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verb(run)perform as expected when applied
Examples:
Does this old car still run well?.
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noun(run)a row of unravelled stitches
Examples:
She got a run in her stocking.
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noun(run)a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
Synonyms: tally,
Examples:
The Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th.
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verb(run)run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
Synonyms: campaign,
Examples:
Who's running for treasurer this year?.
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verb(run)come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
Synonyms: ladder,
Examples:
Her nylons were running.
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verb(run)direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
Synonyms: operate,
Examples:
She is running a relief operation in the Sudan.
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verb(run)extend or continue for a certain period of time
Synonyms: run for,
Examples:
The film runs 5 hours.
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noun(run)a race between candidates for elective office
Synonyms: campaign, political campaign,
Examples:
He is raising money for a Senate run.
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verb(run)carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
Synonyms: execute,
Examples:
Run a new program on the Mac.
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verb(run)flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail,
Examples:
If you see this man, run!.
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verb(run)have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
Examples:
These dresses run small.
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verb(run)stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Examples:
Service runs all the way to Cranbury.
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noun(run)the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
Synonyms: running,
Examples:
He broke into a run.
His daily run keeps him fit.
His daily run keeps him fit.
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verb(run)keep company
Synonyms: consort,
Examples:
The heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring.
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verb(run)change or be different within limits
Synonyms: range,
Examples:
Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent.
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verb(run)deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
Synonyms: black market,
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noun(run)a race run on foot
Synonyms: foot race, footrace,
Examples:
She broke the record for the half-mile run.
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verb(run)reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
Synonyms: melt, melt down,
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noun(run)(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
Synonyms: running, running game, running play,
Examples:
The defensive line braced to stop the run.
The coach put great emphasis on running.
The coach put great emphasis on running.
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verb(run)progress by being changed
Examples:
Run through your presentation before the meeting.
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verb(run)pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
Synonyms: hunt, hunt down, track down,
Examples:
The dogs are running deer.
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noun(run)an unbroken chronological sequence
Examples:
The play had a long run on Broadway.
The team enjoyed a brief run of victories.
The team enjoyed a brief run of victories.
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noun(run)a regular trip
Examples:
The ship made its run in record time.
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noun(run)a short trip
Examples:
Take a run into town.
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verb(run)be affected by; be subjected to
Examples:
Run a temperature.
Run a risk.
Run a risk.
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verb(run)be operating, running or functioning
Antonyms: idle,
Examples:
The car is still running--turn it off!.
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verb(run)carry out
Examples:
Run an errand.
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verb(run)cause an animal to move fast
Examples:
Run the dogs.
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verb(run)cause to perform
Examples:
Run a subject.
Run a process.
Run a process.
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verb(run)change from one state to another
Examples:
Run amok.
Run rogue.
Run riot.
Run rogue.
Run riot.
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verb(run)cover by running; run a certain distance
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verb(run)make without a miss
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verb(run)move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
Examples:
Who are these people running around in the building?.
She runs around telling everyone of her troubles.
Let the dogs run free.
She runs around telling everyone of her troubles.
Let the dogs run free.
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verb(run)move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
Examples:
Don't run--you'll be out of breath.
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verb(run)occur persistently
Examples:
Musical talent runs in the family.
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verb(run)run with the ball; in such sports as football
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verb(run)sail before the wind
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verb(run)set animals loose to graze
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noun(run)the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
Examples:
The assembly line was on a 12-hour run.
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noun(run)the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
Examples:
A daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint.
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verb(run)travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
Examples:
She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there.
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noun(run)unrestricted freedom to use
Examples:
He has the run of the house.