run

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

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /'/
• IPA: /'ɻʌn/

Adjective

1. afflicted with diarrhea (I soiled myself again, I have the runs.)
2. exhausted (They have run' me ragged.)
3. melted (Put some run butter on the vegetables.)

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 continuing period of time
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
8. an interval of distance or time
9. normal direction in use (The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.)
10. a pace faster than jogging or walking.
11. a pipe or trough used to carry liquid
12. a pleasure trip
13. a point scored in baseball
14. a rapid passage in music
15. a regular trip or route
16. a series of tries in a game that were successful
17. a series of performances of a show
18. a sequence of cards in a suit in a card game
19. (in certain parts of the United States) a small creek. (The battle of Bull Run.)
20. a sudden large demand for something
21. unrestricted use of an area (He can have the run of the house.)

Verb

1. to move forward quickly using only one's own legs. (Run, Sarah, Run! - Michael Bien in the movie The Terminator.)

Translations (to run)

• 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
2. past participle of to run

Translations (past participle)

• Breton: redet
• Dutch: gerend, gelopen
• German: gerannt, gelaufen
• Spanish: corrido
3. associate with others
4. be a candidate for political office (I have decided to run for governor of California - Arnold Schwartzenegger.)
5. be in a certain condition (We're about to run out of toilet paper.)
6. to be communicated (There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.)
7. be in a specific position in a race or contest (Until his arrest for cruelty to animals, he was the front runner to win election as dogcatcher.)
8. to be subjected to (His fever runs 105.)
9. break or breach (He ran the roadblock.)
10. to carry a football down the field
11. carry on illicit or illegal trade (He ran rum during prohibition.)
12. to cast or mold molten metal
13. to continue for an amount (The book runs 655 pages.)
14. to continue for a period of time (The sale will run ten days.)
15. continue to be valid (The contract runs four more years.)
16. to display something (The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.)
17. to flow or pour (Squeeze the handle on the nozzle to get the hose to run.)
18. to follow a route of travel (The bus runs on Elm Street.)
19. go at a fast pace, such as a gallop.
20. go for assistance (When he's broke, he runs to me for money.)
21. to have a range (It ran in quality from excellent to substandard.)
22. to have stitches unravel (I have a run in my stocking.)
23. to have a tendency (His taste in music runs to classical.)
24. have control over (When the General Manager is out, I run the facility.)
25. to leak or spread in an undesirable fashion (He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet)
26. leave quickly or in a hurry
27. to migrate for spawning
28. move freely (Where the horses run free.)
29. move quickly across
30. to operate (It's full, you can run the dishwasher now.)
31. operate in an easy or smooth manner (This car runs like a dream. - Jack warden in the movie Used Cars.)
32. perform an action (I will run a sample.)
33. a period of occurrance (I'm having a run of bad luck.)
34. put an animal in a race
35. sum (The bill runs $200.)
36. to perform an errand (I have to run to the store.)
37. to release mucus (Your nose is running.)
38. to repeatedly occur (Blue eyes run in his family.)
39. to route an object a particular way
40. to take off course (He was run off the road by a bicycle.)
41. transport persons or cargo (Run me over to the store.)
42. visit a person or place (For vacation, I think I'll run up to Canada.)
43. to word a text (The speech runs' as follows.)

See Also

• move
• walk