Run vs. Spill — What's the Difference?

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Run
To move swiftly on foot so that both or all feet are not on the ground during each stride.
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To cause or allow (a substance) to run or fall out of a container.
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Run
To retreat rapidly; flee
When they heard the police siren, they ran.
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To scatter (objects) from containment
Spilled the armload of books on the desk.
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(Informal) To depart; leave
Sorry, I have to run.
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Spill
To shed (blood).
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Run
To migrate, especially to move in a shoal in order to spawn. Used of fish.
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Spill
To relieve the pressure of wind on (a sail).
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To move without hindrance or restraint
We let the dog run in the field.
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To cause or allow (wind) to be lost from a sail.
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Run
To move or go quickly or hurriedly
Run around doing errands.
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Spill
To cause to fall
The rider was spilled by his horse.
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To go when in trouble or distress
He is always running to his lawyer.
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(Informal) To disclose (something previously unknown); divulge
The witness spilled all the details about the suspect.
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To make a short, quick trip or visit
Ran next door to borrow a cup of sugar.
Ran down to the store.
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To run or fall out of a container or containment.
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To take part in a race or contest by running
Ran in the marathon.
Athletes who run for the gold medal.
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Spill
To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily.
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To compete in a race for elected office
Ran for mayor.
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To pour out or spread beyond limits
Fans spilled onto the playing field.
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To finish a race or contest in a specified position
Ran second.
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Spill
The act of spilling.
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Run
To move freely, as on wheels
The car ran downhill. The drawer runs on small bearings.
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Spill
An amount spilled.
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To travel over a regular route
The ferry runs every hour.
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A fall, as from a horse.
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Run
(Nautical) To sail or steer before the wind or on an indicated course
Run before a storm.
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Spill
A spillway.
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To flow, especially in a steady stream
Fresh water runs from the spring. Turn on the faucet and let the water run.
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Spill
A piece of wood or rolled paper used to light a fire.
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To melt and flow
The flame made the solder run.
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Spill
A small peg or rod, especially one used as a plug; a spile.
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To emit pus, mucus, or serous fluid
Pollen makes my nose run.
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(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
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Run
To be wet or covered with a liquid
The street ran with blood. The mourners' eyes ran with tears.
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(intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
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Run
To spread or dissolve, as dyes in fabric.
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(transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.
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To have dye spread or dissolve
Colorfast garments are not supposed to run.
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To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
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To extend, stretch, or reach in a certain direction or to a particular point
This road runs to the next town.
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To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
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Run
To extend, spread, or climb as a result of growing
Ivy ran up the wall.
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(transitive) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
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To become known or prevalent rapidly in or over an area
Disease that ran rampant.
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Spill
To cause to be thrown from a mount, a carriage, etc.
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To unravel along a line
Her stocking ran.
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To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
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To be valid or in effect, as in a given area
The speed limit runs only to the town line.
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(nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
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To be present as a valid accompaniment
Fishing rights run with ownership of the land.
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To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
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Run
To accumulate or accrue
The interest runs from the first of the month.
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(ambitransitive) To reveal information to an uninformed party.
He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist.
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To be in operation; function or work
The engine is running.
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(of a knot) To come undone.
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To pass; elapse
Days ran into weeks.
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(countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.
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To tend to persist or recur
Stinginess seems to run in that family.
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Spill
A fall or stumble.
The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.
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To pass into or become subject to a specified condition
We ran into debt.
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A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
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Run
To take a particular form, order, or expression
My reasoning runs thus. The report runs as follows.
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A slender piece of anything.
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To tend or incline
Their taste in art runs to the bizarre.
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Spill
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
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To occupy or exist in a certain range
The sizes run from small to large.
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A metallic rod or pin.
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To be presented or performed
The lecture is running late. The play ran for six months.
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(mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
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To be published or broadcast, especially as news
The story ran in the sports section on Sunday.
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(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
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To travel over on foot at a pace faster than a walk
Ran the entire distance.
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(obsolete) A small sum of money.
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To cause (an animal) to move quickly or rapidly
Ran the horse around the track.
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(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
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To allow to move without restraint
We like to run the dogs along the beach.
