run

Verb

• become undone
  • the sweater unraveled
    

• come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
  • Her nylons were running
    

• 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
    

• progress by being changed
  • The speech has to go through several more drafts
    
  • run through your presentation before the meeting
    

• compete in a race
  • he is running the Marathon this year
    
  • let's race and see who gets there first
    

• 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
    

• travel a route regularly
  • Ships ply the waters near the coast
    

• travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
  • Run to the store!
    
  • She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there
    

• run with the ball; in such sports as football

• keep company
  • the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring
    

• set animals loose to graze

• extend or continue for a certain period of time
  • The film runs 5 hours
    

• cover by running; run a certain distance
  • She ran 10 miles that day
    

• sail before the wind

• be diffused
  • These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run
    

• cause an animal to move fast
  • run the dogs
    

• deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

• make without a miss

• cause something to pass or lead somewhere
  • Run the wire behind the cabinet
    

• pass over, across, or through
  • He ran his eyes over her body
    
  • She ran her fingers along the carved figurine
    
  • He drew her hair through his fingers
    

• carry out
  • run an errand
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• occur persistently
  • Musical talent runs in the family
    

• continue to exist
  • These stories die hard
    
  • The legend of Elvis endures
    

• be affected by; be subjected to
  • run a temperature
    
  • run a risk
    

• cause to perform
  • run a subject
    
  • run a process
    

• change from one state to another
  • run amok
    
  • run rogue
    
  • run riot
    

• be operating, running or functioning
  • The car is still running--turn it off!
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• cause to emit recorded audio or video
  • They ran the tapes over and over again
    
  • I'll play you my favorite record
    
  • He never tires of playing that video
    

• run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
  • Who's running for treasurer this year?
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• move along, of liquids
  • Water flowed into the cave
    
  • the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
    

• have a particular form
  • the story or argument runs as follows
    
  • as the saying goes...
    

• direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
  • She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
    

• 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
    

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
  • If you see this man, run!
    
  • The burglars escaped before the police showed up
    

• 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
    

Noun

• a short trip
  • take a run into town
    

• an unbroken chronological sequence
  • the play had a long run on Broadway
    
  • the team enjoyed a brief run of victories
    

• the pouring forth of a fluid

• a row of unravelled stitches
  • she got a run in her stocking
    

• a race between candidates for elective office
  • I managed his campaign for governor
    
  • he is raising money for a Senate run
    

• a small stream

• the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
  • a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint
    

• unrestricted freedom to use
  • he has the run of the house
    

• 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
    

• the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
  • he broke into a run
    
  • his daily run keeps him fit
    

• a regular trip
  • the ship made its run in record time
    

• (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
  • the defensive line braced to stop the run
    
  • the coach put great emphasis on running
    

• an unbroken series of events
  • had a streak of bad luck
    
  • Nicklaus had a run of birdies
    

• a race run on foot
  • she broke the record for the half-mile run
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  unravel , ladder , melt , melt down , move , go , race , hunt , hunt down , track down , ply , consort , run for , bleed , black market , lead , guide , draw , pass , carry , execute , prevail , persist , die hard , endure , tend , be given , lean , incline , play , campaign , range , function , work , operate , flow , feed , c
• Antonyms: 
  idle , tick over , malfunction , misfunction