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Old English ''[[rinnan]]''
Old English ''[[rinnan]]''


[[Image:Flickr cc runner wisconsin u.jpg|thumb|a runner running (sense 1)]]
===Verb===
===Verb===
[[Category:English irregular verbs]]
[[Category:English irregular verbs]]
{{en-verb|runs|running|ran|run}}
{{en-verb|runs|running|ran|run}}


# {{intransitive}}: To [[move]] forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off of either foot, compare: [[walk]].
#{{intransitive}} To [[move]] forward [[quickly]] upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off of either foot, compare: [[walk]].
#:'''''Run''', Sarah, '''Run!'''''
#::'' '''Run''', Sarah, '''run'''!''
# {{intransitive}}: To go at a fast pace, to move [[quickly]].
#{{intransitive}} To [[go]] at a [[fast]] pace, to move [[quickly]].
#:''The horse '''ran''' the length of the track.''
#::''The horse '''ran''' the length of the track.''
#:''I have been '''running''' all over the building looking for him.''
#::''I have been '''running''' all over the building looking for him.''
#:''Sorry, I've got to '''run'''; my house is on fire.''
#::''Sorry, I've got to '''run'''; my house is on fire.''
# {{intransitive}}: To continue.
#{{intransitive}} (''metaphorical'') To move or [[spread]] quickly.
#:''The speech '''runs''' as follows:...''
#::''There's a strange story '''running''' around the neighborhood.''
#::''The flu is '''running''' through my daughter's kindergarten.''
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# {{intransitive}}: To be communicated.
#{{transitive}} To [[cause]] to move quicky; to make move [[lightly]].
#:''There's a strange story '''running''' around the neighborhood.''
#::''Every day I '''run''' my dog across the field and back.''
⚫
# {{intransitive}}: To display something.
#:''The story will '''run''' on the 6-o’clock news.''
#::''I'll just '''run''' the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.''
⚫
#::'''''Run''' your fingers through my hair.''
# {{intransitive}}: To release fluid.
⚫
#{{transitive}} To [[control]] or [[manage]], be in [[charge]] of.
⚫
#:''Your nose is '''running'''.''
#::''My uncle '''ran''' a corner store for forty years.''
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# {{intransitive}}: To be oriented in a particular direction.
#:''The grain of the wood '''runs''' to the right on this table.''
#::''She '''runs''' the fundraising.''
#::''My parents think they '''run''' my life.''
# {{intransitive}}: To repeatedly occur.
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#{{intransitive}} Of a [[liquid]], to [[flow]].
⚫
#:''Blue eyes '''run''' in his family.''
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#::''The river '''runs''' through the forest.''
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# {{intransitive}}: To participate in a race.
#:''The horse will '''run''' the Preakness next year.''
#::''There's blood '''running''' down your leg.''
# {{intransitive}}: To follow a route of travel.
#{{intransitive}} Of an object, to have a liquid [[flow]]ing from it.
#:''The bus '''runs''' on Elm Street.''
#::''Your nose is '''running'''.''
#:''The leash [[run]]s along a wire.''
#::''Why is the hose still '''running'''?''
#::''My cup '''runneth''' over.''
⚫
# {{intransitive}}: To be a candidate for political office.
#{{transitive}} To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.
⚫
#:''I have decided to '''run''' for governor of California.''
#::''You'll have to '''run''' the water a while before it gets hot.''
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# {{intransitive}}, (''fish''): To migrate for spawning.
#::'''''Run''' the tap until the water gets hot.''
# {{intransitive}}: To continue for a period of time, continue to be valid.
#{{intransitive}} To [[extend]] in [[space]] or through a [[range]] of possibilities (often with a measure phrase).
⚫
#:''The sale will '''run''' for ten days.''
#:''The contract '''runs''' through 2008.''
#::''The border '''runs''' for 3000 miles.''
⚫
#::''The leash '''runs''' along a wire.''
⚫
# {{transitive}}: To be in [[charge]] of.
#::''The grain of the wood '''runs''' to the right on this table.''
#:''She [[run]]s the fundraising.''
⚫
#::''It '''ran''' in quality from excellent to substandard.''
⚫
# {{intransitive}}: To [[break]] or [[breach]].
#{{intransitive}} To [[extend]] in [[time]], to [[last]], to [[continue]] (usually with a measure phrase).
⚫
#:''He '''ran''' through the roadblock.''
⚫
#::''The sale will '''run''' for ten days.''
⚫
# {{transitive}}, {{football}} To carry a football down the field.
#:''He '''ran''' the ball ninety yards for a touchdown.''
#::''The contract '''runs''' through 2008.''
#::''The meeting '''ran''' late.''