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Spill
A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
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To hunt or pursue; chase
Dogs running deer.
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Spill
A slender piece of anything.
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To cause to move quickly
She ran her fingers along the keyboard.
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Spill
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
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Run
(Nautical) To cause to move on a course
We ran our boat into a cove.
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Spill
A little sum of money.
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Run
To cause to be in a given condition
The toddlers ran me ragged.
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Spill
A metallic rod or pin.
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To cause to compete in a race
He ran two horses in the Kentucky Derby.
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A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.
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To present or nominate for elective office
The party ran her for senator.
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One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
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To convey or transport
Run me into town. Run the garbage over to the dump.
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Spill
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
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(Football) To attempt to advance (the ball) by carrying it.
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To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.
And gave him to the queen, all at her willTo choose whether she would him save or spill.
Greater glory think [it] to save than spill.
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Run
To smuggle
Run guns.
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To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.
They [the colors] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship.
Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in recreations.
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Run
To pass over or through
Run the rapids.
Run a roadblock.
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Spill
To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; - applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour.
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Run
To cause to flow
Run water into a tub.
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To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.
And to revenge his blood so justly spilt.
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Run
To be flowing with
The fountains ran champagne.
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Spill
To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
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Run
To melt, fuse, or smelt (metal).
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To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
That thou wilt suffer innocents to spill.
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To mold or cast (molten metal)
Run gold into ingots.
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To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.
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To cause to extend or pass
Run a rope between the poles.
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Liquid that is spilled;
Clean up the spills
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To mark or trace on a surface
Run a pencil line between two points.
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A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
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To sew with a continuous line of stitches
Run a seam.
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Spill
The act of allowing a fluid to escape
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To cause to unravel along a line
She ran her stocking on a splinter.
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Spill
A sudden drop from an upright position;
He had a nasty spill on the ice
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To submit for consideration or review
I'll run the idea by you before I write the proposal.
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Spill
Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container;
Spill the milk
Splatter water
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Run
To continue to present or perform
Ran the film for a month.
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Spill
Flow, run or fall out and become lost;
The milk spilled across the floor
The wine spilled onto the table
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Run
To publish in a periodical
Run an advertisement.
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Spill
Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over;
Spill the beans all over the table
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Run
To cause to crash or collide
Ran the car into a fence.
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Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities;
Shed tears
Spill blood
God shed His grace on Thee
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Run
To cause to penetrate
I ran a pin into my thumb.
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Reveal information;
If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!
The former employee spilled all the details
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To subject oneself or be subjected to
Run a risk.
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To have as an ongoing financial obligation
Run a deficit.
Run a tab.
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To be as a cost for; cost
Those hotel rooms can run you hundreds of dollars a night.
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To score (balls or points) consecutively in billiards
Run 15 balls.
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To clear (the table) in pool by consecutive scores.
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To cause to function; operate
Run a machine.
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To control, manage, or direct
Ran the campaign by himself.
A bureau that runs espionage operations.
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To do or carry out
Run errands.
Run an experiment.
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(Computers) To process or execute (a program or instruction).
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To compare (data) with data in a database or other storage medium
The police ran the license plate number to see if the car was registered.
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An act or period of running
How was your run this morning?.
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Run
A pace faster than a walk
Set off at a brisk run.
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A distance covered by running or traveling
A 10-mile run.
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The time taken to cover such a distance
By taxi, it is a two minutes' run from the station.
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A quick trip or visit
A run into town.
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A scheduled or regular route
A delivery run.
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A straight course or short distance followed by an aircraft before dropping a bomb on a target.
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A stretch or period of riding, as in a race or to the hounds.
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(Sports) The distance a golf ball rolls after hitting the ground.
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Unrestricted freedom or use of an area
We had the run of the library.
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(Sports) A running race
The winner of the mile run.
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A campaign for public office
She managed his successful senatorial run.
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(Baseball) A point scored by advancing around the bases and reaching home plate safely.
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(Football) A player's act of carrying the ball, usually for a specified distance
A 30-yard run.
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The migration of fish, especially in order to spawn.
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A group or school of fish ascending a river in order to spawn.
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A track or slope along or down which something can travel
A logging run.
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A pipe or channel through which something flows.
