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Type Words
Synonyms rill, rivulet, runnel, streamlet
Type of stream, watercourse
Type Words
Synonyms go
Type of be


the story or argument runs as follows.
Type Words
Synonyms function, go, operate, work
Has types service, double, cut, roll, serve
Verb group work


Does this old car still run well?.
Type Words
Synonyms race
Type of contend, vie, compete
Has types horse-race, show, place, campaign, speed skate, boat-race
Derivation runner, running


he is running the Marathon this year.
Type Words
Synonyms unravel
Type of disintegrate
Verb group ladder
Type Words
Synonyms ladder, ravel
Type of damage, harm, impairment


she got a run in her stocking.
Type Words
Synonyms tally
Type of score
Has types rbi, unearned run, earned run, run batted in


the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th.
Type Words
Synonyms campaign
Type of race
Has types whistlestop, register, rerun, cross-file, stump


Who's running for treasurer this year?.
Type Words
Synonyms ladder
Type of break, come apart, split up, fall apart, separate
Verb group unravel


Her nylons were running.
Type Words
Synonyms operate
Type of direct
Has types work, financier, block, warm up
Derivation running


She is running a relief operation in the Sudan.
Type Words
Synonyms run for
Type of last, endure


The film runs 5 hours.
Type Words
Synonyms campaign, political campaign
Type of race
Has types senate campaign, campaign for governor, senate race, governor's race


he is raising money for a Senate run.
Type Words
Synonyms carry
Type of disperse, broadcast, pass around, spread, disseminate, propagate, diffuse, distribute, circulate, circularize, circularise
Type Words
Synonyms draw, guide, pass
Has types thread, rub
Verb group thread, lead, draw, string
Type Words
Synonyms test, trial
Type of attempt, try, endeavour, endeavor, effort
Has types preclinical trial, field trial, tryout, trying on, try-on, fitting, clinical trial, clinical test, audition, snellen test, ministry of transportation test, mot, mot test, pilot program, pilot project, preclinical phase, assay, preclinical test, double blind
Type Words
Synonyms ply
Type of trip, travel, jaunt
Verb group black market
Type Words
Synonyms execute
Type of implement, apply, enforce
Has types step
Verb group play


run a new program on the Mac.
Type Words
Synonyms break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail
Type of go forth, leave, go away
Has types skedaddle, take flight, fly, flee


If you see this man, run!.
Type Words
Synonyms lead
Type of make pass, pass
Verb group pass, range, draw, guide
Type Words
Synonyms be given, incline, lean, tend
Type of be
Has types suffer, gravitate, take kindly to


These dresses run small.
Type Words
Synonyms extend, go, lead, pass
Type of be
Has types ray, go deep, underrun, radiate, come, go far
Verb group range


Service runs all the way to Cranbury.
Type Words
Synonyms running
Type of travel, locomotion
Has types sprint, dash


he broke into a run.
his daily run keeps him fit.
Type Words
Synonyms play
Verb group play, execute
Type Words
Synonyms consort
Type of accompany


the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring.
Type Words
Synonyms range
Type of be
Verb group pass, lead, go, extend


Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent.
Type Words
Synonyms black market
Type of merchandise, trade
Verb group ply
Type Words
Synonyms die hard, endure, persist, prevail
Type of continue
Has types reverberate, carry over
Type Words
Synonyms foot race, footrace
Type of race
Has types track event, steeplechase, marathon, obstacle race, fun run, funrun


she broke the record for the half-mile run.
Type Words
Synonyms streak
Type of succession
Has types losing streak, winning streak


Nicklaus had a run of birdies.
Type Words
Synonyms melt, melt down
Type of resolve, break up, dissolve
Has types fuse, render, try
Verb group bleed
Type Words
Synonyms discharge, outpouring
Type of flow, flowing
Has types leak, jet, spirt, outflow, escape, leakage, squirt, spurt
Derivation runny
Type Words
Synonyms running, running game, running play
Type of football play
Has types rush, draw play, return, reverse, rushing, sweep, draw, end run


the defensive line braced to stop the run.
the coach put great emphasis on running.
Type Words
Synonyms bleed
Type of spread out, spread, fan out, diffuse
Has types crock
Verb group melt down, melt