# {{transitive}}: To cast or to mold molten metal.
#::''The book '''runs''' 655 pages.''
# {{intransitive}}: To flow or to pour.
#:''Why is the hose still '''running'''?''
#::''The speech '''runs''' as follows:...''
# {{transitive}}: To go for, to come to.
#{{transitive}} To make something extend in space.
#:''When he's broke, he '''runs''' to me for money.''
#::''I need to '''run''' this wire along the wall.''
# {{intransitive}}: To go in a range.
#{{intransitive}} For a [[machine]], to be [[operate|operating]] or [[work]]ing normally.
#::''My car stopped '''running'''.''
⚫
#:''It '''ran''' in quality from excellent to substandard.''
#::''That computer '''runs''' twenty-four hours a day.''
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# {{transitive}}: To continue for an amount.
#:''The book '''runs''' 655 pages.''
#::''Buses don't '''run''' here on Sunday.''
# {{intransitive}}: To unravel (of stitches.)
#{{transitive}} To make a machine [[operate]].
#:''My stocking is '''running'''.''
#::''It's full. You can '''run''' the dishwasher now.''
#::''Don't '''run''' the engine so fast.''
⚫
# {{intransitive}}: To tend towards.
#{{transitive}} To [[execute]] or [[carry out]] a [[plan]], a [[procedure]], or a [[program]].
⚫
#:''His taste in music '''runs''' to the classical.''
#::''They '''ran''' twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong.''
⚫
# {{intransitive}}: To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion (generally used of [[dye]].)
#::''Our coach had us '''running''' plays for the whole practice.''
⚫
#:''He discovered during washing that the red rug '''ran''' on his white sheet, staining it pink.''
#::''My computer doesn't have enough memory to '''run''' the next version of Windows.''
# {{transitive}}: To operate, to initiate, to perform an action.
#:''It's full, you can '''run''' the dishwasher now.''
#::''I will '''run''' the sample.''
⚫
#{{transitive}}, {{intransitive}} To [[compete]] in a [[race]].
⚫
#:''I '''ran''' the program once it was installed.''
#:''I will '''run''' a sample.''
#::''The horse will '''run''' the Preakness next year.''
#::''I'm not ready to '''run''' a marathon.''
# {{transitive}}: To enter into a race.
⚫
#{{intransitive}} To be a [[candidate]] in an [[election]].
#:''He '''ran''' his best horse in the Derby.''
⚫
#::''I have decided to '''run''' for governor of California.''
# {{intransitive}}: To perform an errand.
#:''I have to '''run''' to the store.''
#::''We're trying to find somebody to '''run''' against him next year.''
# {{transitive}}: To route an object a particular way.
#{{transitive}} To make run in a race or an election.
⚫
#::''He '''ran''' his best horse in the Derby.''
# {{transitive}}: To take off course.
#:''He was '''run''' off the road by a bicycle.''
#::''The Green Party is '''running''' twenty candidates in this election.''
⚫
#{{intransitive}} To be [[offer]]ed in one of the [[media]].
# {{transitive}}: To transport persons or cargo.
#:''Could you '''run''' me over to the store?''
#::''The story will '''run''' on the 6-o'clock news.''
#::''The latest Robin Williams movie is '''running''' at the Silver City theatre.''
# How fast an amount (of [[liquid]]) in a flow will proceed.
#:''The flow in this hydrant will '''run''' 50 psi.''
#::''Her picture '''ran''' on the front page of the newspaper.''
#{{transitive}} To [[print]] or [[broadcast]] in the media -- ''to '''run''' a story, to '''run''' an ad''.
#:''The ice will '''run''' downhill at 3 miles per hour.''
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#{{intransitive}} To [[leak]] or [[spread]] in an undesirable fashion , to [[bleed]] (especially used of [[dye]] or [[paint]]).
⚫
#::''He discovered during washing that the red rug '''ran''' on his white sheet, staining it pink.''
#{{transitive}} To go [[through]] without [[stop]]ping (usually illegally) -- '''''run''' a red light, '''run''' a stop sign, '''run''' a blockade''.
⚫
#{{transitive}} To [[transport]] someone or something.
#::''Could you '''run''' me over to the store?''
#::''Please '''run''' this report upstairs to director's office.''
#{{transitive}} To [[smuggle]] [[illegal]] goods. -- '''''run''' guns, '''run''' rum''.
⚫
#{{transitive}}, {{intransitive}} To [[cost]].
#::''Buying a new laptop will '''run''' you a thousand dollars.''
⚫
#{{intransitive}}, (''fish''): To [[migrate]] for [[spawning]].
⚫
#{{intransitive}}, {{soccer}} To carry a [[football]] down the field.
⚫
#{{intransitive}} To [[unravel]] (of [[stitches]]).
⚫
#::''My stocking is '''running'''.''
⚫
#{{intransitive}} To [[flee]] away from a [[danger]] or towards help.
#::''Whenever things get tough, she cuts and '''runs'''.''
#::''When he's broke, he '''runs''' to me for money.''