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(Sports) A particular type of passage down a hill or across country experienced by an athlete, such as a skier or bobsledder
Had two very good runs before the end of the day.
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A trail or way made or frequented by animals.
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An outdoor enclosure for domestic animals or poultry
A dog run.
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Australian & New Zealand A tract of open land used for raising livestock; a ranch.
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A continuous length or extent of something
A five-foot run of tubing.
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The direction, configuration, or lie of something
The run of the grain in leather.
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(Nautical) The immersed part of a ship's hull abaft of the middle body.
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A length of torn or unraveled stitches in a knitted fabric.
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(Geology) A vein or seam, as of ore or rock.
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A continuous period of operation, especially of a machine or factory
Gave the new furnace a run.
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The production achieved during such a period
A press run of 15,000 copies.
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(Computers) An execution of a specific program or instruction.
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A movement or flow
A run of sap.
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The duration or amount of such a flow.
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A drip of paint or a mark left by such a drip.
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Eastern Lower Northern US See creek.
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A fall or slide, as of sand or mud.
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An unbroken series or sequence
A run of dry summers.
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(Games) A continuous sequence of playing cards in one suit.
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An unbroken sequence or period of performances or presentations, as in the theater.
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A successful sequence of actions, such as well-played shots or victories in a sport.
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(Music) A rapid sequence of notes.
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A series of unexpected and urgent demands, as by depositors or customers
A run on a bank.
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A sustained state or condition
A run of good luck.
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A trend or tendency
The run of events.
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The average type, group, or category
The broad run of voters want the candidate to win.
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Runs(Informal)Diarrhea. Often used with the.
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Being in a melted or molten state
Run butter.
Run gold.
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Completely exhausted from running.
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To move swiftly.
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(intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. Compare walk.
Run, Sarah, run!
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(intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
The horse ran the length of the track.
I have been running all over the building looking for him.
Sorry, I've got to run; my house is on fire.
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(transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
Every day I run my dog across the field and back.
I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.
Run your fingers through my hair.
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To compete in a race.
The horse will run the Preakness next year.
I'm not ready to run a marathon.
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(transitive) To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.
Could you run me over to the store?
Please run this report upstairs to director's office.
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Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
The bus (train, plane, ferry boat, etc) runs between Newport and Riverside
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(transitive) To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.
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(intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
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To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
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(transitive) To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
The horse ran a great race.
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(intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.
When he's broke, he runs to me for money.
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To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
If you have a collision with a vehicle oncoming from the right, after having run priority to the right, you are at fault.
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To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
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(fluids) To flow.
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(intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.
The river runs through the forest.
There's blood running down your leg.
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To move or spread quickly.
There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.
The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten.
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(intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
Your nose is running.
Why is the hose still running?
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(transitive) To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot.
Could you run a bath for me, please?
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(intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
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(intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
During washing, the red from the rug ran onto the white sheet, staining it pink.
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To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
To run bullets
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To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
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(transitive) To control or manage, be in charge of.
My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.
She runs the fundraising.
My parents think they run my life.
He is running the candidate's expensive campaign.
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(intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
I have decided to run for governor of California.
We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year.
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To make participate in certain kinds of competitions
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(transitive) To make run in a race.
He ran his best horse in the Derby.
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(transitive) To make run in an election.
The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.
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To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
To run through life; to run in a circle
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(intransitive) To be presented in the media.
The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.
The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre.
Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.
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(transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
Run a story; run an ad
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(transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
To run guns; to run rum
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To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
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To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
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(intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
The border runs for 3000 miles.
The leash runs along a wire.
The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.
It ran in quality from excellent to substandard.
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(intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
The sale will run for ten days.
The contract runs through 2008.
The meeting ran late.
The book runs 655 pages.
The speech runs as follows: …
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(transitive) To make something extend in space.
I need to run this wire along the wall.
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(intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
My car stopped running.
That computer runs twenty-four hours a day.
Buses don't run here on Sunday.
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(transitive) To make a machine operate.
It's full. You can run the dishwasher now.
Don't run the engine so fast.
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(transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong.
Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice.
I will run the sample.
Don't run that software unless you have permission.
My computer is too old to run the new OS.
