Run

Definition: Run

Run

Noun

1. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th" or "their first tally came in the 3rd inning".

2. The act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial".

3. A race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile run".

4. An unbroken series of events: "a succession of failures"; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies".

5. A football play in which a player runs with the ball; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running".

6. A regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time".

7. The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit".

8. A small stream.

9. A row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking".

10. : the pouring forth of a fluid.

11. : a short trip; "take a run into town".

Verb

1. Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store".

2. Escape or flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!".

3. Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets".

4. Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan".

5. Have a particular form; "the story or argument runs....", "as the saying goes...".

6. Move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave".

7. Perform as expected when applied; "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".

8. Change or be different within limits; "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".

9. Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?".

10. : cause to be emit recorded sounds: "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "Can you play my favorite record?".

11. : move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; "who are these people running around in the building?" "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free".

12. : have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence".

13. : execute a program or process, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac".

14. : be operating, running or functioning, as of engines or machines; "The car is still running--turn it off!".

15. : change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue", "run riot".

16. : cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process".

17. : be affected by; be subjected to; as in "run a temperature," "run a risk".

18. : continue to exist; "These stories die hard".

19. : occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family".

20. : include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference".

21. : carry out; "run an errand".

22. : guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers".

23. : cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet".

24. : make without a miss; in sports or games.

25. : deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor.

26. : cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs".

27. : be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run".

28. : Nautical language: sail before the wind.

29. : cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day".

30. : extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours".

31. : set animals loose to graze.

32. : keep company; of male animals.

33. : run with the ball; in sports, such as football.

34. : travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there".

35. : travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast".

36. : pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods".

37. : compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first".

38. : progress by being changed: "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting".

39. : reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun".

40. : come unraveled or undone as if by snagging, of stockings; "Her nylons were running".

41. : become undone, as of clothes such as knitted fabrics; "the sweater unraveled".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "run" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Business

Chemical Industry

Food & Agriculture

General

Literature

Military

Military & Defense

Mining

Personal Care & Hotels

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

RUN

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Run

Continuance in action

Noun: continuance, continuation; run; perpetuation, prolongation; persistence; (perseverance) a;Noun: continuance, continuation; run; perpetuation, prolongation; persistence; (perseverance) a; repetition.

Course

Verb: elapse, lapse, flow, run, proceed, advance, pass; roll on, wear on, press on; flit, fly, slip, slide, glide; run its course.

Eventuality

Verb: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off; (be past).

Generality

Prevalence, run.

Illegality

Smuggle, run, poach.

Liquefaction

Verb: render liquid; liquefy, run; deliquesce; melt. (heat); solve; dissolve, resolve; liquate; hold in solution; condense, precipitate, rain.

Motion

Verb: be in motion; Adjective: move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit; hover about, hover round, hover about; shift, slide, glide; roll, roll on; flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along; wander; (deviate); walk; change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters; dodge; keep going, keep moving;

Stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir; evolution; kinematics; telekinesis.

Navigation

Flight, trip; shuttle, run, airlift.

Repetition

Noun: repe iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy.

River

Verb: flow, run; meander; gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate; stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash; guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate; ooze, flow out. (egress).

Stealing

Plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach; smuggle, run; badger; bail up, hold up, stick up; bunco, bunko, filibuster.

Crosswords: Run

Danish (rune), Dutch (crush), German (run), Norwegian (rune), Swedish (rune), Vietnamese (shaky).

Fineyou clean and I'll go down and run your office (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

This is a true story of how friendships run deeper than blood (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

These silly writers let their imaginations run away with them (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

What, did they run out of soap at the Piggly Wiggly (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

We can't run from ourselves, our destiny chooses us. (Rounders; writing credit: David Levien and Brian Koppelman.)

So baby run (Run; performing artist: George Strait)

I wont duck and run (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

Better run through the jungle, (RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

We'll find out in the long run (The Long Run; performing artist: The Eagles)

I'MMA RUN TILL I BUST MY GUN AND EMPTY THE CLIP (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people but if we tried to shut up the insane we would run out of building materials. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Man who run behind car get exhausted. (references; author: unknown)

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers (references; author: unknown)

Don't attempt to run from the past, it is always behind you. (references; author: unknown)

The world would run a lot smoother if more men knew how to dance. (references; author: unknown)

Run to the High Country (1974)

Time to Run (1973)

Brother on the Run (1972)

No Place to Run (1972)

See the Man Run (1971)

Run (performing artist: George Strait)

Who Will You Run To (performing artist: Heart)

Nowhere To Run (performing artist: Martha and The Vandellas)

Run Samson Run (performing artist: Neil Sedaka)

Band On The Run (performing artist: Paul McCartney & Wings)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Bull Run Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Q Run Technology: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Wingspan: Paul McCartney's Band on the Run (reference)

• Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running: The Best Advice to Get Started, Stay Motivated, Lose Weight, Run Injury-Free, Be Safe, and Train for (reference)

