
Manx: roie
Maori: oma
Maranao: palalagoy
Mongolian: гүйх (mn) (güjx)
Nanai: туту-
Nepali: दगुर्नु (ne) (dagurnu), दौडनु (dauṛanu)
North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) luup, laap (Sylt)
Northern Altai: чӱгӱрер (čügürer)
Northern Ohlone: othemhimah
Norwegian:

Bokmål: løpe (no), springe (no)
Occitan: córrer (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:

Cyrillic: бѣгати impf (běgati) (abstract), бѣжати impf (běžati) (concrete)

Glagolitic: ⰱⱑⰳⰰⱅⰹ impf (běgati) (abstract), ⰱⱑⰶⰰⱅⰹ impf (běžati) (concrete)
Old East Slavic: бѣгати impf (běgati) (abstract), бѣжати impf (běžati) (concrete)
Old English: rinnan
Old Javanese: layu
Oromo: fiiguu
Ossetian: згъорын (zǧoryn)
Ottoman Turkish: قوشمق‎ (koşmak), یلمك‎ (yelmek)
Pashto: الاکول‎ (alākawə́l)
Persian: دویدن‎ (fa) (davidan)
Polabian: bezăt impf (concrete)
Polish: biegać (pl) impf (abstract), biec (pl) impf (concrete)
Portuguese: correr (pt)
Quechua: qurriy
Romanian: alerga (ro), fugi (ro)
Romansch: currer, cuorer, curer, curir, correr, cuorrer
Russian: бе́гать (ru) impf (bégatʹ), побе́гать (ru) pf (pobégatʹ) (abstract), бежа́ть (ru) impf (bežátʹ), побежа́ть (ru) pf (pobežátʹ) (concrete)
Sanskrit: द्रवति (sa) (dravati), धावति (sa) (dhāvati)
Sardinian: cúrrere, curri, cúrriri
Scots: rin
Scottish Gaelic: ruith
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: тр̀чати impf

Roman: tr̀čati (sh) impf
Sicilian: cùrriri (scn)
Sindhi: ڊڪڻ‎
Sinhalese: දුවනවා (duwanawā)
Slovak: behať impf (abstract), bežať impf (concrete)
Slovene: teči (sl) impf
Slovincian: bjìe̯găc impf (abstract)
Somali: ordid
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: běgaś impf (abstract), běžaś impf (concrete)

Upper Sorbian: běhać impf (abstract), běžeć impf (concrete)
Southern Altai: јӱгӱрер (ǰügürer)
Spanish: correr (es)
Swahili: kukimbia
Swedish: springa (sv)
Tagalog: takbo, tumakbo
Tajik: давидан (tg) (davidan)
Tamil: ஓடு (ta) (ōṭu)
Tatar: йөгерергә (tt) (yögerergä)
Tausug: dagan, dumagan
Telugu: పరుగెత్తు (te) (parugettu)
Tetum: halai
Thai: วิ่ง (th) (wîng)
Turkish: koşmak (tr)
Turkmen: çapmak
Tuvan: маңнаар (mañnaar), чүгүрер (çügürer)
Ukrainian: бі́гати (uk) impf (bíhaty) (abstract), бі́гти (uk) impf (bíhty) (concrete)
Urdu: دوڑنا‎ (dauṛnā)
Uyghur: يۈگۈرمەك‎ (yügürmek)
Uzbek: yugurmoq (uz)
Venetian: córar, córer, córare, corer (vec)
Vietnamese: chạy (vi)
Walloon: cori (wa)
Waray-Waray: dalagan
Welsh: rhedeg (cy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: pelelaɣuy
Yagnobi: давак (davak)
Yiddish: לויפֿן‎ (loyfn)

to move quickly

Catalan: córrer (ca)
Finnish: juosta (fi), rientää (fi), rynnätä (fi)
Galician: correr (gl)
German: laufen (de)
Japanese: 走る (ja) (はしる, hashiru)
Polish: biec (pl) impf, biegać (pl) impf
Portuguese: correr (pt)
Quechua: rumpiy
Russian: бе́гать (ru) impf (bégatʹ), побе́гать (ru) pf (pobégatʹ) (abstract), бежа́ть (ru) impf (bežátʹ), побежа́ть (ru) pf (pobežátʹ) (concrete)
Venetian: corer (vec), córar, córer, córare