====Translations====
====Translations====

Revision as of 03:48, 31 October 2006

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology

Old English rinnan

a runner running (sense 1)

Verb

run (third-person singular simple present runs, present participle running, simple past ran, past participle run)

  1. Template:intransitive To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off of either foot, compare: walk.
    Run, Sarah, run!
  2. Template:intransitive To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.
    The horse ran the length of the track.
    I have been running all over the building looking for him.
    Sorry, I've got to run; my house is on fire.
  3. Template:intransitive (metaphorical) To move or spread quickly.
    There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.
    The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten.
  4. Template:transitive To cause to move quicky; to make move lightly.
    Every day I run my dog across the field and back.
    I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.
    Run your fingers through my hair.
  5. Template:transitive To control or manage, be in charge of.
    My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.
    She runs the fundraising.
    My parents think they run my life.
  6. Template:intransitive Of a liquid, to flow.
    The river runs through the forest.
    There's blood running down your leg.
  7. Template:intransitive Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
    Your nose is running.
    Why is the hose still running?
    My cup runneth over.
  8. Template:transitive To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.
    You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot.
    Run the tap until the water gets hot.
  9. Template:intransitive To extend in space or through a range of possibilities (often with a measure phrase).
    The border runs for 3000 miles.
    The leash runs along a wire.
    The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.
    It ran in quality from excellent to substandard.
  10. Template:intransitive To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
    The sale will run for ten days.
    The contract runs through 2008.
    The meeting ran late.
    The book runs 655 pages.
    The speech runs as follows:...
  11. Template:transitive To make something extend in space.
    I need to run this wire along the wall.
  12. Template:intransitive For a machine, to be operating or working normally.
    My car stopped running.
    That computer runs twenty-four hours a day.
    Buses don't run here on Sunday.
  13. Template:transitive To make a machine operate.
    It's full. You can run the dishwasher now.
    Don't run the engine so fast.
  14. Template:transitive To execute or carry out a plan, a procedure, or a program.
    They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong.
    Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice.
    My computer doesn't have enough memory to run the next version of Windows.
    I will run the sample.
  15. Template:transitive, Template:intransitive To compete in a race.
    The horse will run the Preakness next year.
    I'm not ready to run a marathon.
  16. Template:intransitive To be a candidate in an election.
    I have decided to run for governor of California.
    We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year.
  17. Template:transitive To make run in a race or an election.
    He ran his best horse in the Derby.
    The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.
  18. Template:intransitive To be offered in one of the media.
    The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.
    The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre.
    Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.
  19. Template:transitive To print or broadcast in the media -- to run a story, to run an ad.
  20. Template:intransitive To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion , to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
    He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet, staining it pink.
  21. Template:transitive To go through without stopping (usually illegally) -- run a red light, run a stop sign, run a blockade.
  22. Template:transitive To transport someone or something.
    Could you run me over to the store?
    Please run this report upstairs to director's office.
  23. Template:transitive To smuggle illegal goods. -- run guns, run rum.
  24. Template:transitive, Template:intransitive To cost.
    Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.
  25. Template:intransitive, (fish): To migrate for spawning.
  26. Template:intransitive, Template:soccer To carry a football down the field.
  27. Template:intransitive To unravel (of stitches).
    My stocking is running.
  28. Template:intransitive To flee away from a danger or towards help.
    Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.
    When he's broke, he runs to me for money.


Translations

to run (move quickly) Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 10: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.

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Kurmancî: bezîn, revîn, bazdan
Kurdish: (Soranî): rakirdin

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Adjective

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  1. In a liquid state; melted; molten.
    Put some run butter on the vegetables.
  2. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out".)

Noun

run (plural runs)

  1. The act of running.
    I just got back from my run.
  2. The route taken while running.
    Which run did you do today?
  3. A flow of liquid; a leak.
    The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
  4. Template:US A small creek or part thereof.
  5. The amount of something made.
    The book’s initial press run will be 5,000 copies.
    The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.
  6. A pace faster than a walk.
    He broke into a run.
  7. (of horses): A fast gallop.
  8. An interval of distance or time, a period marked by a continuing trend.
    He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.
    I’m having a run of bad luck.
  9. A series of tries in a game that were successful.
  10. A regular trip or route.
    The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.
  11. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
    He set up a rabbit run.
  12. An errand or the journey associated with an errand.
    I need to make a run to the store.
  13. A pleasure trip.
  14. Template:sports A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
  15. Template:sports A point scored in baseball and cricket.
  16. Template:music A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
  17. (computers) To begin, process or execute computer software or program or instruction.
    Don't run that software unless you have permission.
  18. A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
  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.
  22. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.

Translations

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Related terms

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See also

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Old English

Etymology

From Germanic *rūnō. Cognate with Old Saxon rūna, Old High German rūna (German Raun), Old Norse rún, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰.

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. a mystery or secret
    Rune healdan: to keep one’s counsel.
  2. advice, counsel
  3. writing; a rune

Descendants

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