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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Run \Run\ (r[u^]n), v. i. [imp. {Ran} (r[a^]n) or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D. runnen, rennen, OS. & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen, rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw. rinna, r[aum]nna, Dan. rinde, rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr. 'orny`nai to stir up, rouse, Skr. [.r] (cf. {Origin}), or perh. to L. rivus brook (cf. {Rival}). [root]11. Cf. {Ember}, a., {Rennet}.] 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: [1913 Webster] 2. Of voluntary or personal action: (a) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. [1913 Webster] "Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they ran. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] (b) To flee, as from fear or danger. [1913 Webster] As from a bear a man would run for life. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (c) To steal off; to depart secretly. [1913 Webster] (d) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress. [1913 Webster] Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. --1 Cor. ix. 24. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted? --Addison. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23. [1913 Webster] (c) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. [1913 Webster] As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son. --Pope. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] 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. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (j) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west. [1913 Webster] Where the generally allowed practice runs counter to it. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Little is the wisdom, where the flight So runs against all reason. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (k) To be in form thus, as a combination of words. [1913 Webster] The king's ordinary style runneth, "Our sovereign lord the king." --Bp. Sanderson. [1913 Webster] (l) To be popularly known; to be generally received. [1913 Webster] Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself. --Knolles. [1913 Webster] (m) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. [1913 Webster] If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] (n) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. [1913 Webster] A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Temperate climates run into moderate governments. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (o) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing. [1913 Webster] In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] 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. --Sir J. Child. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] 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. --Stillman (The Horse in Motion). [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {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. --Locke. {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.] --T. Baker. (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." --Hammond. (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. [1913 Webster] And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] {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." --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Run \Run\, v. t. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. [1913 Webster] To run the world back to its first original. --South. [1913 Webster] I would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and run it up to its "punctum saliens." --Collier. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot. [1913 Webster] You run your head into the lion's mouth. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Having run his fingers through his hair. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 4. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven. [1913 Webster] They ran the ship aground. --Acts xxvii. 41. [1913 Webster] A talkative person runs himself upon great inconveniences by blabbing out his own or other's secrets. --Ray. [1913 Webster] Others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 5. To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like. [1913 Webster] The purest gold must be run and washed. --Felton. [1913 Webster] 6. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line. [1913 Webster] 7. To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods. [1913 Webster] Heavy impositions . . . are a strong temptation of running goods. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 8. To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career. [1913 Webster] 9. To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster] 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." --Bacon. [1913 Webster] If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. --Dan Quail . [PJC] 11. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. [1913 Webster] He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 12. To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water. [1913 Webster] At the base of Pompey's statua, Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 13. To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood. [1913 Webster] 14. To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster] 15. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 17. To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn. [1913 Webster] 18. (Golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {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." --Berkeley. (d) To disparage; to traduce. --F. W. Newman. {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.] (c) To erect hastily, as a building. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Run \Run\, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck. [1913 Webster] They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 5. State of being current; currency; popularity. [1913 Webster] It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long continuance, if not diversified with humor. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights. [1913 Webster] A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes. [1913 Webster] 8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run. --Howitt. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] I think of giving her a run in London. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones. [1913 Webster] 13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster +PJC] The "runs" are made from wicket to wicket, the batsmen interchanging ends at each run. --R. A. Proctor. [1913 Webster] 16. A pair or set of millstones. [1913 Webster] 17. (Piquet, Cribbage, etc.) A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {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. [1913 Webster] [Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster +PJC] I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. --Walpole. [1913 Webster] 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. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster] His whole appearance was something out of the common run. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] {To let go by the run} (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Run \Run\, a. 1. Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead. [1913 Webster] 2. Smuggled; as, run goods. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth. [1913 Webster] {Run steel}, malleable iron castings. See under {Malleable}. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: All fours \All` fours"\ [formerly, {All` four"}.] All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person. [1913 Webster] {To be}, {go}, or {run}, {on all fours} (Fig.), to be on the same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered. "This example is on all fours with the other." "No simile can go on all fours." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: run n 1: 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" [syn: {run}, {tally}] 2: 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" [syn: {test}, {trial}, {run}] 3: a race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile run" [syn: {footrace}, {foot race}, {run}] 4: an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" [syn: {streak}, {run}] 5: (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" [syn: {run}, {running}, {running play}, {running game}] 6: a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time" 7: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: {run}, {running}] 8: 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" 9: unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house" 10: the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint" 11: a small stream [syn: {rivulet}, {rill}, {run}, {runnel}, {streamlet}] 12: a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run" [syn: {political campaign}, {campaign}, {run}] 13: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" [syn: {run}, {ladder}, {ravel}] 14: the pouring forth of a fluid [syn: {discharge}, {outpouring}, {run}] 15: an unbroken chronological sequence; "the play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories" 16: a short trip; "take a run into town" v 1: 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" 2: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: {scat}, {run}, {scarper}, {turn tail}, {lam}, {run away}, {hightail it}, {bunk}, {head for the hills}, {take to the woods}, {escape}, {fly the coop}, {break away}] 3: 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" [syn: {run}, {go}, {pass}, {lead}, {extend}] 4: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" [syn: {operate}, {run}] 5: have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..." [syn: {run}, {go}] 6: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: {run}, {flow}, {feed}, {course}] 7: 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" [syn: {function}, {work}, {operate}, {go}, {run}] [ant: {malfunction}, {misfunction}] 8: 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" [syn: {range}, {run}] 9: run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?" [syn: {campaign}, {run}] 10: 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" [syn: {play}, {run}] 11: 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" 12: 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" [syn: {tend}, {be given}, {lean}, {incline}, {run}] 13: be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!" [ant: {idle}, {tick over}] 14: change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot" 15: cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process" 16: be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk" 17: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: {prevail}, {persist}, {die hard}, {run}, {endure}] 18: occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family" 19: 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" [syn: {run}, {execute}] 20: 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" [syn: {carry}, {run}] 21: carry out; "run an errand" 22: 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" [syn: {guide}, {run}, {draw}, {pass}] 23: cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" [syn: {run}, {lead}] 24: make without a miss 25: deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor [syn: {run}, {black market}] 26: cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs" 27: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" [syn: {run}, {bleed}] 28: sail before the wind 29: cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day" 30: extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours" [syn: {run}, {run for}] 31: set animals loose to graze 32: keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring" [syn: {run}, {consort}] 33: run with the ball; in such sports as football 34: travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there" 35: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast" [syn: {ply}, {run}] 36: 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" [syn: {hunt}, {run}, {hunt down}, {track down}] 37: compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" [syn: {race}, {run}] 38: progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" [syn: {move}, {go}, {run}] 39: 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" [syn: {melt}, {run}, {melt down}] 40: come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" [syn: {ladder}, {run}] 41: become undone; "the sweater unraveled" [syn: {run}, {unravel}] From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: run /rɵn/ crush