Run word meaning and definition

[noun] a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"
[noun] the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"
[noun] a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"
[noun] a short trip; "take a run into town"
[noun] 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"
[noun] the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
[noun] the pouring forth of a fluid
[noun] a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
[noun] a race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile run"
[noun] an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"
[noun] a small stream
[verb] pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
[verb] become undone, as of clothes such as knitted fabrics; "the sweater unraveled"
[verb] come unraveled or undone as if by snagging, of stockings; "Her nylons were running"
[verb] reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"
[verb] cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"
[verb] progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
[verb] change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"
[verb] compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
[verb] run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"
[verb] 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"
[verb] perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
[verb] be operating, running or functioning, as of engines or machines; "The car is still running--turn it off!"

\Run\, v. t. (Golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
\Run\, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D. runnen, rennen, OS. & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen, rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw. rinna, r["a]nna, Dan. rinde, rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr. ? to stir up, rouse, Skr. ? (cf. {Origin}), or perh. to L. rivus brook (cf. {Rival}). [root]11. Cf. {Ember}, a., {Rennet}.] 1. To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog. Specifically: 2. Of voluntary or personal action:
(a) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. ``Ha, ha, the fox!'' and after him they ran. --Chaucer.
(b) To flee, as from fear or danger. As from a bear a man would run for life. --Shak.
(c) To steal off; to depart secretly. My conscience will serve me to run from this jew. --Shak.
(d) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress. Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. --1 Cor. ix. 24.
(e) To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted? --Addison.
(f) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
(g) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another. Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject. --Addison.
(h) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.
(i) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.
(j) To creep, as serpents. 3. Of involuntary motion:
(a) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.
(b) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread. The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23.
(c) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run. --Addison. Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire. --Woodward.
(d) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
(e) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
(f) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son. --Pope.
(g) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
(h) To make progress; to proceed; to pass. As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster. --Addison.
(i) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week. When we desire anything, our minds run wholly on the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones. --Swift.
(j) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west. Where the generally allowed practice runs counter to it. --Locke. Little is the wisdom, where the flight So runs against all reason. --Shak.
(k) To be in form thus, as a combination of words. The king's ordinary style runneth, ``Our sovereign lord the king.'' --Bp. Sanderson.
(l) To be popularly known; to be generally received. Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome. --Sir W. Temple. Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself. --Knolles.
(m) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. --Mortimer.
(n) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds. --Bacon. Temperate climates run into moderate governments. --Swift.
(o) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing. In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another. --I. Watts.
(p) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land. Customs run only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid. --Sir J. Child.
(q) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.
(r) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
(s) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.
(t) (Naut.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels. 4. Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body. --Stillman (The Horse in Motion). 5. (Athletics) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition. {As things run}, according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or specification. {To let run} (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen. {To run after}, to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as, to run after similes. --Locke. {To run away}, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance. {To run away with}.
(a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement.
(b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage. {To run down}.
(a) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks, watches, etc.
(b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health. {To run down a coast}, to sail along it. {To run for an office}, to stand as a candidate for an office.

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