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say it: ruhn
run is a verb and noun meaning "move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time". It is pronounced /ˈɹʌn/ — ruhn. It carries 57 recorded senses.
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
“If you see this man, run!”
“The burglars escaped before the police showed up”
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”
run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
“Who's running for treasurer this year?”
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”
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”
continue to exist
“These stories die hard”
“The legend of Elvis endures”
sail before the wind
set animals loose to graze
run with the ball; in such sports as football
sport
travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
“Run to the store!”
“She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there”
compete in a race
“he is running the Marathon this year”
“let's race and see who gets there first”
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”
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”
a race run on foot
“she broke the record for the half-mile run”
an unbroken series of events
“had a streak of bad luck”
“Nicklaus had a run of birdies”
(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”
the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
“he broke into a run”
“his daily run keeps him fit”
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”
the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
“a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint”
a race between candidates for elective office
“I managed his campaign for governor”
“he is raising money for a Senate run”
the pouring forth of a fluid
an unbroken chronological sequence
“the play had a long run on Broadway”
“the team enjoyed a brief run of victories”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for run come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
American football