English-Thai Dictionary

run

N การ วิ่ง  gallop jog kan-wing

 

run

N การ วิ่งแข่ง  race sprint kab-wing-kang

 

run

N การ เดินทาง  outing trip kan-doen-tang

 

run

N ความต่อเนื่อง  series sequence kwam-tor-nung

 

run

N คอก ล้อม สัตว์  coop enclosure pen kok-lom-sad

 

run

N ระยะทาง  ระยะเวลา  distance period ra-ya-tang

 

run

VI(น้ำมูก  ไหล  release mucus lai

 

run

VI กลิ้ง  roll kring

 

run

VI มีผล ตามกฎหมาย  valid me-pon-tam-kod-mai

 

run

VI วิ่ง  วิ่ง ควบ  gallop jog wing

 

run

VI วิ่งหนี  หนี  escape leave wing-ne

 

run

VI วิ่งแข่ง  race sprint wing-kang

 

run

VI ว่าย ทวนน้ำ ไป วางไข่  go upstream to spawn wai-tuan-nam-pai-wang-kai

 

run

VI เข้าร่วม  take part kao-ruam

 

run

VI เข้า สมัคร รับ เลือกตั้ง  be a candidate kao-sa-mak-rab-luek-tang

 

run

VI เปิด เครื่อง  เดินเครื่อง  operate perform poed-krueng

 

run

VI เยี่ยมเยียน  visit yiam-yian

 

run

VI แพร่  เล่าลือ  กระจาย  display publish pare

 

run

VI ใช้เวลา  กินเวลา  chai-we-la

 

run

VI ไป ขอความช่วยเหลือ  go for help pai-kor-kwam-chue-lue

 

run

VI ไหล  ริน  flow pour lai

 

run

VT ดำเนินการ  ปฎิบัติ การ  handle manage dam-noen-kan

 

run

VT ทำให้ แพร่กระจาย  display publish tam-hai-pare-kra-jai

 

run

VT ผ่าน ไป อย่างรวดเร็ว  เคลื่อน ผ่าน ไป  move pass pan-pai-yang-ruad-reo

 

run

VT พา ไป ส่ง  transport pa-pai-song

 

run

VT รีบ ไป  รีบเร่ง  hurry rush rib-pai

 

run

VT ลักลอบ ขนส่ง ผิดกฎหมาย  bootleg smuggle lak-lob-kon-sib-ka-pid-kod-mai

 

run

VT วิ่งแข่ง  race sprint wing-kang

 

run

VT เข้า สมัคร รับ เลือกตั้ง  be a candidate kao-sa-mak-rab-luek-tang

 

run

VT เปิด เครื่อง  เดินเครื่อง  operate perform poed-krueng

 

run

VT ไหล  ริน  flow pour lai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUN

