run
1. [ verb ] move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
Examples:

"Don't run--you'll be out of breath" "The children ran to the store"

Related terms: travel_rapidly trot scurry outrun lope sprint run_bases hare rush jog streak romp frolic skylark runner
2. [ verb ] flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Synonyms: run_away lam fly_the_coop bunk turn_tail escape break_away head_for_the_hills hightail_it take_to_the_woods scarper
Examples:

"If you see this man, run!" "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

Related terms: leave flee skedaddle fugitive
3. [ verb ] stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Synonyms: extend lead go pass
Examples:

"Service runs all the way to Cranbury" "His knowledge doesn't go very far" "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"

Related terms: be come go_far radiate reach line range
4. [ verb ] direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
Synonyms: operate
Examples:

"She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

Related terms: direct warm_up work financier block operator running
5. [ noun ] (baseball,sport) a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
Synonyms: tally
Examples:

"the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th" or "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"

Related terms: score earned_run unearned_run run_batted_in tally
6. [ verb ] have a particular form
Synonyms: go
Examples:

"the story or argument runs....", "as the saying goes..."

Related terms: be
7. [ verb ] move along, of liquids
Synonyms: flow feed course
Examples:

"Water flowed into the cave" "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

Related terms: move seep pour drain eddy flush run_down trickle tide spill circulate jet gutter spill waste stream be_due overflow flow course discharge
8. [ verb ] perform as expected when applied
Synonyms: operate work function go
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: malfunction service roll double cut pan_out work operation
9. [ verb ] change or be different within limits
Synonyms: range
Examples:

"Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion" "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent" "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals" My students range from very bright to dull"

Related terms: be scope range
10. [ verb ] (sport,politics) run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
Synonyms: campaign
Examples:

"Who's running for treasurer this year?"

Related terms: race cross-file stump rerun barnstorm political_campaign
11. [ noun ] the act of testing something
Synonyms: trial test
Examples:

"in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately" "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"

Related terms: attempt pilot_project assay field_trial clinical_test fitting ministry_of_transportation_test double_blind audition Snellen_test preclinical_phase move
12. [ verb ] cause to be emit recorded sounds
Synonyms: play
Examples:

: "They ran the tapes over and over again" "Can you play my favorite record?"

Related terms: play play
13. [ verb ] move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
Examples:

"who are these people running around in the building?" "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles" "let the dogs run free"

Related terms: travel
14. [ verb ] change from one state to another
Examples:

"run amok" "run rogue", "run riot"

Related terms: become
15. [ verb ] be operating, running or functioning, as of engines or machines
Examples:

"The car is still running--turn it off!"

Related terms: idle go go running
16. [ verb ] have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
Synonyms: tend incline lean be_given
Examples:

"She tends to be nervous before her lectures" "These dresses run small" "He inclined to corpulence"

Related terms: be take_kindly_to gravitate suffer inclination leaning inclination
17. [ verb ] cause to perform
Examples:

"run a subject" "run a process"

Related terms: process rerun play
18. [ noun ] (sport) a race run on foot
Synonyms: foot_race footrace
Examples:

"she broke the record for the half-mile run"

Related terms: race steeplechase marathon track_event fun_run obstacle_race race
19. [ verb ] occur persistently
Examples:

"Musical talent runs in the family"

Related terms: be occur prevail
20. [ verb ] guide or pass over something;
Synonyms: pass draw guide
Examples:

"He ran his eyes over her body" "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine" "He drew her hair through his fingers"

Related terms: rub thread thread wipe circulate go_around string
21. [ verb ] continue to exist
Synonyms: persist prevail endure die_hard
Examples:

"These stories die hard" "The legend of Elvis endures"

Related terms: continue carry_over reverberate
22. [ verb ] carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
Synonyms: execute
Examples:

"Run the dishwasher" "run a new program on the Mac" "the computer executed the instruction"

Related terms: enforce step play
23. [ verb ] be affected by; be subjected to; as in "run a temperature," "run a risk"
Related terms: incur
24. [ verb ] carry out
Examples:

"run an errand"

Related terms: carry_through
25. [ verb ] include as the content; broadcast or publicize
Synonyms: carry
Examples:

"We ran the ad three times" "This paper carries a restaurant review" "All major networks carried the press conference"

Related terms: circulate go_around
26. [ noun ] the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
Synonyms: running
Examples:

"he broke into a run" "his daily run keeps him fit"

Related terms: locomotion dash
27. [ verb ] be diffused
Synonyms: bleed
Examples:

"These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"

