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run
  1. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
  2. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
  3. A pleasure trip.
  4. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
  5. Migration (of fish).
  6. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
  7. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
  8. A (regular) trip or route.
  9. The route taken while running or skiing.
  10. The distance sailed by a ship.
  11. A voyage.
  12. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
  13. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
  14. State of being current; currency; popularity.
  15. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
    1. A series of tries in a game that were successful.
  16. (card game) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
  17. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
  18. A trial.
  19. A flow of liquid; a leak.
  20. A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
  21. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
  22. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
  23. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
    1. (of horses) A fast gallop.
  24. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
  25. Any sudden large demand for something.
  26. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
  27. The horizontal length of a set of stairs
  28. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
  29. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
  30. (cricket) A point scored.
  31. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
  32. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Unrestricted use of.
  33. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
  34. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
  35. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
  36. (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.
  37. A pair or set of millstones.
  38. (video game) A playthrough.
  39. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
  40. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
  41. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
  42. (video game) A speedrun.
  43. Synonyms:
  44. Examples:
    1. “I was feeling a bit reckless last night and went for a run through the Botanical Gardens late in the evening.”
      “He'd had a rough time of it, and had endured a long run of reversals and miseries.”
      “With the firm's seemingly endless run of good luck, it is hard to see what could go wrong.”
runner
  1. Agent noun of run; somebody who runs.
    1. Somebody who moves at a fast pace.
    2. Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
    3. (slang) An automobile.
  2. (slang) A quick escape away from a scene.
  3. A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners, compare trainer; a sneaker.
  4. A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
  5. A mechanical part intended for wheels to run on or to slide against another surface.
  6. A strip of fabric used to decorate a table.
  7. A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
  8. (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
  9. (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
  10. (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
  11. (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
  12. (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets.
  13. (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
  14. (poker) A competitor in a poker tournament.
  15. A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
  16. A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
  17. (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
  18. (video game) A speedrunner.
  19. Synonyms:
  20. Examples:
    1. “Imagine a marathon runner crossing the finish line and then being told he has to run an additional 10 miles uphill.”
      “The mare is the stables' runner for the 5.15 race at Epsom.”
      “The sucker is an underground runner or branch which grows upwards, and develops roots and aerial shoots.”
runaway
  1. A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations.
  2. A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
  3. (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
  4. The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
  5. An overwhelming victory.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “When she realizes the hitch-hiking boy is a runaway who's been severely beaten, her caring for him brings into focus the future course of her life.”
      “The discovery of his authority parallels Crusoe's transformation from apostate and runaway to successful planter and merchant.”
running
  1. The action of the verb to run.
  2. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
  3. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
  4. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The running of our manufacturing department has been smooth since the hiring of the new manager.”
      “Please do not do anything to jeopardize the smooth running of the machine.”
      “I was very dedicated to my running and competed in numerous half marathons.”
runathon
  1. A charity event in which participants run a long distance.
runners
  1. (Canada, Australia, Ireland) running shoes, sneakers, trainers
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With relatively little snow and temperatures which are warm enough, runners can avoid excessive indoor track training.”
      “My worst weeds are the perennials that spread with runners, like quack grass.”
      “The Scottsville Race Course was abuzz with excitement as thousands of runners struggled to beat the gun.”
runniness
  1. The state or characteristic of being runny or free-flowing.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Often, we see patients who display symptoms of rhinitis, including nasal congestion, sneezing, sinus pressure or nasal runniness, but who have negative allergy test results.”
      “So fruity has connotations of sweetness, liquid of runniness, and courageous, apparently, of cunning.”
ran
  1. (nautical) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
runholder
  1. (Australia, New Zealand) One who owns or leases a run (generally a sheep farm).
  2. Examples:
    1. “With help from the runholder and his packhorses, they went up the West Matukituki.”
run-away
  1. Alternative spelling of runaway
  2. Examples:
    1. “In contrast, Seng and others report that the causal link is indirect, mediated largely by run-away behavior.”
      “If she does win, Honduras looks set to add political confrontation to run-away drug crime and general lawlessness.”
      “The urge to merge is an astounding, run-away phenomenon given the weak research base to support it, and those who champion mergers should be called upon to prove their case.”
runaholic
  1. (informal) One who is addicted to running.
  2. Examples:
    1. “First and last, I'm a runaholic. I started pounding the pavement right after my divorce.”
runscorer
  1. (cricket) Someone who scores runs.
  2. Examples:
    1. “South Africa's leading runscorer Jacques Kallis, who captained the side for one Test against Australia in Johannesburg three years ago, will be skipper in Cape Town.”
runners
  1. plural of runner
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With relatively little snow and temperatures which are warm enough, runners can avoid excessive indoor track training.”
      “My worst weeds are the perennials that spread with runners, like quack grass.”
      “The Scottsville Race Course was abuzz with excitement as thousands of runners struggled to beat the gun.”
ran
  1. (obsolete) Open robbery.
runs
runaholics
  1. plural of runaholic
runholders
  1. plural of runholder
runscorers
  1. plural of runscorer
runathons
  1. plural of runathon
run-aways
  1. plural of run-away
runaways
  1. plural of runaway
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The number of adults who desert their families is sharply increasing, while that of teenage runaways is steadily decreasing.”
      “Some are in foster care, some are runaways, others are from low-income families.”
      “Is it because filial daughters are more bound to filial ideology than runaways?”
runnings
  1. plural of running
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The boards on the walls turn out to be squad rankings, combat exercise scores, award runnings.”
      “The next three runnings were over one mile six furlongs and 12 yards.”
      “The clarified phlegm passes then to the second column where the alcohol is separated from the last runnings or fusel oil.”
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