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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Run \Run\, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr & vb n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D. runnen, rennen, OS & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen, rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw rinna, r["a]nna, Dan. rinde, rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr ? to stir up rouse, Skr. ? (cf. {Origin}), or perh. to L. rivus brook (cf. {Rival}). [root]11. Cf {Ember}, a., {Rennet}.] 1. To move proceed, advance, pass, go come etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog. Specifically: 2. Of voluntary or personal action: a To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. ``Ha, ha the fox!'' and after him they ran. --Chaucer. b To flee, as from fear or danger. As from a bear a man would run for life. --Shak. c To steal off to depart secretly. My conscience will serve me to run from this jew. --Shak. d To contend in a race; hence to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as to run for Congress. Know ye not that they which run in a race run all but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. --1 Cor. ix 24. e To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into as to run into evil practices; to run in debt. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted? --Addison. f To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as to run through life; to run in a circle. g To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as to run from one subject to another. Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject. --Addison. h To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something -- with on i To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on j To creep, as serpents. 3. Of involuntary motion: a To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold. b To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread. The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix 23. c To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run. --Addison. Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire. --Woodward. d To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as a wheel runs swiftly round. e To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means to go as the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago. f To extend; to reach; as the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son. --Pope. g To go back and forth from place to place to ply; as the stage runs between the hotel and the station. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Running \Run"ning\, a. 1. Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse; a Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer. b trained and kept for running races; as a running horse. --Law. 2. Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as to be away two days running; to sow land two years running. 3. Flowing; easy; cursive; as a running hand. 4. Continuous; keeping along step by step; as he stated the facts with a running explanation. ``A running conquest.'' --Milton. What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature? --Hare. 5. (Bot.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as a running vine. 6. (Med.) Discharging pus; as a running sore. {Running block} (Mech.), a block in an arrangement of pulleys which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or lowered. {Running board}, a narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Running \Run"ning\, n. The act of one who or of that which runs; as the running was slow. 2. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as the first running of a still 3. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore. {At long running}, in the long run. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: running adj 1: moving quickly on foot; "heard running footsteps behind him"; "scampering children" [syn: {running(a)}, {scampering(a)}] 2: (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "a mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water" [syn: {running(a)}] [ant: {standing(a)}] 3: continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke among us" [syn: {running(a)}] 4: (football) of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays" [syn: {running(a)}] [ant: {passing(a)}] 5: executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start" [syn: {running(a)}] [ant: {standing(a)}] 6: running away from (or as if from) danger; "the fleeing survivors" [syn: {fleeing(a)}, {running(a)}] 7: measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot" [syn: {linear}, {running(a)}] 8: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [syn: {running(a)}, {operative}, {functional}, {working(a)}] n 1: a football play in which a player runs with the ball; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" [syn: {run}, {running play}, {running game}] 2: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: {run}] 3: the state of being in operation; "the engine is running smoothly" 4: the act of administering or being in charge of something "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time" 5: the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track [syn: {track}]
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