I. verb
1.
to move at a fast springing gait in which both feet are momentarily off the ground in the course of each pace
the boy ran down the walk
Synonyms: dash, scamper, scoot, scurry, shin, sprint; compare scuttle
Related Word: career, course, race; bustle, hurry, hustle, rush, speed; scorch
Contrasted words: crawl, creep, drag, inch, mosey, poke, saunter, stroll, toddle
2.
to hasten away from something that frightens or perturbs
afraid to fight but ashamed to run
Synonyms: bolt, flee, fly, make off, scamper, scoot, ||screw, skedaddle, skip, skirr
Idioms: ||dog it, make a break, run for it, show a clean pair of heels, take flight, take French leave, take to one's heels
3.
Synonyms: hurry 2, fleet, flit, fly, haste, highball, hotfoot, hustle, rush, speed
Idioms: go all out, go like (greased) lightning
4.
Synonyms: resort 2, apply, go, recur, refer, repair, turn
5.
Synonyms: function 3, act, go, work
6.
Synonyms: become 1, come, ||come over, get, go, grow, turn, wax
7.
Synonyms: liquefy , deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, liquesce, melt, thaw
8.
to lie in or take a certain course
the path runs along the crest of the hill
Synonyms: extend, go, make, reach, stretch
9.
Synonyms: range 3, extend, go, vary
10.
Synonyms: hunt 1, chase
11.
Synonyms: drive 3, ||drove, herd
12.
Synonyms: thrust 2, dig, drive, plunge, ram, sink, stab, stick
13.
Synonyms: smuggle , bootleg, contraband
14.
Synonyms: operate 3, handle, use, work
15.
Synonyms: conduct 3, carry on, direct, keep, manage, operate, ordain
II. noun
1.
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Synonyms: creek 2, ||branch, brook, ||burn, gill, race, ||rindle, rivulet, runnel, stream
2.
an uninterrupted course of occurrence or repetition especially of like things or events
the play had a long run
Synonyms: continuance, continuation, duration, persistence
Related Word: continuity, endurance, prolongation
3.
Synonyms: tendency 1, current, drift, tenor, trend
Related Word: course, set; bearing, direction, line, swing
4.
Synonyms: trip 1
|| 5.
runs plural but singular or plural in construction
Synonyms: diarrhea , ||backdoor trots, dysentery, flux, Montezuma's revenge, scour(s), *shits, ||squirts, summer complaint, ||trots