to move or spread quickly

to cause to move quickly

Catalan: fer córrer
Czech: prohánět, prohnat
Finnish: juoksuttaa (fi), ajaa (fi)
German: laufen lassen
Russian: гнать (ru) (gnatʹ), гоня́ть (ru) impf (gonjátʹ) (abstract); погоня́ть (ru) impf (pogonjátʹ) (esp. cattle); вести́ (ru) impf (vestí); води́ть (ru) impf (vodítʹ) (abstract); проводи́ть (ru) impf (provodítʹ), провести́ (ru) pf (provestí);

to be in charge of

Chinese:

Mandarin: 經營／经营 (zh) (jīngyíng), 管理 (zh) (guǎnlǐ)
Czech: řídit (cs)
Finnish: vetää (fi), vastata (fi) (+ elative), hallita (fi), johtaa (fi), pyörittää (fi) (colloquial)
German: leiten (de), schmeißen (de) (slang)
Hebrew: נִהֵל‎ (he) (niheil)
Icelandic: reka (is), leiða, stýra (is)
Indonesian: menjalankan (id)
Italian: condurre (it)
Korean: 맡다 (ko) (matda)
Old English: wealdan
Persian: اداره کردن‎ (fa) (edâre kardan)
Portuguese: dirigir (pt)
Romanian: conduce (ro)
Russian: управля́ть (ru) impf (upravljátʹ), руководи́ть (ru) impf (rukovodítʹ)
Swedish: driva (sv), leda (sv), styra (sv)

to flow

Bulgarian: тека́ (bg) impf (teká)
Catalan: fluir (ca), escolar-se (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 流 (zh) (liú)
Czech: téct (cs), téci (cs)
Danish: løbe (da), (about tears, poetic) trille, rulle
Finnish: virrata (fi), juosta (fi)
French: s’écouler (fr), couler (fr)
Galician: correr (gl), fluír (gl)
German: fließen (de), rinnen (de)
Greek: τρέχω (el) (trécho), ρέω (el) (réo), κυλώ (el) (kyló)
Indonesian: mengalir (id)
Irish: sil
Italian: fluire (it)
Kazakh:

Arabic: اعۋ‎
Korean: 흐르다 (ko) (heureuda)
Macedonian: тече (teče)
Malay: mengalir (ms)
Manx: sheel
Old English: rinnan
Polish: cieknąć (pl), biec (pl) impf
Portuguese: correr (pt), manar (pt), fluir (pt)
Russian: течь (ru) impf (tečʹ),
Scots: rin
Scottish Gaelic: ruith
Serbo-Croatian: proticati (sh), strujati
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: běžaś impf
Spanish: fluir (es), afluir (es), correr (es)
Swedish: rinna (sv)
Tuvan: агар (agar)
Vietnamese: chảy (vi)

to sail a boat with the wind coming from behind

of a machine, to be operating normally

Catalan: funcionar (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 工作 (zh) (gōngzuò), 運行／运行 (zh) (yùnxíng), 運轉／运转 (zh) (yùnzhuǎn)
Czech: fungovat (cs) impf
Finnish: toimia (fi), käydä (fi), kulkea (fi) (of means of transport), pyöriä (fi)
French: marcher (fr)
German: laufen (de)
Italian: funzionare (it)
Japanese: 作動する (ja) (さどうする, sadō suru), 機能する (ja) (きのうする, kinō suru), 作用する (ja) (さようする, sayō suru), 動く (ja) (うごく, ugoku)
Korean: 작동하다 (ko) (jakdonghada), 작용하다 (ko) (jagyonghada)
Macedonian: работи impf (raboti)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: gå (no)
Portuguese: rodar (pt), funcionar (pt), operar (pt)
Russian: рабо́тать (ru) impf (rabótatʹ), функциони́ровать (ru) impf (funkcionírovatʹ) (formal), идти́ (ru) impf (idtí) (clock, watch)
Tuvaluan: tele

