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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"

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle

continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

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"

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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"

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

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

a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"

a short trip; "take a run into town"

an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

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

an unbroken chronological sequence; "the play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories"

a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run"

the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"

unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house"

the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation; "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run"

cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"

change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"

be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!"

carry out; "run an errand"

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

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"

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

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"

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

run with the ball; in such sports as football

keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring"

sail before the wind

cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"

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"

set animals loose to graze

make without a miss

carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"

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".

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

be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk"

have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."

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"

continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

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"

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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"

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

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

a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"

a short trip; "take a run into town"

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"

an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

of Run

A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts.

The movement communicated to a golf ball by running.

The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.

To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.

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.

To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.

To flee, as from fear or danger.

To steal off; to depart secretly.

To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.

To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.

To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.

To creep, as serpents.

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.

To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.

To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.

To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.

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.

To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.

To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.

To make progress; to proceed; to pass.

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.

To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.

To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

To be popularly known; to be generally received.

To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.

To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.

To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.

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.

To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.

To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.

To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.

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.

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.

To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.

To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.

To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.

To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.

To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.

To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.

To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.

To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.

To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.

To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

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.

The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.

A small stream; a brook; a creek.

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.

A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.

State of being current; currency; popularity.

A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.

A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.

The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.

The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.

A voyage; as, a run to China.

A pleasure excursion; a trip.

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.

A roulade, or series of running tones.

The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.

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.

A pair or set of millstones.

Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.

Smuggled; as, run goods.

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.

To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; - with on.

To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; - with on.

To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; - said of vessels.

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.

To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; - said of contraband or dutiable goods.

To migrate or move in schools; - said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.

Continued repetition on the stage; - said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.

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.

of Run

A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts.

The movement communicated to a golf ball by running.

The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.

To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.

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.

To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.

To flee, as from fear or danger.

To steal off; to depart secretly.

To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.

To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.

To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.

To creep, as serpents.

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.

To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.

To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.

To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.

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.

To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.

To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.

To make progress; to proceed; to pass.

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.

To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.

To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

To be popularly known; to be generally received.

To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.

To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.

To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.

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.

To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.

To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.

To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.

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.

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.

To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.

To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.

To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.

To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.

To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.

To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.

To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.

To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.

To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.

To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

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.

The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.

A small stream; a brook; a creek.

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.

A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.

State of being current; currency; popularity.

A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.

A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.

The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.

The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.

A voyage; as, a run to China.

A pleasure excursion; a trip.

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.

A roulade, or series of running tones.

The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.

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.

A pair or set of millstones.

Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.

Smuggled; as, run goods.

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.

To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; - with on.

To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; - with on.

To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; - said of vessels.

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.

To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; - said of contraband or dutiable goods.

To migrate or move in schools; - said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.

Continued repetition on the stage; - said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.

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.

To move or go on the feet at a swifter pace than a walk; travel; proceed; as, the express runs forty miles an hour; move on in a stream; flow; as, the river runs down hill; to be in action; as, the engine will not run; extend in space; as, the railroad runs through his land; continue in time; as, the play ran a year; pass into a different state or condition; as, to run to seed; of a wound or sore, discharge pus.

To cause to move or act, as an engine, etc.; perform or go through with; as, to run errands; to flow with; as, the earth ran blood; expose oneself to; as, to run a risk; to sew; as, to run up a seam.

Act of going at a swifter pace than a walk; a trip or journey; as, the boat made its usual run; act of flowing or that which flows; as, a run of maple sap; a course or succession; as, a run of ill luck; free use or enjoyment of; as, to have the run of a friend's house; sudden, pressing demand; as, a run on a bank; a place passed over frequently, especially by animals; an inclosed place in which to confine and feed animals; a brook; a period of operation, or the work turned out during the period; in cricket or baseball, the act of running from one wicket or base to another.

Ran.

Popular term for purulent discharge or exudation.

To move swiftly: to pass quickly on the ground: to flee: to go, as ships, etc.: to have course in any direction: to flow: to dart: to turn: to extend: to pierce: to melt: to be busied: to become: to be in force: to discharge matter, as a sore: to press, esp. for immediate payment.

To cause to move swiftly: to force forward: to push: to cause to pass: to fuse: to discharge, as a sore: to pursue in thought: to incur:-pr.p. running; pa.t. ran; pa.p. run.

Act of running: course: flow: discharge from a sore: distance sailed: a trip by trainmen from one division of a railroad to the next: voyage: continued series: general reception: prevalence: popular clamor: an unusual pressure, as on a bank, for payment of notes.

Act of running; flow; course; voyage; small stream; unusual demand; tapering after-part of a ship.

To cause to move swiftly; cause to pass; pursue; fuse; incur.

To move swiftly; go; flow; extend; pierce; melt.

To go swiftly; move or flow; continue; extend; be reported.

The act of running or flowing; swift movement; a brook.

A trip or journey.

A course; succession.

To discharge pus or mucus.

n. Act of running;- motion; flow; also, a method or rate of running;- course; process;— will; unconstrained liberty;— state of being current; currency; prevalence;—a small stream; a brook; a creek; -a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes;- a range or extent of ground for feeding stock; - the distance sailed by a ship; voyage;- the aftmost part of a ship’s bottom;- the greatest degree of swiftness in marching.