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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

run (third-person singular simple present runs, present participle running, simple past ran, past participle run, for more see conjugation table)

  1. To move swiftly.
    1. (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
    2. (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
    3. (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
    4. (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
    5. (transitive) To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.
    6. (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
    7. (transitive) To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.
    8. (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
    9. (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
    10. (transitive) To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
    11. (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
    12. (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
    13. (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
  2. (fluids) To flow.
    1. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.
    2. (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
    3. (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
    4. (transitive) To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
    5. (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
    6. (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
    7. To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
  3. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
  4. (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
  5. (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
  6. To make participate in certain kinds of competitions.

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