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Run   /rən/   Listen
verb
Run  v. t.  (past ran; past part. run; pres. part. running)  
1.
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.
2.
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.""
3.
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."
4.
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."
5.
To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like. "The purest gold must be run and washed."
6.
To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.
7.
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."
8.
To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.
9.
To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress. (Colloq. U.S.)
10.
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. "He runneth two dangers." "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.".
11.
To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. "He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them."
12.
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 Caesar fell."
13.
To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.
14.
To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel. (Colloq. U.S.)
15.
To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. (Colloq.)
16.
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.
17.
To migrate or move in schools; said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.
18.
(Golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
To run a blockade, to get to, or away from, a blockaded port in safety.
To run down.
(a)
(Hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted; as, to run down a stag.
(b)
(Naut.) To run against and sink, as a vessel.
(c)
To crush; to overthrow; to overbear. "Religion is run down by the license of these times."
(d)
To disparage; to traduce.
To run hard.
(a)
To press in competition; as, to run one hard in a race.
(b)
To urge or press importunately.
(c)
To banter severely.
To run into the ground, to carry to an absurd extreme; to overdo. (Slang, U.S.)
To run off, to cause to flow away, as a charge of molten metal from a furnace.
To run on (Print.), to carry on or continue, as the type for a new sentence, without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a)
To thrust or push out; to extend.
(b)
To waste; to exhaust; as, to run out an estate.
(c)
(Baseball) To put out while running between two bases. Also called to run out.
To run the chances or To run one's chances, to encounter all the risks of a certain course.
To run through, to transfix; to pierce, as with a sword. "(He) was run through the body by the man who had asked his advice."
To run up.
(a)
To thrust up, as anything long and slender.
(b)
To increase; to enlarge by additions, as an account.
(c)
To erect hastily, as a building.


Run  v. i.  (past ran; past part. run; pres. part. running)  
1.
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. Specifically:
2.
Of voluntary or personal action:
(a)
To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. ""Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they ran."
(b)
To flee, as from fear or danger. "As from a bear a man would run for life."
(c)
To steal off; to depart secretly.
(d)
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."
(e)
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?"
(f)
To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
(g)
To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another. "Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject."
(h)
To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; with on.
(i)
To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; with on.
(j)
To creep, as serpents.
3.
Of involuntary motion:
(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.
(b)
To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread. "The fire ran along upon the ground."
(c)
To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. "As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run." "Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire."
(d)
To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
(e)
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.
(f)
To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. "She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son."
(g)
To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
(h)
To make progress; to proceed; to pass. "As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster."
(i)
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."
(j)
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 flight So runs against all reason."
(k)
To be in form thus, as a combination of words. "The king's ordinary style runneth, "Our sovereign lord the king.""
(l)
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."
(m)
To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. "If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves."
(n)
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."
(o)
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."
(p)
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."
(q)
To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.
(r)
To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
(s)
To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.
(t)
(Naut.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; said of vessels.
4.
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.
5.
(Athletics) 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.
As things run, according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or specification.
To let run (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen.
To run after, to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as, to run after similes.
To run away, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance.
To run away with.
(a)
To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement.
(b)
To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage.
To run down.
(a)
To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; said of clocks, watches, etc.
(b)
To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an office.
To run in or To run into.
(a)
To enter; to step in.
(b)
To come in collision with.
To run into To meet, by chance; as, I ran into my brother at the grocery store.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. (Obs.)
To run in with.
(a)
To close; to comply; to agree with. (R.)
(b)
(Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or To run mad on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a)
To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a year or two without a settlement.
(b)
To talk incessantly.
(c)
To continue a course.
(d)
To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e)
(Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a)
To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out at Michaelmas.
(b)
To extend; to spread. "Insectile animals... run all out into legs."
(c)
To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions.
(d)
To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out. "And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out."
To run over.
(a)
To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over.
(b)
To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c)
To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a)
To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b)
To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accounts of goods credited run up very fast. "But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees."
To run with.
(a)
To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the streets ran with blood.
(b)
To flow while charged with some foreign substance. "Its rivers ran with gold."


noun
Run  n.  
1.
The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.
2.
A small stream; a brook; a creek.
3.
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.
4.
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."
5.
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."
6.
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."
7.
A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
8.
A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.
9.
(Naut.)
(a)
The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.
(b)
The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.
(c)
A voyage; as, a run to China.
10.
A pleasure excursion; a trip. (Colloq.) "I think of giving her a run in London."
11.
(Mining) 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.
12.
(Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones.
13.
(Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.
14.
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.
15.
(Sport) 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."
16.
A pair or set of millstones.
17.
(Piquet, Cribbage, etc.) A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts.
18.
(Golf)
(a)
The movement communicated to a golf ball by running.
(b)
The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
At the long run, now, commonly, In the long run, in or during the whole process or course of things taken together; in the final result; in the end; finally. "(Man) starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run."
Home run.
(a)
A running or returning toward home, or to the point from which the start was made. Cf. Home stretch.
(b)
(Baseball) See under Home.
The run, or The common run, or The run of the mill etc., ordinary persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind. "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."
To let go by the run (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.


adjective
Run  adj.  
1.
Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.
2.
Smuggled; as, run goods. (Colloq.)
Run steel, malleable iron castings. See under Malleable.





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... the backbone, although he has his own ideas as to the hopelessness of our obtaining any efficient help from Louis. He thinks that it will be far better to trust to our friends at home, and that, even did Louis carry out his promises, it would in the long run harm rather than ...
— In the Irish Brigade - A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain • G. A. Henty
... city of St. Paul. On this upper river a smaller class of steamers are usually employed; though, at good stages of water, the larger boats are abundant; and, indeed, one of the most important lines in the upper river, the Northwestern Union Packet Company, employs five large steamers, which run between St. Louis and St. Paul, except in the very dry seasons. The small steamers, so called, are really large and commodious; but so constructed—as are in fact all of the steamers plying on our western rivers—that they draw but little water, ...
— Minnesota; Its Character and Climate • Ledyard Bill
... his wife. In her sad case there was no uncertainty. He thought of thirty years ago when he had seen her first. There had been drama and colour in their meeting; the most celebrated of the neighbouring packs had run a fox to earth on his works, indeed in his very slag-heap! The author of cancerous furnaces in the green heart of a grass country had never been a popular personage with the hunting folk; but he was master of the situation that memorable day. It was his terrier that went ...
— The Camera Fiend • E.W. Hornung
... circumstances. He might ascribe much importance to each of these events, and think how largely the destiny of the stick had been governed by a series of trifling accidents. Nevertheless all the sticks succeed in passing down the current, and in the long-run, they travel at nearly the same rate. So it is with life, in respect to the several accidents which seem to have had a great effect upon our careers. The one element, that varies in different individuals, but is constant in each ...
— Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development • Francis Galton
... northern part of this country of the Hellenes is traversed by a range of mountains, commencing at Acra Ceraunia, on the Adriatic, and tending southeast above Dodona, in Epirus, till they join the Cambunian mountains, near Mount Olympus, which run along the coast of the AEgean till they terminate in the southeastern part of Thessaly, under the names of Ossa, Pelion, and Tisaeus. The great range of Pindus enters Greece at the sources of the Peneus, where ...
— Ancient States and Empires • John Lord


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