to make a machine operate

Catalan: fer funcionar
Finnish: käynnistää (fi), käyttää (fi), ajaa (fi), pyörittää (fi)
German: anwerfen (start up; informal), betreiben (de) (continuous)
Indonesian: menjalankan (id)
Khmer: ដើរ (km) (daə)
Portuguese: rodar (pt), operar (pt)
Russian: рабо́тать (ru) impf (rabótatʹ); управля́ть (ru) impf (upravljátʹ)
Tuvaluan: fakatele

to execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program

to be a candidate in an election

Czech: kandidovat
Danish: stille op
Dutch: kandideren (nl)
Finnish: olla ehdolla, pyrkiä (fi)
German: kandidieren (de), antreten (de)
Japanese: 出馬する (ja) (しゅつばする, shutsuba suru)
Korean: 출마하다 (chulmahada)
Macedonian: се кандиди́ра (se kandidíra)
Navajo: yishwoł
Portuguese: concorrer (pt)
Russian: баллоти́роваться (ru) impf (ballotírovatʹsja)
Spanish: postularse (es)
Swedish: kandidera (sv)

to smuggle illegal goods — see smuggle

to cost a certain amount of money

of fish, to migrate for spawning

to control or have precedence in a card game

juggling: to juggle a pattern continuously

Noun[edit]

diagram of stairs, showing the run (sense 18.2)

Stockings with a run (sense 21) in them

run (plural runs)

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

I just got back from my morning run.
- 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport‎^[12]:
  
  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.
Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- 1759, N. Tindal, The Continuation of Mr Rapin’s History of England, volume 21 (continuation volume 9), page 92:
  
  […] and on the 18th of January this squadron put to sea. The first place of rendezvous was the boy of port St. Julian, upon the coast of Patagonia, and all accidents were provided against with admirable foresight. Their run to port St. Julian was dangerous […]
I need to make a run to the store.
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.
Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- 2006, Tsirk Susej, The Demonic Bible, →ISBN, page 41:
  
  During his run from the police, he claimed to have a metaphysical experience which can only be described as “having passed through an abyss.”
Migration (of fish).
A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
1. A (regular) trip or route.
  
  The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.
  - 1977, Star Wars (film)
    
    You’ve never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
2. The route taken while running or skiing.
  
  Which run did you do today?
3. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
4. The distance sailed by a ship.
  
  a good run; a run of fifty miles
5. A voyage.
  
  a run to China
6. A trial.
  
  The data got lost, so I’ll have to perform another run of the experiment.
7. (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
  
  This morning’s run of the SHIPS statistical model gave Hurricane Priscilla a 74% chance of gaining at least 30 knots of intensity in 24 hours, reconfirmed by the HMON and GFS dynamical models.
8. (video games) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
  
  This was my first successful run without losing any health.
Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.

He can have the run of the house.
An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.

He set up a rabbit run.
(Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
State of being current; currency; popularity.
- 1715 June 5 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 45. Wednesday, May 25. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
  
  It is impossible for detached papers[…] to have a general run, or long continuance, if they are not diversified[…].
Continuous or sequential
1. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
  
  I’m having a run of bad luck.
  
  He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.
  - They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure […] put a seal on their calamities.
  - 2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport‎^[13]:
    
    German wildcard Sabine Lisicki conquered her nerves to defeat France’s Marion Bartoli and take her amazing Wimbledon run into the semi-finals.
2. A series of tries in a game that were successful.
  
  If our team can keep up their strong defense, expect them to make a run in this tournament.
3. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
  
  Yesterday we did a run of 12,000 units.
  
  The book’s initial press run will be 5,000 copies.
4. The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
  
  The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.
  
