Definition: 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
Definition: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
Usage: he broke into a run; his daily run keeps him fit
Main entry: run
Definition: a regular trip
Usage: the ship made its run in record time
Main entry: run
Definition: a short trip
Usage: take a run into town
Main entry: run, running, running game, running play
Definition: (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
Definition: 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
Main entry: run
Definition: an unbroken chronological sequence
Usage: the play had a long run on Broadway; the team enjoyed a brief run of victories
Main entry: discharge, outpouring, run
Definition: the pouring forth of a fluid
Main entry: run, ladder, ravel
Definition: a row of unravelled stitches
Usage: she got a run in her stocking
Main entry: run, foot race, footrace
Definition: a race run on foot
Usage: she broke the record for the half-mile run
Main entry: political campaign, campaign, run
Definition: a race between candidates for elective office
Usage: I managed his campaign for governor; he is raising money for a Senate run
Definition: an unbroken series of events
Usage: had a streak of bad luck; Nicklaus had a run of birdies
Main entry: rill, rivulet, streamlet, run, runnel
Definition: a small stream
Main entry: run
Definition: 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
Main entry: run
Definition: unrestricted freedom to use
Usage: he has the run of the house
Main entry: run
Definition: 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
Definition: become undone
Usage: the sweater unraveled
Definition: come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
Usage: Her nylons were running
Main entry: melt, melt down, run
Definition: 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
Main entry: run
Definition: cause to perform
Usage: run a subject; run a process
Definition: progress by being changed
Usage: The speech has to go through several more drafts; run through your presentation before the meeting
Main entry: run
Definition: change from one state to another
Usage: run amok; run rogue; run riot
Definition: compete in a race
Usage: he is running the Marathon this year; let's race and see who gets there first
Definition: run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
Usage: Who's running for treasurer this year?
Main entry: track down, run, hunt, hunt down
Definition: 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
Main entry: pass, draw, run, guide
Definition: 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
Main entry: operate, run, work, go, function
Definition: 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
Main entry: run
Definition: be operating, running or functioning
Usage: The car is still running--turn it off!
Main entry: run
Definition: carry out
Usage: run an errand
Definition: 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
Definition: 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
Definition: travel a route regularly
Usage: Ships ply the waters near the coast
Main entry: run
Definition: cover by running; run a certain distance
Usage: She ran 10 miles that day
Main entry: run
Definition: 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
Main entry: run
Definition: travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
Usage: Run to the store!; She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there
Main entry: run
Definition: run with the ball; in such sports as football
Definition: keep company
Usage: the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring
Main entry: run
Definition: sail before the wind
Definition: be diffused
Usage: These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run
Main entry: flow, feed, course, run
Definition: move along, of liquids
Usage: Water flowed into the cave; the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
Main entry: head for the hills, hightail it, escape, fly the coop, lam, break away, bunk, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail
Definition: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Usage: If you see this man, run!; The burglars escaped before the police showed up
Main entry: run
Definition: cause an animal to move fast
Usage: run the dogs
Main entry: run
Definition: 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
Main entry: run, black market
Definition: deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
Main entry: run
Definition: set animals loose to graze
Definition: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
Usage: She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
Main entry: run
Definition: make without a miss
Definition: 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
Main entry: run
Definition: occur persistently
Usage: Musical talent runs in the family
Main entry: prevail, persist, die hard, endure, run
Definition: continue to exist
Usage: These stories die hard; The legend of Elvis endures
Definition: extend or continue for a certain period of time
Usage: The film runs 5 hours
Main entry: extend, run, lead, go, pass
Definition: 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
Definition: cause something to pass or lead somewhere
Usage: Run the wire behind the cabinet
Main entry: tend, be given, run, lean, incline
Definition: 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
Main entry: run
Definition: be affected by; be subjected to
Usage: run a temperature; run a risk
Definition: have a particular form
Usage: the story or argument runs as follows; as the saying goes...
Definition: 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