Definitions
1.verbTo run.
2.nounAct or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet."I just got back from my morning run."
3.nounAct or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip."I need to make a run to the store."
4.nounA pleasure trip."Let's go for a run in the car."
5.nounFlight, instance or period of fleeing.
6.nounMigration (of fish).
7.nounA group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
8.nounA path taken by literal movement or figuratively
9.nounAn enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel."He set up a rabbit run."
10.nounRural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
11.nounState of being current; currency; popularity.
12.nounContinuous or sequential
13.nounA flow of liquid; a leak."The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me."
14.noun(West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)"The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run"."
15.nounA quick pace, faster than a walk."He broke into a run."
16.nounA sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals."Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings."
17.nounAny sudden large demand for something."There was a run on Christmas presents."
18.nounVarious horizontal dimensions or surfaces
19.nounA standard or unexceptional group or category."He stood out from the usual run of applicants."
20.nounIn sports
21.nounA line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking."I have a run in my stocking."
22.nounThe stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
23.nounThe horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence 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.
24.nounA pair or set of millstones.
25.verbTo move swiftly.
26.verb(fluids) To flow.
27.verb(of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
28.verbTo control or manage, be in charge of."He is running the candidate's expensive campaign."
29.verbTo be a candidate in an election."I have decided to run for governor of California."
30.verbTo make run in a race or an election."He ran his best horse in the Derby."
31.verbTo exert continuous activity; to proceed."to run through life; to run in a circle"
32.verbTo be presented in the media."Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper."
33.verbTo print or broadcast in the media."run a story; run an ad"
34.verbTo smuggle (illegal goods)."to run guns; to run rum"
35.verbTo sort through a large volume of produce in quality control."Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again."
36.verbTo extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
37.verbTo execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program."Don't run that software unless you have permission."
38.verbTo pass or go quickly in thought or conversation."to run from one subject to another"
39.verbTo become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse)."Our supplies are running low."
40.verbTo cost a large amount of money."Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars."
41.verbOf stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel."My stocking is running."
42.verbTo pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
43.verbTo cause to enter; to thrust."to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot"
44.verbTo drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
45.verbTo cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine."to run a line"
46.verbTo encounter or incur (a danger or risk)."to run the risk of losing one's life"
47.verbTo put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
48.verbTo tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
49.verbTo sew (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.
50.verbTo control or have precedence in a card game."Every three or four hands he would run the table."
51.verbTo be in form thus, as a combination of words.
52.verbTo be popularly known; to be generally received.
53.verbTo have growth or development."Boys and girls run up rapidly."
54.verbTo tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
55.verbTo have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company."Certain covenants run with the land."
56.verbTo encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
57.verbTo strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
58.verbTo speedrun.
59.adjectiveIn a liquid state; melted or molten."Put some run butter on the vegetables."
60.adjectiveCast in a mould.
61.adjectiveExhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
62.adjective(of a zoology) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
63.adjectiveSmuggled."run brandy"