  It is the last week of our French cinema run.
  - 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
    
    A canting, mawkish play […] had an immense run.
5. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
  - 1964 : Heroin by The Velvet Underground
    
    And I’ll tell ya, things aren’t quite the same / When I’m rushing on my run.
  - 1975, Lloyd Y. Young, Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, Brian S. Katcher, Applied Therapeutics for Clinical Pharmacists
    
    Frank Fixwell, a 25 year-old male, has been on a heroin «run» (daily use) for the past two years.
  - 1977, Richard P. Rettig, Manual J. Torres, Gerald R. Garrett, Manny: a criminal-addict’s story, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) →ISBN
    
    I was hooked on dope, and hooked bad, during this whole period, but I was also hooked behind robbery. When you’re on a heroin run, you stay loaded so long as you can score.
  - 2001, Robin J. Harman, Handbook of Pharmacy Health Education, Pharmaceutical Press, →ISBN, page 172:
    
    This can develop quite quickly (over a matter of hours) during a cocaine run or when cocaine use becomes a daily habit.
  - 2010, Robert DuPont, The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction, Hazelden Publishing, →ISBN, page 158:
    
    DA depletion leads to the crash that characteristically ends a cocaine run.
6. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
7. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
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
(chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, 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.
1. (of horses) A fast gallop.
(banking) 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
1. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
3. The horizontal length of a set of stairs
4. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
A standard or unexceptional group or category.

He stood out from the usual run of applicants.
In sports
1. (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
2. (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
3. (American football) A running play.
  
  […] one of the greatest runs of all time.
  - 2003, Jack Seibold, Spartan Sports Encyclopedia, page 592:
    
    Aaron Roberts added an insurance touchdown on a one-yard run.
4. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
5. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
6. The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
  - 1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court (page 21)
    
    Well, when you compare the cone type with the cross roller bit, you get a longer run, there is less tendency of the bit to go flat while running in various formations. It cleans itself better.
A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.

I have a run in my stocking.
- 1975, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing of Summer Lawns:
  
  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
(nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
(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.
A pair or set of millstones.
(speedrunning) Shortening of speedrun.

Synonyms[edit]

(horizontal part of a step): tread
(unravelling): ladder (British)
(computing): execute, start
See also Thesaurus:walk

Antonyms[edit]

(horizontal part of a step): rise, riser
(horizontal distance of a set of stairs): rise

Derived terms[edit]

a run for one’s money
cannonball run
chicken run
dry run
hacking run
have the run of
home run
in the long run
in the short run
maiden run
make a run for it
mud run
on the run
rat run
runholder
runout
runpast
shuttle run
ski run
take a run at
the run of
the runs
ultrarun

Translations[edit]

act of running

Afrikaans: hardloop
American Sign Language: S@SideChesthigh-S@SideChesthigh CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline
Amharic: ሩጫ (ruč̣a)
Armenian: վազք (hy) (vazkʿ)
Azerbaijani: qaçma, qaçış (az)
Breton: redek (br)
Bulgarian: бя́гане (bg) n (bjágane), ти́чане (bg) (tíčane)
Catalan: córrer (ca)
Czech: běh (cs) m
Danish: løb (da) n
Dutch: loop (nl) m
Finnish: juoksu (fi)
French: courir (fr)
German: Lauf (de) m
Greek: τρέξιμο (el) (tréximo)
Hebrew: ריצה‎ (he)
Hungarian: futás (hu)
Irish: ruthag m
Italian: corsa (it)
Japanese: 走る (ja) (hashiru)
Korean: 뜀 (ttwim)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: ڕاکردن‎ (ckb) (rakirdin)

Northern Kurdish: bez (ku)
Latgalian: skriejīņs
Latvian: skrējiens, skriet
Lithuanian: bėgimas m
Macedonian: трчање n (trčanje), трк m (trk)
Malay: larian (ms)
Maori: omanga
Persian: دو‎ (fa) (dow)
Polish: bieg (pl) m
Portuguese: corrida (pt) f
Romanian: fugă (ro)
Russian: бег (ru) m (beg), пробе́жка (ru) f (probéžka)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: трчати

