What is run?

More definitions of "run":

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

• (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

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

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

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

• (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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• (verb): Set animals loose to graze.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• (verb): Become undone.
  Synonyms: unravel

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

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

• (verb): Make without a miss.

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

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

• (verb): Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.
  Synonyms: melt, melt down

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Famous quotes containing the word run:

“It’s no good comin’ to me. I can’t help you. Nobody can help you. I don’t want any help. I just want to ... I just want to sit down and rest. I can’t ... run ... anymore.”
—Jo Eisinger, and Jules Dassin. Anna O’Leary (Maureen Delaney)

“It is said that some Western steamers can run on a heavy dew, whence we can imagine what a canoe may do.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly say “I do not play bridge” is allowed to go over in the corner and run the pianola by himself, while the poor neophyte, no matter how much he may protest that he isn’t “at all a good player, in fact I’m perfectly rotten,” is never believed, but dragged into a game where it is discovered, too late, that he spoke the truth.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)