These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run.
Type Words
Synonyms course, feed, flow
Type of move
Has types run down, drain, dribble, eddy, whirlpool, whirl, well out, filter, flush, waste, trickle, circulate, tide, swirl, gush, gutter, surge, stream, jet, spill, seep, ooze, run out, run off, purl, pour
Type Words
Synonyms go, move
Type of change


run through your presentation before the meeting.
Type Words
Synonyms hunt, hunt down, track down
Type of catch, capture
Has types jack, ambush, drive, rabbit, seal, falcon, course, whale, ferret, forage, fowl, foxhunt, snipe, still-hunt, jacklight, scrounge, hawk, poach, turtle
Verb group hunt


The dogs are running deer.
Type Words
Type of chronological sequence, successiveness, sequence, succession, chronological succession


the play had a long run on Broadway.
the team enjoyed a brief run of victories.
Type Words
Type of trip


the ship made its run in record time.
Type Words
Type of trip


take a run into town.
Type Words
Type of incur


run a temperature.
run a risk.
Type Words
Type of operate, work, function, go
Verb group operate, work, function, go
Derivation running


The car is still running--turn it off!.
Type Words
Type of carry out, carry through, fulfill, accomplish, fulfil, execute, action


run an errand.
Type Words
Type of move, displace
Verb group hunt, hunt down, track down


run the dogs.
Type Words
Type of process, treat
Has types rerun
Verb group play


run a subject.
run a process.
Type Words
Type of go, become, get


run amok.
run rogue.
run riot.
Type Words
Type of pass
Type Words
Type of win, succeed, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, come through
Type Words
Type of go, locomote, travel, move


who are these people running around in the building?.
She runs around telling everyone of her troubles.
let the dogs run free.
Type Words
Type of travel rapidly, hurry, speed, zip
Has types lope, clip, romp, scuttle, trot, scurry, scamper, jog, skitter, hare, rush, outrun, run bases, sprint, streak
Derivation runner, running


Don't run--you'll be out of breath.
Type Words
Type of occur
Verb group die hard, prevail, persist, endure


Musical talent runs in the family.
Type Words
Derivation running
Type Words
Type of sail
Type Words
Type of release, free, unloose, unloosen, loose, liberate
Type Words
Type of period, time period, period of time
Has types press run, print run, run-time


the assembly line was on a 12-hour run.
Type Words
Type of indefinite quantity


a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint.
Type Words
Type of go, move, locomote, travel


She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there.
Type Words
Type of liberty


he has the run of the house.

Examples of run

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Inside YouTube, that is the button they use when they want to run a live stream.
From the techcrunch.com
From there DeKalb pushed a 10-4 run and maintained the lead throughout the game.
From the dailyherald.com
The women have gotten in only one official training run, a split session Monday.
From the dailyherald.com
Stanley then scored to spark a 9-0 run that gave the Ramblers the lead for good.
From the dailyherald.com
In about 4 minutes, SLU went on a 15-2 run that effectively wrapped the game up.
From the stltoday.com
The run to Clinton is about 300 miles and will take about five hours of driving.
From the stltoday.com
For North, Nathan Elmy scored on a 28-yard run and on an 81-yard kickoff return.
From the stltoday.com
She pitched seven innings allowing one run on four hits while striking out five.
From the stltoday.com
Trailing by nine, 61-52, early in the third, the Bucks put together an 11-2 run.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"
  • Scat: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
  • Test: 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"
  • Footrace: a race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile run"
  • 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 ...
  • "Run!" is the fifteenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. Regular cast members Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli) and Santiago Cabrera (Isaac Mendez) do not appear in this episode.
  • On the Microsoft Windows operating system, the Run command is used to directly open an application or document whose path is known. It functions more or less like a single-line command line interface.
  • Run is a 1991 film, directed by Geoff Burrowes. The movie stars Patrick Dempsey and Kelly Preston.