Roman: trčati (sh)
Sotho: matha (st)
Spanish: correr (es)
Turkish: koşu (tr), koşma (tr)
Ukrainian: біг (uk) m (bih)
Vietnamese: chạy (vi)
Welsh: rhedeg (cy)

act or instance of hurrying to or from a place

Finnish: kaahaus

instance or period of fleeing

group of fish that migrate

route taken while running

Bulgarian: път (bg) m (pǎt)
Catalan: recorregut (ca) m, ruta (ca) f
Danish: rute c
Finnish: reitti (fi), lenkki (fi)
French: parcours (fr) m
German: Kurs (de) m, Runde (de) f
Italian: percorso (it) m
Japanese: ルート (ja) (rūto), 経路 (ja) (keiro)
Romanian: rută (ro)
Russian: бег (ru) m (beg), путь (ru) f (putʹ), маршру́т (ru) m (maršrút)
Swedish: runda (sv) c

distance sailed by a ship

Finnish: legi (fi)

computing: execution of a program or model

Finnish: ajo (fi)

video games: playthrough, session of play

enclosure for animals

Finnish: aitaus (fi), haka (fi) (enclosure); rata (fi) (track or path)
German: Auslauf (de) m
Italian: recinto (it) m, stabbio (it) m, addiaccio (it) m, stazzo (it) m
Japanese: ラン (ja) (ran)
Maori: rāihe
Polish: wybieg (pl) m
Romanian: țarc (ro)

rural landholding for keeping sheep

Finnish: laidun (fi)

continuous period of time marked by a trend

Finnish: putki (fi)

successful series of tries in a game

production quantity

Bulgarian: тира́ж (bg) m (tiráž)
Finnish: erä (fi), tuotantoerä; painos (fi) (printing)
German: Reihe (de) f, Satz (de) m, Stange (de) f
Italian: mandata (it) f, uscita (it) f, quantitativo (it) m, tiratura (it) f
Japanese: 量 (ja) (ryō)
Macedonian: тира́ж m (tiráž), траење n (traenje)
Portuguese: tiragem (pt) f
Romanian: tiraj (ro) (for magazines)
Russian: тира́ж (ru) (tiráž), па́ртия (ru) (pártija)

period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.

period of extended drug use

Finnish: putki (fi)

card games: sequence of cards in a suit

Finnish: väri (fi)

flow of liquid

Bulgarian: тече́ние (bg) (tečénie), пото́к (bg) (potók)
Finnish: virtaus (fi), juoksutus (fi)
French: flot (fr) m, flux (fr) m
German: Ausfluss (de) m
Italian: scorrere (it) m, flusso (it) m, sgocciolamento m, sgocciolio m
Japanese: 流れ (ja) (nagare)
Latgalian: tekme f, straume
Latvian: tecējums, straume f
Lithuanian: srovė f, tėkmė f
Macedonian: тек m (tek)
Maori: rere
Polish: bieg (pl) m
Portuguese: escorrimento m
Romanian: flux (ro)
Russian: пото́к (ru) m (potók), ток (ru) m (tok), тече́ние (ru) n (tečénije)
Swedish: flöde (sv) n, ström (sv) c, rinnande (sv) n

creek

Bulgarian: пото́к (bg) (potók), руче́й (bg) m (ručéj)
Finnish: puro (fi)
French: cours d’eau (fr) m
German: Bach (de) m, Wasserlauf (de) m
Italian: corso d’acqua m
Japanese: 小川 (ja) (ogawa)
Lithuanian: upelis (lt) m
Macedonian: по́ток m (pótok)
Norwegian: Løpe
Portuguese: riacho (pt) m
Romanian: golf (ro)
Swedish: bäck (sv) c

quick pace

Azerbaijani: qaçış (az)
Bulgarian: бяг (bg) m (bjag)
Finnish: juoksu (fi)
French: course (fr) f
Italian: corsetta f
Japanese: 早歩き (hayaaruki)
Macedonian: трк m (trk)
Maori: oma
Romanian: pas (ro)
Russian: бег (ru) m (beg)

fast gallop

Bulgarian: бяг (bg) m (bjag)
Catalan: galopar (ca)
Finnish: kiitolaukka (fi)
French: galoper (fr)
Italian: galoppata f, trotterellata f
Japanese: 襲歩 (shūho) (for horse riding)
Macedonian: трк m (trk)
Portuguese: galopar (pt)
Romanian: trap (ro)
Spanish: galopar (es)

