run

ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kirundi.

To move swiftly. To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.

• Run, and you might still catch the train!
• I have been running all over the building looking for him.
• Sorry, I've got to run; my house is on fire!

To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.

• Run, and you might still catch the train!

To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.

• I have been running all over the building looking for him.
• Sorry, I've got to run; my house is on fire!

To cover (a course or a distance) by running.

• I can run a mile, but I can't run the cross-country course.

To complete a running course or event in (a given time).

• I was hoping to make the team, but I didn't run the qualifying time.

To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.

• The shuttle runs back and forth on these rollers.
• As its name suggests, the monorail runs on a single rail.
• I felt her fingers running over my cheek.

To cause to move quickly or 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.

To compete in a race.

• The horse will run in the Preakness next year.
• I'm not ready to run a marathon.
• The car could not be repaired in time for the race and did not run.

To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.

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

Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).

• The bus (train, plane, ferry boat, etc) runs between Newport and Riverside.

To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.

• Hundreds of cars run along this highway every day.

To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.

Of fish, to migrate for spawning.

To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.

To flee from a danger or towards help.

• Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.
• When he's broke, he runs to me for money.
• When the alarm went off, the thief dropped the booty and ran.

To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.

• The car in front just ran a red light.
• If you have a collision with a vehicle oncoming from the right, after having run priority to the right, you are at fault.

To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.

Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.

• I just got back from my morning run.

Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) ; dash or errand, trip.

• I need to make a run to the store.

A pleasure trip.

• Let's go for a run in the car.

Flight, instance or period of fleeing.

Migration of fish.

A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to: A (regular) trip or route.

• The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.
• Which run did you do today?
• a good run; a run of fifty miles

A (regular) trip or route.

• The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.

The route taken while running or skiing.

• Which run did you do today?

A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.

The distance sailed by a ship.

• a good run; a run of fifty miles

A voyage.

• a run to China

A trial.

• The data got lost, so I'll have to perform another run of the experiment.

The execution of a program or model

• This morning's run of the SHIPS statistical model gave Hurricane Priscilla a 74% chance of gaining at least 30 knots of intensity in 24 hours, reconfirmed by the HMON and GFS dynamical models.

A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.

• This was my first successful run without losing any health.
• That NPC bugged out and killed my run.

Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.

• He can have the run of the house.

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

• He set up a rabbit run.

A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.

State of being current; currency; popularity.

In a liquid state; melted or molten.

• Put some run butter on the vegetables.

Cast in a mould.

Exhausted; depleted .

Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

Smuggled.

• run brandy

past participle of rin