run

Less common meanings

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    verbintransitive

    To flow, like water, or to have liquid coming out, like a tap or a nose.

    Rivers run downhill to the sea.

    Your nose is running, do you need a tissue?

    UsageSay my nose is running.

    Similarflow, stream, pour, trickle

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    nouncountable

    A try at winning something, like a campaign to be elected or a team's way through a contest to win it.

    She announced her run for mayor on Monday.

    The small college made a surprise run to the final game.

    UsageSay she will make a run for mayor.

    Similarbid, campaign

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    quick tripnouncountable

    A quick trip somewhere, often by car.

    Dad's on a pizza run, he'll be back soon.

    The firefighters missed several runs that night.

    UsageSay a quick run to the shop.

    Similartrip, errand, dash

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    costverbtransitive

    To cost a certain amount.

    How much will a new roof run us?

    Repairs like that run about five hundred.

    UsageSay it runs about $20.

    Similarcost

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    open the tapverbtransitive

    To make water or another liquid flow, or to let it flow out of or into something.

    I'll run a warm bath for the baby.

    He ran cold water over his burned finger.

    UsageRun a bath means fill it with water.

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    verbfigurativelytransitive

    To go through a red light or stop sign without stopping.

    The taxi driver ran a stop sign and nearly hit us.

    Never run a stop sign, even at night.

    UsageSay he ran a red light.

    Similarjump

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    ladder (tights)nouncountable

    A line of dropped stitches in a stocking or knitted cloth.

    She dabbed clear nail polish on the run to stop it from spreading.

    A run had crept up the back of her tights.

    UsageSay there's a run in my stocking.

    Similarladder

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    factory outputnouncountable

    An amount of things made at one time, like in a factory.

    The bakery did a small run of holiday cookies.

    Each run of shirts takes about two days to finish.

    UsageSay a short run of 500 copies.

    Similarbatch, printing, pressing

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    bank panicnouncountable

    A rush of customers taking their money out of a bank.

    Fear of collapse led to a run on the banks.

    A run on the bank emptied its vaults in a day.

    UsageSay a run on the bank.

    Similarrush

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    spread (dye)verbintransitive

    To spread where it should not, used about dye, paint or ink.

    I washed my new jeans, and the blue ran all over my socks.

    Wash it cold or the colors will run.

    UsageSay the colors ran in the wash.

    Similarbleed, spread, smudge

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    regular tripnouncountable

    A regular trip or route, as of a bus or a ship.

    Our driver has done the airport run for years.

    The ferry does the island run twice a day.

    Similarroute, trip, service, journey

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    nouncountable

    In music, a fast series of notes, often up or down a scale.

    The pianist finished with a dazzling run.

    The singer added a run at the end of every line.

    Similarpassage, flourish

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    ladder (tights)verbintransitive

    To come apart in a line, used about stitches or knitted clothes.

    Her tights started running after she caught them on a nail.

    Snag it and the whole sleeve will run.

    Similarladder, unravel

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    verbtransitive

    To make something move fast or lightly.

    She ran her hand along the smooth table.

    Run a comb through your hair before the photo.

    UsageSay run your hand over it.

    Similarslide, move

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    smuggleverbtransitive

    To secretly move things that are against the law, like guns, from one place to another.

    The gang ran guns across the border at night.

    Police say the boat was used to run drugs to the island.

    Similarsmuggle, traffic

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    be wordedverbintransitive

    Of a note, rhyme or saying, to have certain words in a certain order.

    The note on the door ran: "Back in ten minutes."

    How does that old song run again?

    UsageSay the letter ran as follows.

    Similarread, go (entry), say

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    nouncountable

    The path you take when you go running or skiing.

    My favorite run goes around the lake and back.

    This ski hill has easy runs for kids.

    Similarroute, trail, slope, course

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    verbtransitive

    To put something long, like a wire, so that it goes from one place to another.

    We need to run a cable from the TV to the wall.

    Dad ran a long hose across the yard to the garden.

    UsageSay run a wire through the wall.

    Similarinstall, lay, string, pass

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    verbtransitive

    To quickly take a person or thing to a place.

    Can you run me to the train station?

    I'll run these cookies over to Grandma's house.

    UsageRun me to the station means drive me there.

    Similartake, drive, ferry

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    nouncountable

    A sudden time when many people want the same thing.

    Before the snowstorm, there was a run on bread and milk.

    The hot weather caused a run on fans at the hardware store.

    UsageSay a run on bread: everyone buys it.

    Similarrush

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    nouncountable

    A fenced space for animals, or a path or track that something moves along.

    We let the hens out into their run every morning.

    The kids built a marble run out of paper tubes and tape.

    UsageSay a chicken run.

    Similarenclosure, pen, track, path

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    spread (news)verbfigurativelyintransitive

    To move or spread fast, the way news or a cold passes through a group.

    A bad cold is running through my class right now.

    Word of layoffs can run through a factory before lunch.

    UsageSay fear ran through the crowd.

    Similarspread, sweep, race

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    life in hidingnouncountable

    A time when someone is escaping, for example from the police.

    The thief's run from the police ended at the river.

    After two weeks on the run, the escaped prisoner was caught.

