Word Finder - runs

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

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I just got back from my morning run.

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Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.

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I need to make a run to the store.

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A pleasure trip.

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Let's go for a run in the car.

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Flight, instance or period of fleeing.

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Migration (of fish).

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

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A path taken by literal movement or figuratively

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

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He set up a rabbit run.

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

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State of being current; currency; popularity.

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Continuous or sequential

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A flow of liquid; a leak.

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The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.

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(West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)

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The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run".

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A quick pace, faster than a walk.

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He broke into a run.

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A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.

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

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Any sudden large demand for something.

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There was a run on Christmas presents.

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Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces

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A standard or unexceptional group or category.

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He stood out from the usual run of applicants.

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In sports

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A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.

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I have a run in my stocking.

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

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The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.

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A pair or set of millstones.

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To move swiftly.

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(fluids) To flow.

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(of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.

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To control or manage, be in charge of.

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He is running the candidate's expensive campaign.

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To be a candidate in an election.

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I have decided to run for governor of California.

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To make run in a race or an election.

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He ran his best horse in the Derby.

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To exert continuous activity; to proceed.

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to run through life; to run in a circle

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To be presented in the media.

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Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.

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To print or broadcast in the media.

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run a story; run an ad

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To smuggle (illegal goods).

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to run guns; to run rum

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To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.

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

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To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.

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

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Don't run that software unless you have permission.

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To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.

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to run from one subject to another

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To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).

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Our supplies are running low.

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To cost a large amount of money.

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Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.

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Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.

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My stocking is running.

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To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

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To cause to enter; to thrust.

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to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot

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To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.

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To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.

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to run a line

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To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).

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to run the risk of losing one's life

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To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

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To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

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To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.

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To control or have precedence in a card game.

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Every three or four hands he would run the table.

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To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

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To be popularly known; to be generally received.

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To have growth or development.

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Boys and girls run up rapidly.

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To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.

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To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.

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Certain covenants run with the land.

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To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).

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To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.

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To speedrun.