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English

Pronunciation
SAMPA|/r\Vn/
IPA|/ɹ�n/
audio|en-us-run.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From OE. rinnan.

Image:Flickr cc runner wisconsin u.jpg|thumb|a runner running (sense 1)

Noun
en-noun

1. The act of running.

#:I just got back from my run.

1. The route taken while running.

#:Which run did you do today?

1. A flow of liquid; a leak.

#:The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.

1. US A small creek or part thereof.
2. The amount of something made.

#:The book�s initial press run will be 5,000 copies.
#:The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.

1. A pace faster than a walk.

#:He broke into a run.

1. context|of horses A fast gallop.
2. An interval of distance or time, a period marked by a continuing trend.

#:He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.
#:I�m having a run of bad luck.

1. A series of tries in a game that were successful.
2. A regular trip or route.

#:The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.

1. A standard or unexceptional group or category.

#:He stood out from the usual run of applicants.

1. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.

#:He set up a rabbit run.

1. An errand or the journey associated with an errand.

#:I need to make a run to the store.

1. A pleasure trip.

#:Let's go for a run in the car.

1. sports A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
2. sports A point scored in baseball and cricket.
3. music A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
4. A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
5. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.

#:Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings.

1. Any sudden large demand for something.

#:There was a run on Christmas presents.

1. Unrestricted use of an area.

#:He can have the run of the house.

1. A line of knit stitches that has unravelled.

#:I have a run in my stocking.

1. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
2. A production quantity in a factory.

#: Yesterday we did a run of 12,000 units.

1. nautical The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.

Translations
trans-top|The act of running
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Italian: corsa
Kurdish: KUchar|�اکرد�
Romanian: t-|ro|fug�
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trans-top|The route taken while running
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Romanian: t-|ro|rut�
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trans-top|Flow of liquid
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Romanian: t-|ro|flux
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trans-top|Creek
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Romanian: t-|ro|golf
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trans-top|Amount of something made
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Romanian: t-|ro|tiraj (for magazines), t-|ro|durat�j (for shows)
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trans-top|Faster then a walk
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Romanian: t-|ro|pas
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trans-top|Gallop
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Romanian: t-|ro|trap
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trans-top|Interval of distance or time
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trans-top|Enclosure for animals
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Romanian: t-|ro|Å£arc
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trans-top|Nautical equipment
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Romanian: t-|ro|cârm�
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trans-top|Unravelled Stitches
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ttbc|Italian: smagliatura f
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ttbc|Ewe: du�u�u n, dusisi n (1)
ttbc|Italian: corsa f (1)
ttbc|Italian: giro m (14)

ttbc|Lithuanian: b�gimas m
ttbc|Telugu: పర��� (parugu)
ttbc|malay: lari

Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

1. In a liquid state; melted; molten.

#:Put some run butter on the vegetables.

1. exhaust|Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out".)

Verb
en-verb|runs|running|ran|run

1. intransitive To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off of either foot, compare: walk.

#: Run, Sarah, run!

1. intransitive To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.

#:The horse ran the length of the track.
#:I have been running all over the building looking for him.
#:Sorry, I've got to run; my house is on fire.

1. intransitive|metaphorical To move or spread quickly.

#:There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.
#:The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten.

1. transitive To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly.

#:Every day I run my dog across the field and back.
#:I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.
#:Run your fingers through my hair.

1. transitive To control or manage, be in charge of.

#:My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.
#:She runs the fundraising.
#:My parents think they run my life.

1. intransitive Of a liquid, to flow.

#:The river runs through the forest.
#:There's blood running down your leg.

1. intransitive Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.

#:Your nose is running.
#:Why is the hose still running?
#:My cup runneth over.

1. transitive To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.

#:You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot.
#:Run the tap until the water gets hot.

1. intransitive To extend in space or through a range of possibilities (often with a measure phrase).

#:The border runs for 3000 miles.
#:The leash runs along a wire.
#:The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.
#:It ran in quality from excellent to substandard.

1. intransitive To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).

#:The sale will run for ten days.
#:The contract runs through 2008.
#:The meeting ran late.
#:The book runs 655 pages.
#:The speech runs as follows:...

1. transitive To make something extend in space.

#:I need to run this wire along the wall.

1. intransitive Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operate|operating or working normally.

#:My car stopped running.
#:That computer runs twenty-four hours a day.
#:Buses don't run here on Sunday.

1. transitive To make a machine operate.

#:It's full. You can run the dishwasher now.
#:Don't run the engine so fast.

1. transitive To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.

