# ran

Pronunciation: US say "RAN" /ɹæn/; AUS

## Verb

1. Past tense of run. — simple past of run
   - Simple: Past tense of run. Use it for the past.
   - _Floodwaters ran through the streets after the storm._
   - _He ran the family business for nearly thirty years._
2. Past participle of run. This use is nonstandard; standard English uses "run" after have, has or had. *(nonstandard)* — past participle of run
   - Simple: Past participle of run. Some people say this after "have" or "had," but "run" is the standard form.
   - _He has ran that trail so many times he knows every turn._
   - _We had ran the whole way home before the rain caught us._
3. Past tense of rin, a dialect form of run. *(dialectal)* — simple past of rin
   - Simple: Past tense of rin, a dialect word for run.

## Noun

4. Yarn coiled and stored on a spun-yarn winch aboard a ship.
   - Simple: Lengths of yarn wound into coils on a special ship's winch.
   - _The rigger drew the ran off the winch as he worked._
   - _Coils of ran lay ready in the rope locker._

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