run
/ɹʊn/ · verb
Meaning
- To run.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
- A pleasure trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- Migration (of fish).
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- To move swiftly.
- (fluids) To flow.
- (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
- To be a candidate in an election.
- To make run in a race or an election.
- In a liquid state; melted or molten.
- Cast in a mould.
- Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
- (of a zoology) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
- Smuggled.
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