sudden series of demands on a financial institution

sudden large demand for something

Finnish: ryntäys

top of a step on a staircase

horizontal length of a set of stairs

construction: horizontal dimension of a slope

standard or unexceptional group or category

golf: movement communicated to a golf ball by running it

golf: distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke

Finnish: rulli

distance drilled with a bit

line of unravelled stitches

Catalan: carrera (ca) f, rega (ca) f
Dutch: ladder (nl) f
Finnish: silmäpako (fi)
Galician: carreira f
German: Laufmasche (de) f
Italian: smagliatura (it) f
Japanese: 伝線 (ja) (densen)
Macedonian: процеп m (procep), скинатица f (skinatica)
Polish: oczko (pl) n
Russian: стре́лка (ru) f (strélka)
Spanish: carrera (es) f

stern of the underwater body of a ship

Romanian: cârmă (ro)

mining: horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried

Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: про́бег (bg) m (próbeg) <:— was under definition «interval of distance or time» —>
Ewe: ^{(please verify)} duƒuƒu n, ^{(please verify)} dusisi n (1)
French: période (fr) f <:— was under definition «interval of distance or time» —>
German: Etappe (de) f (distance), Streckenabschnitt (de) m (distance), Phase (de) f (time) <:— were under definition «interval of distance or time» —>
Italian: periodo (it) m, distacco (it) m, giro (it) m <:— were under definition «interval of distance or time» —>
Italian: ^{(please verify)} corsa (it) f (1), ^{(please verify)} smagliatura (it) f, ^{(please verify)} giro (it) m (14)
Japanese: (for distance)道程 (ja) (dōtei), 区間 (ja) (kukan), (for time)時間 (ja) (jikan), 期間 (ja) (kikan) <:— were under definition «interval of distance or time» —>
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} bėgimas m
Polish: bieg (pl) m <:— was under definition «interval of distance or time» —>
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పరుగు (te) (parugu)

Adjective[edit]

run (not comparable)

In a liquid state; melted or molten.

Put some run butter on the vegetables.
- 1921, L. W. Ferris, H. W. Redfield and W. R. North, The Volatile Acids and the Volatile Oxidizable Substances of Cream and Experimental Butter, in the Journal of Dairy Science, volume 4 (1921), page 522:
  
  Samples of the regular run butter were sealed in 1 pound tins and sent to Washington, where the butter was scored and examined.
Cast in a mould.
- 1735, Thomas Frankz, A tour through France, Flanders, and Germany: in a letter to Robert Savil, page 18:
  
  […] the Sides are generally made of Holland’s Tiles, or Plates of run Iron, ornamented variously as Fancy dictates, […]
- 1833, The Cabinet Cyclopaedia: A treatise on the progressive improvement and present state of the Manufactures in Metal, volume 2, Iron and Steel (printed in London), page 314:
  
  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.
- c. 1839, (Richard of Raindale, The Plan of my House vindicated, quoted by) T. T. B. in the Dwelling of Richard of Raindale, King of the Moors, published in The Mirror, number 966, 7 September 1839, page 153:
  
  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.
Exhausted; depleted (especially with «down» or «out»).
(of a zoology) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
- 1889, Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, Fishing: Salmon and Trout, fifth edition, page 185:
  
  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.
- 1986, Arthur Oglesby, Fly fishing for salmon and sea trout, page 15:
  
  It may be very much a metallic appearance as opposed to the silver freshness of a recently run salmon.
- 2005, Rod Sutterby, Malcolm Greenhalgh, Atlantic Salmon: An Illustrated Natural History, page 86:
  
  Thus, on almost any day of the year, a fresh-run salmon may be caught legally somewhere in the British Isles.
Smuggled.

run brandy

Verb[edit]

run

past participle of rin

Anagrams[edit]

Nur, URN, nur, urn

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

run

first-person singular present indicative of runnen
imperative of runnen

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

run

Romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌽

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

run

Nonstandard spelling of rún.
Nonstandard spelling of rùn.

Usage notes[edit]

Transcriptions of Mandarin speech into the Roman alphabet often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.