RUN


Meaning of RUN in English

I

n.

course

1) a ski ~

freedom of movement

2) to have free ~ of the house

race

3) a cross-country ~; the mile ~

series of demands

4) a ~ on a bank

~ning away

5) on the ~

trial

6) a dry, dummy ( BE ) ~

flight

7) to make a ~ (over a target)

8) a bombing ~

point scored

(baseball, cricket)

9) to score a ~

10) (baseball) a home ~

unraveled stitches in a stocking

( BE often has ladder )

11) to get, have a ~ (in a stocking)

duration

12) in the long; short ~

II

v.

1) ( C ) ('to fill') ~ a bath for me; or ~ me a bath

2) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ across ('to meet by chance') (to ~ across an old friend)

3) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ after ('to chase') (to ~ after a bus)

4) ( esp. AE ) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ against ('to oppose') (I would not like to ~ against her in the senatorial race; popular feeling was ~ning against the president)

5) ( d ; intr. ) ('to ply') to ~ between (this train ~s between New York and Philadelphia)

6) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ down ('to descend quickly'); ('to pour') (to ~ down the stairs; tears ran down her face)

7) ( esp. AE ; BE has stand ) ( D ; intr. ) ('to be a candidate') to ~ for (to ~ for office; to ~ for Congress)

8) ( d ; intr. ) ('to extend') to ~ from; to (the sale will ~ from the first of the month to the tenth; the fence ~s from the house to the road)

9) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ in ('to be present') (ability for languages ~s in their blood; talent ~s in the family)

10) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ into ('to meet') (to ~ into an old friend; to ~ into trouble)

11) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ into ('to hit') (he ran into a pole)

12) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ into ('to enter quickly') (to ~ into the house)

13) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ into ('to amount to') (the expenses will ~ into thousands of dollars)

14) ( d ; intr. ) ('to move quickly') to ~ off (the car ran off the road)

15) ( d ; tr. ) ('to force') to ~ off (she ran the other car off the road)

16) ( d ; intr. , tr. ) to ~ on ('to operate') (the engine ~s on diesel oil; they ran the business on borrowed money)

17) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ out of ('to use up') (she ran out of money)

18) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ out of ('to leave quickly') (to ~ out of the room)

19) ( d ; intr. ) ('to pass') to ~ through (a blue thread ~s through the cloth; a strange thought ran through her mind)

20) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to examine') (let's ~ through the material again)

21) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ through ('to process') (~ the data through the computer again)

22) ( d ; intr. ) ('to go quickly') to ~ to (she ran to the doctor)

23) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to seek help from') (he keeps ~ning to his mother; don't ~ to the police)

24) (d, intr. ) to ~ to ('to amount') (the dictionary ~s to a thousand pages)

25) ( d ; tr. ) ('to drive') to ~ to (I'll ~ you to the station)

26) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ up ('to ascend quickly') (to ~ up the stairs)

27) ( P ; intr. ) ('to go') the road ~s south

28) (s) supplies are ~ning low; the differences ~ deep

29) ( misc. ) to ~ rampant ('to ~ wild'); ( colloq. ) ~ that by me again ('repeat that for me')

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.