run

The word run has the most definitions of any word in the English language.

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /r\Vn/
• IPA: /ɹʌn/

Associated words

ran (verb, past tense of to run)

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /r\{n/
• IPA: /'ɹæn/

Adjective

1. melted (Put some run butter on the vegetables.)
2. unravelled (of stitches) (I have a run stocking.)

Noun

1. an amount of liquid in a flow
2. amount of something made (The book's initial press run will be 5,000 copies.)
3. an animal's fastest pace
4. a period marked by a continuing trend (I'm having a run of bad luck.)
5. an enclosure for an animal (He set up a rabbit run.)
6. an errand (I need to run to the store.)
7. a flow of liquid (The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.)
8. an interval of distance or time (He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.)
9. a pace faster than jogging or walking (He broke into a run.)
10. a pipe or trough used to carry liquid
11. a pleasure trip
12. a point scored in baseball (He had five runs in that game!)
13. a rapid passage in music
14. a regular trip or route
15. a series of tries in a game that were successful
16. a series of performances of a show (The run lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.)
17. a sequence of cards in a suit in a card game
18. (in certain parts of the United States) a small creek. (The battle of Bull Run.)
19. a sudden large demand for something (There was a run on Christmas presents.)
20. unrestricted use of an area (He can have the run of the house.)
21. a line of knit stitches that has unravelled (I have a run in my stocking.)

Verb

1. 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.)
2. associate with others (That kid is running with a dangerous crowd these days.)
3. be a candidate for political office (I have decided to run for governor of California - Arnold Schwartzenegger.)
4. be communicated (There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.)
5. be subjected to
6. total, sum (The bill ran to $600.)
7. break or breach (He ran the roadblock.)
8. carry a football down the field (He ran the ball ninety yards for a touchdown.)
9. carry on illicit or illegal trade (He ran rum during Prohibition.)
10. cast or mold molten metal
11. continue for an amount (The book runs 655 pages.)
12. continue for a period of time (The sale will run for ten days.)
13. continue to be valid (The contract runs through 2008.)
14. display something (The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.)
15. flow or pour (Why is the hose still running?)
16. follow a route of travel (The bus runs on Elm Street.)
17. go at a fast pace, such as a gallop. (The horse ran the length of the track.)
18. go for assistance (When he's broke, he runs to me for money.)
19. range (It ran in quality from excellent to substandard.)
20. unravel (of stitches) (My stocking has run.)
21. tend towards (His taste in music runs to classical.)
22. control (When the General Manager is out, I run the facility.)
23. 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.)
24. leave quickly or in a hurry (Sorry, I've got to run: my house is on fire.)
25. migrate for spawning
26. move freely (Where the horses run free.)
27. move quickly across
28. operate (It's full, you can run the dishwasher now.)
29. work in an easy or smooth manner (This car runs like a dream. - Jack Warden in the movie Used Cars.)
30. perform an action (I will run a sample.)
31. put an animal in a race (He ran his best horse in the Derby.)
32. participate in a race (The horse will run the Preakness next year.)
33. perform an errand (I have to run to the store.)
34. release mucus (Your nose is running.)
35. repeatedly occur (Blue eyes run in his family.)
36. route an object a particular way
37. take off course (He was run off the road by a bicycle.)
38. transport persons or cargo (Could you run me over to the store?)
39. visit a person or place (For vacation, I think I'll run up to Canada.)
40. word a text (The speech runs as follows.)
41. be oriented in a particular direction (The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.)
42. initiate (I ran the program once it was installed.)

Idioms and Compounds

1. the runs (noun): diarrhea (I soiled myself again; I have the runs.)
2. 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.)
3. to run ragged (verb): exhaust (They just won't leave me alone; they're going to run me ragged.)
4. run out (verb): deplete supplies (We're about to run out of toilet paper.)
5. 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
• Indonesian: lari, berlari, menjalankan
• Japanese: 走る (はしる, hashiru), 走らせる (はしらせる, hashiraseru)
• Portuguese: correr
• Romanian: alerga
• Spanish: correr
• Norwegian: løpe

run (move quickly) (past participle)

• Breton: redet
• Dutch: gerend, gelopen
• German: gerannt, gelaufen
• Spanish: corrido

See Also

• move
• walk