Définitions
1.AdjectiveAlternative form of run-in (adjective)
Having been run in before or behind previous text."These headings are run in because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches.; The engine should be well run in before its heavy working life begins."
2.AdjectiveHaving been run in before or behind previous text."These headings are run in because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches."
3.AdjectiveHaving been run in to seat the parts."The engine should be well run in before its heavy working life begins."
4.NounAlternative spelling of run-in
5.VerbTo arrest; to track down and arrest."The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in."
6.VerbTo use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage."I have to drive slowly for the first 1,000 miles to run the engine in."
7.VerbTo start a new regime slowly.
8.VerbTo score (a try).
9.VerbTo insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging)."With these subsections, it is better to run their headings in."
10.VerbTo alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
11.Verbsimple past and past participle of run in