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To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
To run from one subject to another
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(copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
Our supplies are running low.
They frequently overspent and soon ran into debt.
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(transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.
Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece.
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(intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
My stocking is running.
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To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
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To cause to enter; to thrust.
To run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
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To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
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To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
To run a line
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To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
To run the risk of losing one's life
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To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
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To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
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To 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.
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To control or have precedence in a card game.
Every three or four hands he would run the table.
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To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
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(archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
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To have growth or development.
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 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.
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To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
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(golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
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To speedrun.
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Past participle of rin
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Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
I just got back from my morning run.
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Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) not necessarily on foot; dash or errand, trip.
I need to make a run to the store.
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A pleasure trip.
Let's go for a run in the car.
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Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
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Migration of fish.
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A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
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A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
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A (regular) trip or route.
The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.
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The route taken while running or skiing.
Which run did you do today?
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A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
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The distance sailed by a ship.
A good run; a run of fifty miles
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A voyage.
A run to China
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A trial.
The data got lost, so I'll have to perform another run of the experiment.
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The execution of a program or model
This morning's run of the SHIPS statistical model gave Hurricane Priscilla a 74% chance of gaining at least 30 knots of intensity in 24 hours, reconfirmed by the HMON and GFS dynamical models.
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(video games) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
This was my first successful run without losing any health.
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Unrestricted use. have the run of.
He can have the run of the house.
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An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
He set up a rabbit run.
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Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
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State of being current; currency; popularity.
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Continuous or sequential
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A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
I’m having a run of bad luck.
He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.
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A series of tries in a game that were successful.
If our team can keep up their strong defense, expect them to make a run in this tournament.
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A production quantity (such as in a factory).
Yesterday we did a run of 12,000 units.
The book’s initial press run will be 5,000 copies.
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The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.
It is the last week of our French cinema run.
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(slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
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(card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
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(music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
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A flow of liquid; a leak.
The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
A run of must in wine-making
The first run of sap in a maple orchard
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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".
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A quick pace, faster than a walk.
He broke into a run.
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(of horses) A fast gallop.
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(banking) A 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.
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Any sudden large demand for something.
There was a run on Christmas presents.
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Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
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The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
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The horizontal length of a set of stairs
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(construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
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A standard or unexceptional group or category.
He stood out from the usual run of applicants.
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In sports
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(baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
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(cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
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(American football) A running play.
[...] one of the greatest runs of all time.
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(golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
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(golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
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The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
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A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
I have a run in my stocking.
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(nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
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(mining) The 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.
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A pair or set of millstones.
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(speedrunning) Shortening of speedrun.
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In a liquid state; melted or molten.
Put some run butter on the vegetables.
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Cast in a mould.
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Exhausted; depleted especially with "down" or "out".
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Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
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Smuggled.
Run brandy
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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.
"Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they ran.
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To flee, as from fear or danger.
As from a bear a man would run for life.
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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.
The fire ran along upon the ground.
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To steal off; to depart secretly.
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To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run.
Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire.
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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 contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
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To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
She saw with joy the line immortal run,Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son.
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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.
And had her stock been less, no doubtShe must have long ago run out.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
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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.
Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted?
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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.
As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster.
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To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject.
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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.
When we desire anything, our minds run wholly on the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones.
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To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; - with on.
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To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.
Where the generally allowed practice runs counter to it.
Little is the wisdom, where the flightSo runs against all reason.
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To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
The king's ordinary style runneth, "Our sovereign lord the king."
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To be popularly known; to be generally received.
Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome.
Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself.
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To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.
If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves.
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To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds.
Temperate climates run into moderate governments.
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To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.
In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another.
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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.
Customs run only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid.
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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 pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
To run the world back to its first original.
I would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and run it up to its "punctum saliens."
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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.
You run your head into the lion's mouth.
Having run his fingers through his hair.
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To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
They ran the ship aground.
A talkative person runs himself upon great inconveniences by blabbing out his own or other's secrets.
Others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions.
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To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.
The purest gold must be run and washed.
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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.
Heavy impositions . . . are a strong temptation of running 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.
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.
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To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them.
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To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.
