Run Definition

rŭn

ran, running, runs

verb

ran, running, runs

To go by moving the legs rapidly, faster than in walking, and (in a two-legged animal) in such a way that for an instant both feet are off the ground.

Webster's New World

To run along or follow (a specified course or route)

Webster's New World

To travel over; cover by running, driving, etc.

Horses ran the range.

Webster's New World

To depart; leave.

Sorry, I have to run.

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To resort (to) for aid.

Always running to the police.

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noun

runs

An act or period of running or moving rapidly.

Webster's New World

A running pace; rapid gait.

Webster's New World

Capacity for running.

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The distance covered or time spent in running.

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The time taken to cover such a distance.

By taxi, it is a two minutes' run from the station.

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adjective

Melted; made liquid.

Webster's New World

Poured or molded while in a melted state.

Run metal.

Webster's New World

Completely exhausted from running.

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Drained or extracted, as honey.

Webster's New World

Having migrated and spawned.

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idiom

a run for (one's) money

Strong competition.

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in the long run

In the final analysis or outcome.

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in the short run

In the immediate future.

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on the run

Hurrying busily from place to place:
executives always on the run from New York to Los Angeles.

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run a temperature

To have a higher than normal body temperature.

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Other Word Forms of Run

Noun

Singular:

run

Plural:

runs

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Run

Origin of Run

From Middle English ronnen (“to run"), alteration (due to the past participle yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run"), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run") and Old Norse rinna (“to run"), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnanÄ… (“to run") (compare also *rannijanÄ… (“to make run")), from Proto-Indo-European *ren- (“to rise; to sink"). Cognate with Scots rin (“to run"), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march"), Dutch rennen (“to run, race"), German rennen (“to run"), Danish rinde (“to run"), Swedish rinna (“to run"), Icelandic renna (“to flow"). Cognate with Albanian rend (“to run, run after"). See random.

From Wiktionary
Middle English ernen, runnen from Old English rinnan, eornan, earnan and from Old Norse rinna rei- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition