What is run?

More definitions of "run":

• (noun): A regular trip.
  Example: "The ship made its run in record time"

• (verb): Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position.
  Synonyms: campaign

• (verb): Set animals loose to graze.

• (verb): Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.
  Example: "These dresses run small"
  Synonyms: tend, be given, lean, incline

• (verb): Change from one state to another.
  Example: "Run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"

• (noun): The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.).
  Example: "A daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"

• (verb): Change or be different within limits.
  Example: "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"
  Synonyms: range

• (noun): The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation.
  Example: "The assembly line was on a 12-hour run"

• (verb): Run with the ball; in such sports as football.

• (verb): Carry out.
  Example: "Run an errand"

• (verb): Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging.
  Synonyms: ladder

• (noun): An unbroken series of events.
  Example: "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"
  Synonyms: streak

• (noun): A race between candidates for elective office.
  Example: "He is raising money for a Senate run"
  Synonyms: political campaign, campaign

• (noun): Unrestricted freedom to use.
  Example: "He has the run of the house"

• (verb): Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor.
  Synonyms: black market

• (verb): Guide or pass over something.
  Synonyms: guide, draw, pass

• (verb): Cover by running; run a certain distance.
  Example: "She ran 10 miles that day"

• (verb): Compete in a race.
  Synonyms: race

• (verb): Cause to perform.
  Example: "Run a subject"; "run a process"

• (verb): Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine.
  Example: "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"
  Synonyms: execute

• (noun): A short trip.
  Example: "Take a run into town"

• (verb): Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time.
  Example: "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"

• (verb): Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means.
  Example: "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"

• (verb): Sail before the wind.

• (verb): Extend or continue for a certain period of time.
  Synonyms: run for

• (noun): A small stream.
  Synonyms: rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet

• (noun): The act of testing something.
  Synonyms: test, trial

• (verb): Be diffused.
  Example: "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
  Synonyms: bleed

• (noun): A race run on foot.
  Example: "She broke the record for the half-mile run"
  Synonyms: footrace, foot race

• (verb): Cause an animal to move fast.
  Example: "Run the dogs"

• (verb): Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals).
  Synonyms: hunt, hunt down, track down

• (verb): Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way.
  Example: "Who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free"

• (verb): Move along, of liquids.
  Synonyms: flow, feed, course

• (noun): The pouring forth of a fluid.
  Synonyms: discharge, outpouring

• (verb): Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
  Example: "If you see this man, run!"
  Synonyms: scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away

• (verb): Become undone.
  Synonyms: unravel

• (verb): Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.
  Synonyms: go, pass, lead, extend

• (verb): Include as the content; broadcast or publicize.
  Synonyms: carry

• (verb): Continue to exist.
  Synonyms: prevail, persist, die hard, endure

• (verb): Be operating, running or functioning.
  Example: "The car is still running--turn it off!"

• (verb): Perform as expected when applied.
  Example: "Does this old car still run well?"
  Synonyms: function, work, operate, go

• (verb): Progress by being changed.
  Example: "Run through your presentation before the meeting"
  Synonyms: move, go

• (verb): Keep company.
  Example: "The heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring"
  Synonyms: consort

• (verb): Cause to emit recorded sounds.
  Synonyms: play

• (verb): Travel a route regularly.
  Synonyms: ply

• (noun): A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
  Synonyms: tally

• (noun): (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball.
  Example: "The defensive line braced to stop the run"
  Synonyms: running, running play, running game

• (noun): The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace.
  Example: "He broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"
  Synonyms: running

• (verb): Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc..
  Synonyms: operate

• (verb): Occur persistently.
  Example: "Musical talent runs in the family"

• (verb): Be affected by; be subjected to.
  Example: "Run a temperature"; "run a risk"

• (noun): An unbroken chronological sequence.
  Example: "The play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories"

• (verb): Cause something to pass or lead somewhere.
  Example: "Run the wire behind the cabinet"
  Synonyms: lead

• (verb): Have a particular form.
  Synonyms: go

• (verb): Make without a miss.

• (noun): A row of unravelled stitches.
  Example: "She got a run in her stocking"
  Synonyms: ladder, ravel

Famous quotes containing the word run:

“As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“Something in me wanted to find out how far I could run without stopping.”
—Jacki Hanson (b. 1948)

“Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.
The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers,
Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends
Or other testimony of summer nights. The nymphs are departed.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)