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To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly,
smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate.
Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon,
etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse,
a dog. |
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To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. |
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To flee, as from fear or danger. |
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To steal off; to depart secretly. |
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To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to
become a candidate; as, to run for Congress. |
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To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a
certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil
practices; to run in debt. |
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To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through
life; to run in a circle. |
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To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run
from one subject to another. |
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To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; --
with on. |
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To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a
bank; -- with on. |
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To creep, as serpents. |
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To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as,
rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold. |
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To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread. |
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To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. |
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To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a
wheel runs swiftly round. |
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To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means;
to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to
Chicago. |
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To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to
New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. |
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To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the
stage runs between the hotel and the station. |
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To make progress; to proceed; to pass. |
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To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as,
this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week. |
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To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west. |
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To be in form thus, as a combination of words. |
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To be popularly known; to be generally received. |
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To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up
rapidly. |
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To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. |
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To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in
washing. |
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To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force,
effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain
covenants run with the land. |
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To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has
thirty days to run. |
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To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs. |
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To be played on the stage a number of successive days or
nights; as, the piece ran for six months. |
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To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or
sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels. |
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Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which
each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for
an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body. |
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To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant
in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished
from walking in athletic competition. |
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To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as,
to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through
a block. |
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To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. |
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To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or
through the body; to run a nail into the foot. |
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To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven. |
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To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets,
and the like. |
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To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to
determine; as, to run a line. |
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To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to
smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods. |
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To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race;
to run a certain career. |
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To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for
office; as, to run some one for Congress. |
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To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the
risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below. |
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To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. |
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To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be
bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water. |
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To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing;
as, the rivers ran blood. |
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To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or
a hotel. |
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To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. |
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To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material
in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the
needle at the same time. |
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To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to
ascend a river in order to spawn. |
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The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run;
to go on the run. |
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A small stream; a brook; a creek. |
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That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation,
or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first
run of sap in a maple orchard. |
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A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course
or series; as, a run of good or bad luck. |
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State of being current; currency; popularity. |
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Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to
have a run of a hundred successive nights. |
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A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank
or treasury for payment of its notes. |
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A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep
run. |
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The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward
the stern, under the quarter. |
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The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty
miles. |
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A voyage; as, a run to China. |
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A pleasure excursion; a trip. |
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The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried,
either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the
formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance
takes. |
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A roulade, or series of running tones. |
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The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed
upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed. |
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The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said
of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or
ascend a river for the purpose of spawning. |
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In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player,
which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket
to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three
runs; the side went out with two hundred runs. |
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A pair or set of millstones. |
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Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run
butter; run iron or lead. |
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Smuggled; as, run goods. |
