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Run
English
Note
The word run has the most definitions of any word in the English language.
Pronunciation
- SAMPA : /r\Vn/
- IPA : /ɹʌn/
Adjective
run
- melted (Put some run butter on the vegetables.)
- unravelled (of stitches) (I have a run stocking.)
Noun
run (countable and uncountable. plural: runs)
- an amount of liquid in a flow
- amount of something made (The book's initial press run will be 5,000 copies.)
- an animal's fastest pace
- a period marked by a continuing trend (I'm having a run of bad luck.)
- an enclosure for an animal (He set up a rabbit run.)
- an errand (I need to make a run to the store.)
- a flow of liquid (The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.)
- an interval of distance or time (He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.)
- a pace faster than jogging or walking (He broke into a run.)
- a pipe or trough used to carry liquid
- a pleasure trip
- a point scored in baseball and cricket (He had five runs in that game!)
- a rapid passage in music
- a regular trip or route
- a series of tries in a game that were successful
- a series of performances of a show (The run lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.)
- a sequence of cards in a suit in a card game
- (in certain parts of the United States) a small creek. (The battle of Bull Run.)
- a sudden large demand for something (There was a run on Christmas presents.)
- unrestricted use of an area (He can have the run of the house.)
- a line of knit stitches that has unravelled (I have a run in my stocking.)
Verb
run (runs, ran, running)
- move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off of either foot (cf. walk). (Run, Sarah, Run! - Michael Bien in the movie The Terminator.)
- associate with others (That kid is running with a dangerous crowd these days.)
- be a candidate for political office (I have decided to run for governor of California - Arnold Schwartzenegger.)
- be communicated (There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.)
- be subjected to
- total, sum (The bill ran to $600.)
- break or breach (He ran the roadblock.)
- carry a football down the field (He ran the ball ninety yards for a touchdown.)
- carry on illicit or illegal trade (He ran rum during Prohibition.)
- cast or mold molten metal
- continue for an amount (The book runs 655 pages.)
- continue for a period of time (The sale will run for ten days.)
- continue to be valid (The contract runs through 2008.)
- display something (The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.)
- flow or pour (Why is the hose still running?)
- follow a route of travel (The bus runs on Elm Street.)
- go at a fast pace, such as a gallop . (The horse ran the length of the track.)
- go for assistance (When he's broke, he runs to me for money.)
- range (It ran in quality from excellent to substandard.)
- unravel (of stitches) (My stocking has run.)
- tend towards (His taste in music runs to classical.)
- control (When the General Manager is out, I run the facility.)
- leak or spread in an undesirable fashion (generally used of dye) (He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet, staining it pink.)
- leave quickly or in a hurry (Sorry, I've got to run: my house is on fire.)
- migrate for spawning
- move freely (Where the horses run free.)
- move quickly across
- operate (It's full, you can run the dishwasher now.)
- work in an easy or smooth manner (This car runs like a dream. - Jack Warden in the movie Used Cars.)
- perform an action (I will run a sample.)
- put an animal in a race (He ran his best horse in the Derby.)
- participate in a race (The horse will run the Preakness next year.)
- perform an errand (I have to run to the store.)
- release mucus (Your nose is running.)
- repeatedly occur (Blue eyes run in his family.)
- route an object a particular way
- take off course (He was run off the road by a bicycle.)
- transport persons or cargo (Could you run me over to the store?)
- visit a person or place (For vacation, I think I'll run up to Canada.)
- word a text (The speech runs as follows.)
- be oriented in a particular direction (The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.)
- initiate (I ran the program once it was installed.)
- exhaust(We are running out of time.)
Idioms and Compounds
- the runs (noun): diarrhea (I soiled myself again; I have the runs.)
- front runner (noun): the leader of a race or contest (Until his arrest for cruelty to animals, he was the front runner in the election for dogcatcher.)
- to run ragged (verb): exhaust (They just won't leave me alone; they're going to run me ragged.)
- run out (verb): deplete supplies (We're about to run out of toilet paper.)
- run over (verb): hit with a car (I couldn't swerve in time to avoid running over the squirrel.)
Translations
to run (move quickly)
- Breton: redek
- Dutch: rennen, lopen
- Esperanto: kuri
- Finnish: juosta
- French: courir
- German: rennen, laufen
- kurar , hastar
- Indonesian: lari , berlari , menjalankan
- Irish: rith
- Japanese: 走る (はしる , hashiru), 走らせる (はしらせる , hashiraseru)
- Kurdish (Kurmancî): bezîn , revîn , bazdan
- Kurdish (Soranî): rakirdin
- Portuguese: correr
- Romanian: alerga
- Russian: begat'
- Spanish: correr
- Norwegian: løpe
- Tagalog: tumakbo
run (move quickly) (past participle)
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