Run Synonyms & Definitions

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• RunDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts.
2. (n.) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
3. (v. t.) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
4. (n.) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running.
5. () of Run
6. (a.) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
7. (n.) A small stream; a brook; a creek.
8. (n.) The aftermost part of a vessels hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.
9. (a.) 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.
10. (a.) To creep, as serpents.
11. (n.) A pair or set of millstones.
12. (a.) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.
13. (v. i.) To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.
14. (a.) 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.
15. (n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
16. (a.) 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.
17. (a.) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.
18. (a.) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
19. (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
20. (a.) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
21. (n.) State of being current; currency; popularity.
22. (a.) 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.
23. (v. i.) To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.
24. (v. i.) To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.
25. (a.) To make progress; to proceed; to pass.
26. (a.) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
27. (v. i.) To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing ones life. See To run the chances, below.
28. (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.
29. (v. i.) To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
30. (a.) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.
31. (v. i.) To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
32. (n.) A voyage; as, a run to China.
33. (a.) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
34. (a.) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
35. (v. t.) To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block.
36. (a.) 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.
37. (a.) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
38. (a.) To flee, as from fear or danger.
39. (n.) A pleasure excursion; a trip.
40. (a.) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
41. (a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.
42. (n.) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.
43. (a.) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
44. (v. i.) To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
45. (n.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.
46. (a.) 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.
47. (a.) 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.
48. (v. i.) To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.
49. (a.) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.
50. (a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.
51. (a.) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.
52. (a.) Smuggled; as, run goods.
53. (v. i.) To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
54. (v. i.) To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
55. (a.) To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
56. (v. i.) To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.
57. (v. i.) To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods.
58. (n.) A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
59. (n.) A roulade, or series of running tones.
60. (n.) A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
61. (v. i.) To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.
62. (v. i.) To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.
63. (v. i.) To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.
64. (a.) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.
65. (a.) To steal off; to depart secretly.
66. (p. p.) of Run
67. (a.) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.
68. (v. i.) To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.
69. (n.) The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.
70. (n.) That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
71. (a.) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.
72. (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs.
73. (n.) A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.
74. (a.) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
75. (a.) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
76. (n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.

• RunchDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The wild radish.

• RunletDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Same as Rundlet.
2. (n.) A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.