Related terms: diffuse crock melt
28. [ verb ] (nautical,transportation) Nautical language: sail before the wind
Related terms: sail
29. [ verb ] cause an animal to move fast
Examples:

"run the dogs"

Related terms: move hunt
30. [ verb ] (business) deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
Synonyms: black_market
Related terms: trade crime ply black_market
31. [ verb ] (sport) make without a miss; in sports or games
Related terms: succeed sport
32. [ noun ] an unbroken series of events
Synonyms: streak
Examples:

: "a succession of failures" "had a streak of bad luck" "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

Related terms: succession losing_streak winning_streak
33. [ noun ] (sport,american football) a football play in which a player runs with the ball
Synonyms: running running_game running_play
Examples:

"the defensive line braced to stop the run" "the coach put great emphasis on running"

Related terms: football_play rush return draw end_run reverse American_football
34. [ verb ] cause something to pass or lead somewhere
Synonyms: lead
Examples:

"Run the wire behind the cabinet"

Related terms: pass range guide
35. [ noun ] (transportation) a regular trip
Examples:

"the ship made its run in record time"

Related terms: trip ply
36. [ verb ] cover by running; run a certain distance
Examples:

"She ran 10 miles that day"

Related terms: pass
37. [ verb ] keep company
Synonyms: consort
Examples:

"the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring"

Related terms: accompany consort
38. [ verb ] (american football) run with the ball; in sports, such as football
Related terms: sport
39. [ verb ] (sport) compete in a race
Synonyms: race
Examples:

"he is running the Marathon this year" "let's race and see who gets there first"

Related terms: compete campaign boat-race horse-race place speed_skate show run_off race race footrace racing racer
40. [ verb ] be in the running; compete for a certain position
Examples:

"Who's running this year?"

Related terms: compete
41. [ verb ] progress by being changed
Synonyms: go move
Examples:

: "The speech has to go through several more drafts" "run through your presentation before the meeting"

Related terms: change test
42. [ verb ] set animals loose to graze
Related terms: free
43. [ verb ] pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
Synonyms: hunt track_down hunt_down
Examples:

"Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland" "The dogs are running deer" "The Duke hunted in these woods"

Related terms: capture scrounge forage poach still-hunt snipe drive whale seal foxhunt drive snipe rabbit jacklight falcon fowl tree ferret course turtle hawk fowl hunt hunt hunter hunt
44. [ verb ] extend or continue for a certain period of time
Synonyms: run_for
Examples:

"The film runs 5 hours"

Related terms: last
45. [ verb ] force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Synonyms: drive ram force
Examples:

"She rammed her mind into focus" "He drives me mad"

Related terms: thrust toe hammer_in screw drive_home drive drive campaign
46. [ noun ] (geography) a small stream
Synonyms: rivulet streamlet runnel rill
Related terms: stream
47. [ noun ] a row of unravelled stitches
Synonyms: ravel ladder
Examples:

"she got a run in her stocking"

Related terms: damage ravel ladder
48. [ verb ] (transportation) travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
Examples:

"Run to the store!" "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"

Related terms: travel
49. [ verb ] come unraveled or undone as if by snagging, of stockings
Synonyms: ladder
Examples:

"Her nylons were running"

Related terms: break
50. [ verb ] become undone, as of clothes such as knitted fabrics
Synonyms: unravel
Examples:

"the sweater unraveled"

Related terms: disintegrate ladder
51. [ noun ] (politics) a race between candidates for elective office
Synonyms: campaign political_campaign
Examples:

"I managed his campaign for governor" "he is raising money for a Senate run"

Related terms: race governor's_race senate_campaign whispering_campaign campaign
52. [ noun ] unrestricted freedom to use
Examples:

"he has the run of the house"

Related terms: liberty
53. [ verb ] travel a route regularly
Synonyms: ply
Examples:

"Ships ply the waters near the coast"

Related terms: travel
54. [ noun ] an unbroken chronological sequence
Examples:

"the play had a long run on Broadway" "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories"

Related terms: sequence
55. [ verb ] reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
Synonyms: melt melt_down
Examples:

"melt butter" "melt down gold" "The wax melted in the sun"

Related terms: dissolve fuse try thaw
56. [ noun ] the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
Examples:

"a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"

Related terms: indefinite_quantity
57. [ noun ] the pouring forth of a fluid
Synonyms: outpouring discharge
Related terms: flow escape jet
58. [ noun ] the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
Examples:

"the assembly line was on a 12-hour run"

Related terms: time_period run-time press_run
59. [ noun ] (transportation) a short trip
Examples:

"take a run into town"

Related terms: trip
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