    UsageOn the run means trying to avoid being caught.

    Similardash, flight, break, bolt

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    put up (candidate)verbtransitive

    To put someone forward to try to win an election.

    The party wants to run a young teacher for mayor.

    Both parties ran candidates in every district.

    UsageSay the party ran a candidate.

    Similarfield, nominate

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    verbintransitive

    To move quickly from one idea or topic to another when thinking or talking.

    My thoughts run from one worry to the next at night.

    Our talk at dinner ran from sports to movies to school.

    UsageAdd where: thoughts run back to summer, talk ran from sports to films.

    Similardrift, wander, turn, move

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    fish migrationnouncountable

    A time when many fish swim together to a new place.

    This year's salmon run was the biggest in ten years.

    Bears come down to the river every year for the fish run.

    Similarmigration

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    nouncountable

    One trip down a hill, on skis or a sled.

    Let's do one more run before the lifts close.

    Her second run down the hill was much faster.

    Similardescent, trip

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    video gamesnouncountable

    In video games, one try at playing through a game, or one time playing it.

    I lost my best run when the game crashed.

    On this run, I'm trying to finish without dying once.

    Similarattempt, playthrough

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    free usenoununcountable

    Freedom to go anywhere and use anything in a place.

    The cats have the run of the whole apartment.

    While her parents were away, she had the run of the house.

    Similarfreedom

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    nouncountable

    In building, how far a slope goes across, not how high it goes.

    The ramp needs a longer run so wheelchairs can go up it easily.

    Measure the run of the roof from the outside wall to the peak.

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    usual kindnoun

    The usual, ordinary kind of people or things in a group.

    Her story was much better than the usual run of school essays.

    This hotel is a step above the common run of roadside motels.

    UsageSay the usual run of films: the ordinary ones.

    Similarcrop, range

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    cards in ordernouncountable

    In card games, cards of the same suit that come one after another in order.

    She put down a run of four hearts and won the game.

    I need the jack of spades to finish my run.

    Similarsequence

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    verb

    To finish a race in a certain time.
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    verb

    To have a bus, train or boat go along a set path.
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    verb

    To go down part of a river in a boat or raft.
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    verb

    Of fish, to travel to the place where they lay eggs.
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    verbcolloquial

    In juggling, to keep a pattern going without a break.
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    verb

    To melt.
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    verb

    To make something by pouring hot liquid metal into a shape.
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    verb

    To sail with the wind behind the boat.
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    verb

    To put a horse, a car or a person in a race.
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    verb

    To keep going or keep doing something.
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    verb

    To sort a large batch of fruit or vegetables by quality.
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    verb

    To pull stitches loose so a line of them comes undone.
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    verb

    To follow something step by step in your mind.
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    verb

    To push something into or through something.
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    verb

    To push or steer something somewhere.
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    verb

    To draw a line or mark out an edge.
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    verbobsolete

    To risk losing something, such as your money.

    He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them.

    Can we date this quote?, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England
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    verbobsolete

    To make fun of someone.
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    verb

    To sew a straight line of quick, simple stitches.
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    verb

    In cards, to be in control of the game.
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    verbarchaic

    To be something lots of people say or accept.

    Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himselfe.

    1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes
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    verb

    To grow.
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    verb

    To lean toward a certain result or kind of thing.
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    verb

    Of a law or right, to stay in force or go with something.
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    verb

    To have something happen to you, usually something bad.
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    verb

    In golf, to hit the ball so it rolls along the ground.
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    verbrare

    To finish a video game as fast as you can.
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    verb

    To make a player or coach leave a game as a punishment.
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    verb

    Of many people at once, to rush a bank to take out their money.
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    noun

    A short trip for fun.
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    noun

    A big group of fish moving up a river to lay eggs.
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    noun

    How far a ship sails.
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    noun

    A trip by ship.
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    noun

    One time a computer program or model is carried out.
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    nounAustraliaNew Zealand

    A big farm in Australia or New Zealand, mostly for sheep.
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    noun

    Being popular or widely used.
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    noun

    Several successful tries in a row in a game.
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    nounslang

    A long time when someone takes drugs, usually every day.
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    noun

    Liquid that is moving or leaking out.
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    noundialectalPennsylvaniaVirginiaWest

    A small stream.
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    noun

    Moving on foot faster than walking.
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    noun

    The fast galloping pace of a horse.
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    noun

    The flat part of a stair where you step.
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    noun

    How far a set of stairs goes across.
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    noun

    How a golf ball rolls when you hit it low.
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     noun

     How far a ball rolls after it lands.
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     noun

     The depth bored by one drill bit when drilling for oil.
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     noun

     The back part of a ship's bottom that curves up.
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     noun

     How far a mine tunnel can go, or which way an ore vein goes.
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     noun

     Two or more stones used to grind grain.
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     noun

     The way a person runs.
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     adjective

     Melted.
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     adjective

     Made by pouring melted metal or other material into a mold.
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     adjective

     Very tired or used up.
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     adjective

     Of fish, having swum up a river to lay eggs.
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     adjective

     Moved secretly into or out of a place against the law.
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     verbdialectal

     A past form of "rin," a dialect word.