• Report on the common law rule that interest ceases to run when the accumulated arrear interest reaches the amount of the principal debt (reference)

• The ABCs of Ldap: How to Install, Run, and Administer Ldap Services (reference)

• Changes in Breeding Bird Populations: Between 1930 and 1985 in the Quaker Run Valley of Allegany State Park, New York (New York State Museum Bulletin # 477) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Clean Run (reference)

• Old Mill Run (reference)

• Run Ohio (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Love on the Run (reference)

• Run Lola Run (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Hit & Run (reference)

• Run Screaming (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Smuggler's Run (reference)

• Smart-ups 3kva Rack Mountextended Run Black (reference)

• Symmetra 4u Rackmount Extended Run Frame Part Of Kit Sku (reference)

• Expresso Run (reference)

• Run in My Shoes [DOWNLOAD] (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• DeWalt DW9091 14.4-Volt XR PACK Extended Run NiCd Battery Pack (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured here is a trial run of a patient taken from CDC to a nearby medical center. A doctor is administering care to the patient with supportive help from the Isolation Unit medical staff. Credit: CDC.

It's tough to run a 100-yard dash on Kalgin Island SURVEYOR personnel in the mud. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Front page of first report detailing tests of Shoran by C&GS Clarence Burmister spearheaded efforts to adapt Shoran to survey use Tests run in vicinity of Attu Island. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Hunting and fishing camp built on stilts - accessible only by boat although power lines have been run across the marsh. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The United States Marine Hospital at Chelsea. The building was made of stone and built in 1827. Patients were sick and disabled seamen. Although run by the revenue collector of Boston and Charlestown, a physician and surgeon were appointed by the President of the United States. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines.

After closing the net and trapping the fish, the net is now brought on board. This is a view of the net being run through the powerblock and then laid back on the stern of the fishing vessel. Credit: Fisheries.

Emptying the net prior at the end of a trawl run. Credit: Fisheries.

Comparison of Hurricanes Frances and Gloria. Wind speed and pressure plotted for transects run through the eye of both storms. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Surface run off, waste pile at Iron Mountain Mine. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Acid run off at Iron Mountain Mine. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It was no wonder that they should pitch upon, and naturally run into that form of government, which from their infancy they had been all accustomed to; and which, by experience, they had found both easy and safe. (Second Treatise of Government)

They shall begin to run again at earliest three months after the coming into force of the present Treaty. (reference)

To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support--to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective--to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak--and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Let me entreat you to run no risks

They say it comes so expensive, in the long run.

Stand you here, and let me run and catch it.

Jean Valjean felt his blood run cold

He could stand up, put one foot before the other and walk out softly and then run, run, run swiftly through the dark streets

Richard had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once

But yet I run before my horse to market

The women moved cautiously out of the doorways toward their men, and the children crept behind the women, cautiously, ready to run.

The two great streets, which run cross and divide it into four quarters, are five feet wide

It would surpass the powers of a well man nowadays to take up his bed and walk, and I should certainly advise a sick one to lay down his bed and run.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Stroke seems to run in some families. (references)

Unfortunately, it must run its course. (references)

It helps us run, walk, move, sit, and touch. (references)

Business

The investments will run over a four-year period. (references)

Currently, individuals run retail health food shops. (references)

Nonpartisan counselors run the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). (references)

Children

Russia

An estimated 50,000 children run away from home each year. (references)

Afghanistan

However, schools run by NGO's and international donors mostly were open to both boys and girls. (references)

Peru

Provincial or district governments operate approximately 55 percent of these offices, while schools, churches, and NGO's run the remaining 45 percent. (references)

Civil Liberties

Azerbaijan

A party must be registered to run a list of candidates. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Several demonstrators were injured badly, and those who could not run were arrested. (references)

Mexico

Public universities (e.g. UNAM, IPN, and state universities) run most of the public media. (references)

Economic History

Tanzania

He is not eligible to run for a third term. (references)

Armenia

Armenia continues to run large foreign trade deficits. (references)

Guatemala

A vice president can run for president after 4 years out of office. (references)

Human Rights

Sri Lanka

The PLOTE reportedly continued to run places of illegal detention in Vavuniya. (references)

Brazil

Police lockups and other detention facilities typically are run by the state police forces. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The camp receives a high level of material assistance and is generally comfortable and well run. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

As a result, classes were held in local homes or run in shifts in the few available buildings. (references)

Moldova

The school continued to run three to four shifts per day to accommodate the number of students who desire this form of education. (references)

Netherlands

The privately run Discrimination on the Internet Registration Center received 550 complaints in 2000, compared to 181 in 1999. The center also investigates web sites and home pages. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

In recent years the UAE has run budget deficits. (references)

Poland

In the September elections ROP will run on a join list with AWS. (references)

MEXICO

The proposed law has run into stiff resistance in Congress and passage is uncertain. (references)

Political Rights

Iran

Religious minorities are allowed to vote, but they may not run for president. (references)

Indonesia

Members of the banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) may not run for office. (references)

