run

1. of Run Source: opted

2. p. p. of Run Source: opted

3. a. 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. Source: opted

4. a. To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. Source: opted

5. a. To flee, as from fear or danger. Source: opted

6. a. To steal off; to depart secretly. Source: opted

7. a. To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress. Source: opted

8. a. 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. Source: opted

9. a. To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle. Source: opted

10. a. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another. Source: opted

11. a. To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on. Source: opted

12. a. To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on. Source: opted

13. a. To creep, as serpents. Source: opted

14. a. 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. Source: opted

15. a. To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread. Source: opted

16. a. To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. Source: opted

17. a. To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round. Source: opted

18. a. 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. Source: opted

19. a. To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. Source: opted

20. a. To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station. Source: opted

21. a. To make progress; to proceed; to pass. Source: opted

22. a. 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. Source: opted

23. a. To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west. Source: opted

24. a. To be in form thus, as a combination of words. Source: opted

25. a. To be popularly known; to be generally received. Source: opted

26. a. To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. Source: opted

27. a. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. Source: opted

28. a. To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing. Source: opted

29. a. 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. Source: opted

30. a. To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run. Source: opted

31. a. To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs. Source: opted

32. a. To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months. Source: opted

33. a. To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels. Source: opted

34. a. 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. Source: opted

35. a. 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. Source: opted

36. v. t. 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. Source: opted

37. v. i. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. Source: opted

38. v. i. To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot. Source: opted

39. v. i. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven. Source: opted

40. v. i. To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like. Source: opted

41. v. i. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line. Source: opted

42. v. i. To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods. Source: opted

43. v. i. To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career. Source: opted

44. v. i. To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress. Source: opted

45. v. i. 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. Source: opted

46. v. i. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. Source: opted

47. v. i. To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water. Source: opted

48. v. i. To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood. Source: opted

49. v. i. To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel. Source: opted

50. v. i. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. Source: opted

51. v. i. 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. Source: opted

52. v. i. To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn. Source: opted

53. n. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. Source: opted

54. n. A small stream; a brook; a creek. Source: opted

55. n. 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. Source: opted

56. n. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck. Source: opted

57. n. State of being current; currency; popularity. Source: opted

58. n. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights. Source: opted

59. n. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes. Source: opted

60. n. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run. Source: opted

61. n. The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter. Source: opted

62. n. The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles. Source: opted

63. n. A voyage; as, a run to China. Source: opted

64. n. A pleasure excursion; a trip. Source: opted

65. n. 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. Source: opted

66. n. A roulade, or series of running tones. Source: opted

67. n. The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed. Source: opted

68. n. 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. Source: opted

69. n. 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. Source: opted

70. n. A pair or set of millstones. Source: opted

71. a. Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead. Source: opted

72. a. Smuggled; as, run goods. Source: opted

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