At the base of Pompey's statua,Which all the while ran blood, great Cæsar fell.
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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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To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
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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.
They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities.
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State of being current; currency; popularity.
It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long continuance, if not diversified with humor.
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Continued repetition on the stage; - said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run.
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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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A pleasure excursion; a trip.
I think of giving her a run in London.
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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 point; also, the point thus scored; 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; the Yankees scored three runs in the seventh inning.
The "runs" are made from wicket to wicket, the batsmen interchanging ends at each run.
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A pair or set of millstones.
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A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts.
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The movement communicated to a golf ball by running.
[Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run.
I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks.
Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men.
His whole appearance was something out of the common run.
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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.
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A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely;
The Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th
Their first tally came in the 3rd inning
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The act of testing something;
In the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately
He called each flip of the coin a new trial
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A race run on foot;
She broke the record for the half-mile run
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An unbroken series of events;
Had a streak of bad luck
Nicklaus had a run of birdies
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(American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball;
The defensive line braced to stop the run
The coach put great emphasis on running
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A regular trip;
The ship made its run in record time
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The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace;
He broke into a run
His daily run keeps him fit
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The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation;
The assembly line was on a 12-hour run
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Unrestricted freedom to use;
He has the run of the house
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The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.);
A daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint
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A small stream
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A race between candidates for elective office;
I managed his campaign for governor
He is raising money for a Senate run
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A row of unravelled stitches;
She got a run in her stocking
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The pouring forth of a fluid
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An unbroken chronological sequence;
The play had a long run on Broadway
The team enjoyed a brief run of victories
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A short trip;
Take a run into town
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Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time;
Don't run--you'll be out of breath
The children ran to the store
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Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run;
If you see this man, run!
The burglars escaped before the police showed up
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Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point;
Service runs all the way to Cranbury
His knowledge doesn't go very far
My memory extends back to my fourth year of life
The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets
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Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.;
She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
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Have a particular form;
The story or argument runs as follows
As the saying goes...
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Move along, of liquids;
Water flowed into the cave
The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
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Perform as expected when applied;
The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
Does this old car still run well?
This old radio doesn't work anymore
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Change or be different within limits;
Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion
Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent
The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals
My students range from very bright to dull
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Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position;
Who's running for treasurer this year?
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Cause to emit recorded sounds;
They ran the tapes over and over again
Can you play my favorite record?
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Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way;
Who are these people running around in the building?
She runs around telling everyone of her troubles
Let the dogs run free
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Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;
She tends to be nervous before her lectures
These dresses run small
He inclined to corpulence
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Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine;
Run the dishwasher
Run a new program on the Mac
The computer executed the instruction
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Be operating, running or functioning;
The car is still running--turn it off!
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Change from one state to another;
Run amok
Run rogue
Run riot
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Cause to perform;
Run a subject
Run a process
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Be affected by; be subjected to;
Run a temperature
Run a risk
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Continue to exist;
These stories die hard
The legend of Elvis endures
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Occur persistently;
Musical talent runs in the family
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Include as the content; broadcast or publicize;
We ran the ad three times
This paper carries a restaurant review
All major networks carried the press conference
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Carry out;
Run an errand
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Guide or pass over something;
He ran his eyes over her body
She ran her fingers along the carved figurine
He drew her hair through his fingers
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Cause something to pass or lead somewhere;
Run the wire behind the cabinet
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Make without a miss
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Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
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Cause an animal to move fast;
Run the dogs
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Be diffused;
These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run
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Sail before the wind
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Cover by running; run a certain distance;
She ran 10 miles that day
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Extend or continue for a certain period of time;
The film runs 5 hours
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Set animals loose to graze
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Keep company;
The heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring
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Run with the ball; in such sports as football
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Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means;
Run to the store!
She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there
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Travel a route regularly;
Ships ply the waters near the coast
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Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals);
Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
The dogs are running deer
The Duke hunted in these woods
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Compete in a race;
He is running the Marathon this year
Let's race and see who gets there first
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Progress by being changed;
The speech has to go through several more drafts
Run through your presentation before the meeting
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Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating;
Melt butter
Melt down gold
The wax melted in the sun
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Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging;
Her nylons were running
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Become undone;
The sweater unraveled
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