Andorra

The election was run smoothly, and considered to be free and fair by domestic monitors. (references)

Trade

New Zealand

The automated clearing function is run by EDS (N.Z.) Ltd. under contract to ISL. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

The equipment must be adapted to run as specified by European electrical and metric standards. (references)

Guinea

The construction of a privately run (partly U.S. owned) flourmill project was co-financed by an AFDB loan. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Currently Accra's most upscale and fancy restaurant, French owned and run. (references)

Venezuela

Taxi service fees at hotels run about 50 percent higher than street taxis. (references)

Croatia

In coastal tourist areas, prices might run slightly higher during peak season. (references)

Women

Ukraine

Municipal authorities in Kiev run a women's center, the only municipally supported shelter in the country. (references)

Morocco

The stated goal was increased numbers of women who vote and who run for office through a two-phase training process. (references)

Pakistan

One NGO run by a prominent human rights activist reported that 262 women were on trial for adultery in Lahore as of May. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

Some trade unionists have temporarily resigned from their union posts to run for office. (references)

Peru

Nevertheless, some union activists who run for public office receive unofficial backing from their unions. (references)

Poland

In contrast women from other countries of Eastern Europe also are trafficked into agencies run as brothels. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "run": alighting run ♦ approach run ♦ as things run ♦ at a run ♦ at the long run ♦ average run length ♦ average sample run length ♦ bank run ♦ be on the run ♦ be run down ♦ Bens Run ♦ big Run ♦ birch Run ♦ bombing run ♦ broad Run ♦ bull Run ♦ By the run ♦ Cattle run ♦ cedar Run ♦ cherry Run ♦ chicken run ♦ coal Run ♦ come down with a run ♦ common run ♦ cub Run ♦ cut and run ♦ Deep Run ♦ distribution of run lengths ♦ Doe Run ♦ dry run ♦ dummy run ♦ Earned run ♦ Elk Run Heights ♦ end run ♦ fall or run ♦ foot run ♦ Fountain Run ♦ fowl run ♦ Fox Run ♦ Fulks Run ♦ go for a run ♦ Gold Run ♦ green run ♦ ground run ♦ hacking run ♦ Hard run ♦ have a prodigious run ♦ have a run ♦ have the run ♦ Hawk Run ♦ Hazel Run ♦ hen run ♦ his race is run ♦ hit and run ♦ hit and run raid ♦ hold with the hare and run with the hounds ♦ home run ♦ Horse run ♦ Horse Shoe Run ♦ ice run ♦ in the long run ♦ in the short run ♦ it is all in the day's run ♦ it must run its course ♦ landing run ♦ late run ♦ Laurel Run ♦ Lewis Run ♦ long run ♦ machine run ♦ make a run on ♦ make one's blood run cold ♦ make run ♦ make the blood run cold ♦ making a run ♦ mile run ♦ milk run ♦ Mill Run ♦ Mine Run ♦ Morris Run ♦ near run ♦ Oak Run ♦ out of the common run ♦ Penn Run ♦ pit run ♦ Pleasant Run ♦ Pleasant Run Farm ♦ practice run ♦ press run ♦ program run ♦ programme run ♦ prose run mad ♦ retrieval run ♦ room to run about ♦ run a blockade ♦ run a business ♦ run a car ♦ run a good chance ♦ run a house ♦ run a race ♦ run a risk. Additional references.

Beginning with "run": run-about, run-a-brite, run-all-day, Run-around, run-away, run-back, run-chase, Run-dmc, run-down, run-down of the programs, run-down-at-the-end-of-a-long-hard-term, run-ed, run-file, run-gathering, run-getter, run-in, run-ins, run-length encoding, run-maker, run-makers, run-making, run-of, run-off, run-off, run-off vote, run-offs, run-off-the-mill, run-of-mill, run-of-mine, run-of-mine-material, run-of-paper, run-of-the, run-of-the-hill, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, run-of-week, run-on, run-on line, run-on sentence, run-ons, run-out, run-outs, run-over, run-past, run-pasts, run-proof, run-resistant, run-responsive, run-rig, run-riot, run-round, run-round-platforms-collecting-things, run-scorer, run-scoring, run-swimshoot-horseride-fence, run-tally, run-through, run-throughs, run-time, run-time environment, run-time error, run-time library, run-time support, run-time system, Run-Time Type Information, run-times, Run-to-failure, run-up, run-up area, run-ups, run-ways, run-xxxx.

Ending with "run": authority-run, best-run, british-run, close-run, council-run, falsely-run, family-run, hit-run, home-run, labour-run, longer-run, over-run, police-run, print-run, privately-run, rodent-run, serb-run, slowly-run, state-run, strongly-run, tory-run, trial-run, well-run, worst-run.

Containing "run": anti-run-back, close-run race, hit-and-run accident, hit-and-run case, hit-and-run driver, hit-and-run driving, pit-run gravel, robin-run-in-the-hedge, still-waters-run-deep, they-can-run-but-they-can't-hide, tip-and-run raider, well-run-in.