What is the meaning of run?

noun

• A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
  • usage: "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"
  • synonyms: tally
• The act of testing something.
  • usage: "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
  • synonyms: test, trial
• A race run on foot.
  • usage: "she broke the record for the half-mile run"
  • synonyms: footrace, foot race
• An unbroken series of events.
  • usage: "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"
  • synonyms: streak
• American football. ( a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team)
  • usage: "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running"
  • synonyms: running, running play, running game
• A regular trip.
  • usage: "the ship made its run in record time"
• The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace.
  • usage: "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"
  • synonyms: running
• The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation.
  • usage: "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run"
• Unrestricted freedom to use.
  • usage: "he has the run of the house"
• The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.. )
  • usage: "a daily run of 100, 000 gallons of paint"
• A small stream.
  • synonyms: rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet
• A race between candidates for elective office.
  • usage: "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run"
  • synonyms: political campaign, campaign
• A row of unravelled stitches.
  • usage: "she got a run in her stocking"
  • synonyms: ladder, ravel
• The pouring forth of a fluid.
  • synonyms: discharge, outpouring
• An unbroken chronological sequence.
  • usage: "the play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories"
• A short trip.
  • usage: "take a run into town"

verb

• Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time.
  • usage: "Don't run-you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"
• Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
  • usage: "If you see this man, run"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
  • synonyms: scat, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
• Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: go, pass, lead, extend
• Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc..
  • usage: "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
  • synonyms: operate
• Have a particular form.
  • usage: "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."
  • synonyms: go
• Move along, of liquids.
  • usage: "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
  • synonyms: flow, feed, course
• Perform as expected when applied.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: function, work, operate, go
• Change or be different within limits.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: range
• Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position.
  • usage: "Who's running for treasurer this year"
  • synonyms: campaign
• Cause to emit recorded audio or video.
  • usage: "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video"
  • synonyms: play
• Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way.
  • usage: "who are these people running around in the building"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free"
• Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.
  • usage: "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
  • synonyms: tend, be given, lean, incline
• Be operating, running or functioning.
  • usage: "The car is still running-turn it off"
• Change from one state to another.
  • usage: "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"
• Cause to perform.
  • usage: "run a subject"; "run a process"
• Be affected by; be subjected to.
  • usage: "run a temperature"; "run a risk"
• Continue to exist.
  • usage: "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
  • synonyms: prevail, persist, die hard, endure
• Occur persistently.
  • usage: "Musical talent runs in the family"
• Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine.
  • usage: "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
  • synonyms: execute
• Include as the content; broadcast or publicize.
  • usage: "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"
  • synonyms: carry
• Carry out.
  • usage: "run an errand"
• Pass over, across, or through.
  • usage: "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
  • synonyms: guide, draw, pass
• Cause something to pass or lead somewhere.
  • usage: "Run the wire behind the cabinet"
  • synonyms: lead
• Make without a miss.
• Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor.
  • synonyms: black market
• Cause an animal to move fast.
  • usage: "run the dogs"
• Be diffused.
  • usage: "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
  • synonyms: bleed
• Sail before the wind.
• Cover by running; run a certain distance.
  • usage: "She ran 10 miles that day"
• Extend or continue for a certain period of time.
  • usage: "The film runs 5 hours"
  • synonyms: run for
• Set animals loose to graze.
• Keep company.
  • usage: "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring"
  • synonyms: consort
• Run with the ball; in such sports as football.
• Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means.
  • usage: "Run to the store"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
• Travel a route regularly.
  • usage: "Ships ply the waters near the coast"
  • synonyms: ply
• Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals. )
  • usage: "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
  • synonyms: hunt, hunt down, track down
• Compete in a race.
  • usage: "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
  • synonyms: race
• Progress by being changed.
  • usage: "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
  • synonyms: move, go
• Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.
  • usage: "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"
  • synonyms: melt, melt down
• Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging.
  • usage: "Her nylons were running"
  • synonyms: ladder
• Become undone.
  • usage: "the sweater unraveled"
  • synonyms: unravel