#:They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong.
#:Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice.
#:I will run the sample.
#:Don't run that software unless you have permission.
#:My computer is too old to run the new OS.

1. transitive|or|intransitive To compete in a race.

#:The horse will run the Preakness next year.
#:I'm not ready to run a marathon.

1. intransitive To be a candidate in an election.

#:I have decided to run for governor of California.
#:We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year.

1. transitive To make run in a race or an election.

#:He ran his best horse in the Derby.
#:The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.

1. intransitive To be offered in one of the media.

#:The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.
#:The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre.
#:Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.

1. transitive To print or broadcast in the media.

#: run a story
#: run an ad

1. intransitive To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion , to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).

#:He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet, staining it pink.

1. transitive To go through without stopping, usually illegally.

#: run a red light or stop sign
#: run a blockade

1. transitive To transport someone or something.

#:Could you run me over to the store?
#:Please run this report upstairs to director's office.

1. transitive To smuggle illegal goods.

#: run guns
#: run rum

1. transitive|or|intransitive To cost a large amount of money.

#:Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.

1. intransitive Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
2. intransitive|soccer To carry a football down the field.
3. intransitive Of stitches, to unravel.

#:My stocking is running.

1. intransitive To flee away from a danger or towards help.

#:Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.
#:When he's broke, he runs to me for money.

1. transitive|agriculture To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.

#: Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.

1. past participle of|run

Korean: �리� (dallida)
Latin: t-|la|currere
Lithuanian: b�gti
Malayalam: ���� (Otuka)
Norwegian: t-|no|løpe, t-|no|springe
Portuguese: t+|pt|correr
Romanian: a alerga, a fugi
Russian: бега�� (bégat�, impf.-abstract), бежа�� (bežát�, impf.-concrete), побежа�� (pobežát�, pf.)
Scottish Gaelic: ruith
Serbian: tr�ati, ���а�и
Slovene: te�i
Spanish: t+|es|correr
Swahili: t-|sw|kukimbia|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|springa
Tagalog: tumakbo
Telugu: పర���త�త� (parugettu)
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trans-top|past participle of run
Breton: redet
Catalan: corregut
Dutch: gerend, gelopen
Ewe: �u du
German: t-|de|gerannt, t-|de|gelaufen
Icelandic: t-|is|hlupið
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Irish: t-|ga|rite|xs=Irish
Spanish: t-|es|corrido
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Derived terms
phrasal verbs
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run across
run after
run along
run around
run away
run by
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run in
run into
run off
run on
run out
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run over
run through
run to
run up
run up against

single words and compounds
top3
also-ran
hit-and-run
overrun
runaround
runaway
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run-down
run-in
runner
runner-up
runny
mid3
run-off
run-of-the-mill, run of the mill
runtime
run-up
runway

multiple words
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cannonball run
chicken run
dry run
front runner
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home run
rat run
run for the hills
run rate
mid3
run time
ski run

idioms
top3
a run for one's money
hold with the hare and run with the hounds
hit the ground running
in the long run
in the running
in the short run
off and running
on the run
out of the running
make a run for it
make somebody's blood run cold
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run a bath
run a fever
run aground
run amok, run amuck
run an errand
run a risk
run a temperature
run circles around
run hot and cold
run high
run in the family
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run low
run out of steam
run rampant
run somebody of their feet
run somebody ragged
run the gamut
run the gauntlet
run something into the ground
run the show
the run of
the runs
up and running

See also
gallop
move
walk

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Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
run

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having either of two tones, rún or rùn.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Old English

Etymology
From the Germanic root *rūn�. Cognate with the Old Saxon runa|rūna, Old High German runa|rūna (and German Raun), Old Norse run#Old Norse|rūn, and Gothic ���� (rūna).

Pronunciation
IPA|/ru:n/

Noun
unicode|rūn f (plural unicode|runa#Old English|rūna or unicode|rune#Old English|rūne)

1. mystery, secret

#:rune healdan (to keep one�s counsel)

1. advice, counsel
2. writing; a rune

Descendants
English rune

See also
dyrne pos_a

Category:Old English nouns

Old Norse

Etymology
From the Germanic root *rūn�. Cognate with the Old English run|rūn, Old Saxon runa|rūna, Old High German runa|rūna (and German Raun), and Gothic ���� (rūna).

Noun
rūn

1. secret
2. rune; writing, runes

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#:[ek go]dagastiR runo faihido
#:[I, Gu]dgjest inscribed the runes. &mdash; 4th century inscription on the w:Einang stone|Einang stone, near Fagernes, Norway.

Category:Old Norse nouns

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