What is run?

More definitions of "run":

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

• (verb): Make without a miss.

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

• (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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• (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

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

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

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

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

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

• (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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• (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): 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

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

• (verb): Become undone.
  Synonyms: unravel

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

• (verb): Set animals loose to graze.

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

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

• (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

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

• (verb): Sail before the wind.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Famous quotes containing the word run:

“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

““... Estelle’s run off.”
“Yes, what’s it all about? When did she go?”
“Two weeks since.”
“She’s in earnest, it appears.””
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“This day I breathèd first—time is come round,
And where I did begin, there shall I end.
My life is run his compass.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)