run

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
2. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
3. (transitive) To move swiftly.
4. (transitive) To move swiftly.
5. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
6. (transitive) To move swiftly.
7. (intransitive, transitive) To move swiftly.
8. (transitive) To move swiftly.
9. (intransitive, transitive) To move swiftly.
10. (transitive) To move swiftly.
11. (transitive) To move swiftly.
12. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
13. (intransitive, transitive) To move swiftly.
14. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
15. (figuratively, transitive) To move swiftly.
16. (colloquial, transitive) To move swiftly.
17. (intransitive) To flow.
18. (figuratively, intransitive) To flow.
19. (intransitive) To flow.
20. (transitive) To flow.
21. (intransitive) To flow.
22. (intransitive) To flow.
23. To flow.
24. To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
25. (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
26. (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
27. (transitive) To make participate in certain kinds of competitions.
28. (transitive) To make participate in certain kinds of competitions.
29. To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
30. (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
31. (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
32. (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
33. (transitive) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
34. (intransitive) To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
35. (intransitive) To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
36. (transitive) To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
37. (intransitive) To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
38. (transitive) To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
39. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
40. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
41. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
42. (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
43. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
44. (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
45. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
46. To cause to enter; to thrust.
47. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
48. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
49. (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
50. (obsolete, transitive) To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
51. (obsolete, transitive) To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
52. 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.
53. To control or have precedence in a card game.
54. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
55. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
56. To have growth or development.
57. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
58. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
59. To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
60. To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
61. (rare) To speedrun.
62. (especially) To eject from a game or match.
63. To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.

Noun

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 on 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. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
8. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
9. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
10. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
11. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
12. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
13. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
14. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
15. Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
16. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
17. (Australia, New-Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
18. State of being current; currency; popularity.
19. Something continuous or sequential.
20. Something continuous or sequential.
21. Something continuous or sequential.
22. Something continuous or sequential.
23. (slang) Something continuous or sequential.
24. Something continuous or sequential.
25. Something continuous or sequential.
26. A flow of liquid; a leak.
27. (Pennsylvania, Virginia, West) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
28. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
29. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
30. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
31. Any sudden large demand for something.
32. Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
33. Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
34. Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
35. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
36. In sports
37. In sports
38. In sports
39. In sports
40. In sports
41. In sports
42. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
43. The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
44. 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.
45. A pair or set of millstones.
46. One’s gait while running; the way one runs.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) In a liquid state; melted or molten.
2. (not-comparable) Cast in a mould.
3. (not-comparable) Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
4. (not-comparable) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
5. (not-comparable) Smuggled.

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Synonyms

flow

operate

race

manage

work

go

rush

flee

function

hurry

run away

dash

💨

running

🏃

sprint

execute

move

course

lead

escape

drive

conduct

stream

pour

direct

pass

administer

flight

✈️

perform

carry

carry on

extend

spread

speed

act

fly

✈️

gallop

walk

🚶

ladder

🪜

range

ply

scoot

dart

🎯

track

do

handle

play

series

start

overflow

bolt

Translations

courir

correr

laufen

🚶

correre

correr

rennen

rennen

lopen

τρέχω

córrer

couler

fonctionner

Lauf

currere

marcher

🚶

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹʌn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: runnen

Cognate with Middle English: rinnen

Inherited from Old English: rinnan

Cognate with Scots: rin

Cognate with Western Frisian: rinne

Cognate with Dutch: rennen

Cognate with Swiss German: ränne

Cognate with German: rennen

Cognate with Danish: rende

Cognate with Swedish: ränna

Cognate with Swedish: rinna

Cognate with Icelandic: renna

Cognate with Albanian: rend

In summary

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”), 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.

Sentences

I’ll run down and secure my guest .

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Both branches run near each other through the state forest .

It is run entirely by volunteers and has no full-time staff .

With this decision , Gilmore said he was seriously considering a run for the Senate .

Special government buses run to aid the devotees .