v.i.pret. ran or run; pp. run. 1. To move or pass in almost any manner, as on the feet or on wheels. Men and other animals run on their feet; carriages run on wheels, and wheels run on their axle-trees.
2. To move or pass on the feet with celerity or rapidity, by leaps or long quick steps; as, men and quadrupeds run when in haste.
3. To use the legs in moving; to step; as, children run alone or run about.
4. To move in a hurry.
The priest and people run about.
5. To proceed along the surface; to extend; to spread; as, the fire runs over a field or forest.
The fire ran along upon the ground. Exodus 9:23.
6. To rush with violence; as, a ship runs against a rock; or one ship runs against another.
7. To move or pass on the water; to sail; as, ships run regularly between New York and Liverpool. Before a storm, run into a harbor, or under the lee of the land. The ship has run ten knots an hour.
8. To contend in a race; as, men or horses run for a prize.
9. To flee for escape. When General Wolfe was dying, an officer standing by him exclaimed, see how they run. Who run? said the dying hero. The enemy, said the officer. Then I die happy, said the general.
1 . To depart privately; to steal away.
My conscience will serve me to run from this Jew, my master.
11. To flow in any manner, slowly or rapidly; to move or pass; as a fluid. Rivers run to the ocean or to lakes. The Connecticut runs on sand, and its water is remarkably pure. The tide runs two or three miles an hour. Tears run down the cheeks.
12. To emit; to let flow.
I command that the conduit run nothing but claret.
Rivers run potable gold.
But this form of expression is elliptical, with being omitted; "rivers run with potable gold. "
13. To be liquid or fluid.
As wax dissolves, as ice begin to run -
14. To be fusible; to melt.
Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire.
15. To fuse; to melt.
Your iron must not burn in the fire, that is, run or melt, for then it will be brittle.
16. To turn; as, a wheel runs on an axis or on a pivot.
17. To pass; to proceed; as, to run through a course of business; to run through life; to run in a circle or a line; to run through all degrees of promotion.
18. To flow, as words, language or periods. The lines run smoothly.
19. To pass, as time.
As fast as our time runs, we should be glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster.
2 . To have a legal course; to be attached to; to have legal effect.
Customs run only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid.
21. To have a course or direction.
Where the generally allowed practice runs counter to it.
Little is the wisdom, where the flight so runs against all reason.
22. To pass in thought, speech or practice; as, to run through a series of arguments; to run from one topic to another.
Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject.
23. To be mentioned cursorily or in few words.
The whole runs on short, like articles in an account.
24. To have a continued tenor or course. The conversation ran on the affairs of the Greeks.
The king's ordinary style runneth, "our sovereign lord the king. "
25. To be in motion; to speak incessantly. Her tongue runs continually.
26. To be busied; to dwell.
When we desire any thing, our minds run wholly on the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones.
27. To be popularly known.
Men gave then their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome.
28. To be received; to have reception, success or continuance. The pamphlet runs well among a certain class of people.
29. To proceed in succession.
She saw with joy the line immortal run, each sire impress'd and glaring in his son.
3 . To pass from one state or condition to another; as, to run into confusion or error; to run distracted.
31. To proceed in a train of conduct.
You should run a certain course.
32. To be in force.
The owner hath incurred the forfeiture of eight years profits of his lands, before he cometh to the knowledge of the process that runneth against him.
33. To be generally received.
He was not ignorant what report run of himself.
34. To be carried; to extend; to rise; as, debates run high.
In popish countries, the power of the clergy runs higher.
35. To have a track or course.
Searching the ulcer with my probe, the sinus run up above the orifice.
36. To extend; to lie in continued length. Veins of silver run in different directions.
37. To have a certain direction. The line runs east and west.
38. To pass in an orbit of any figure. The planets run their periodical courses. The comets do not run lawless through the regions of space.
39. To tend in growth or progress. Pride is apt to run into a contempt of others.
4 . To grow exuberantly. Young persons of 1 or 12 years old, soon run up to men and women.
If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves, treading down the leaves will help their rooting.
41. To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
42. To reach; to extend to the remembrance of; as time out of mind, the memory of which runneth not to the contrary.
43. To continue in time, before it becomes due and payable; as, a note runs thirty days; a note of six months has ninety days to run.
44. To continue in effect, force or operation.
The statute may be prevented from running - by the act of the creditor.
45. To press with numerous demands of payment; as, to run upon a bank.
46. To pass or fall into fault, vice or misfortune; as, to run into vice; to run into evil practices; to run into debt; to run into mistakes.
47. To fall or pass by gradual changes; to make a transition; as, colors run one into another.
48. To have a general tendency.
Temperate climates run into moderate governments.
49. To proceed as on a ground or principle. Obs.
5 . To pass or proceed in conduct or management.
Tarquin, running into all the methods of tyranny, after a cruel reign was expelled.
51. To creep; to move by creeping or crawling; as, serpents run on the ground.
52. To slide; as, a sled or sleigh runs on the snow.
53. To dart; to shoot; as a meteor in the sky.
54. To fly; to move in the air; as, the clouds run from N.E. to S.W.
55. In Scripture, to pursue or practice the duties of religion.
Ye did run well; who did hinder you? Galatians 5:7.
56. In elections, to have interest or favor; to be supported by votes. The candidate will not run, or he will run well.
1. To run after, to pursue or follow.
2. To search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as, to run after similes.
To run at, to attack with the horns, as a bull.
To run away, to flee; to escape.
1. To run away with, to hurry without deliberation.
2. To convey away; or to assist in escape or elopement.
To run in, to enter; to step in.
To run into, to enter; as, to run into danger.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Not in use. ]
1. To run in with, to close; to comply; to agree with. [Unusual. ]
2. To make towards; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in with the land; a seaman's phrase.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
1. To run on, to be continued. Their accounts had run on for a year or two without a settlement.
2. To talk incessantly.
3. To continue a course.
4. To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasms; to bear hard on.
To run over, to overflow; as, a cup runs over; or the liquor runs over.
1. To run out, to come to an end; to expire; as, a lease runs out at Michaelmas.
2. To spread exuberantly; as, insectile animals run out into legs.
3. To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. He runs out in praise of Milton.
4. To be wasted or exhausted; as, an estate managed without economy, will soon run out.
5. To become poor by extravagance.
And had her stock been less, no doubt she must have long ago run out.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to amount. Accounts of goods credited run up very fast.

 

RUN

v.t. 1. To drive or push; in a general sense. Hence to run a sword through the body, is to stab or pierce it.
2. To drive; to force.
A talkative person runs himself upon great inconveniences, by blabbing out his own or others' secrets.
Others accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions.
3. To cause to be driven.
They ran the ship aground. Acts 27:41.
4. To melt; to fuse.
The purest gold must be run and washed.
5. To incur; to encounter; to run the risk or hazard of losing one's property. To run the danger, is a phrase not now in use.
6. To venture; to hazard.
He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them.
7. To smuggle; to import or export without paying the duties required by law; as, to run goods.
8. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation; as, to run the world back to its first original.
I would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and run it up to its punctum saliens.
9. To push; to thrust; as, to run the hand into the pocket or the bosom; to run a nail into the foot.
1 . To ascertain and mark by metes and bounds; as, to run a line between towns or states.
11. To cause to ply; to maintain in running or passing; as, to run a stage coach from London to Bristol; to run a line of packets from New Haven to New York.
12. To cause to pass; as, to run a rope through a block.
13. To found; to shape, form or make in a mold; to cast; as, to run buttons or balls.
1. To run down, in hunting, to chase to weariness; as, to run down a stag.
2. In navigation, to run down a vessel, is to run against her, end on, and sink her.
3. To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
Religion is run down by the license of these times.
1. To run hard, to press with jokes, sarcasm or ridicule.
2. To urge or press importunately.
1. To run over, to recount in a cursory manner; to narrate hastily; as, to run over the particulars of a story.
2. To consider cursorily.
3. To pass the eye over hastily.
1. To run out, to thrust or push out; to extend.
2. To waste; to exhaust; as, to run out an estate.
To run through, to expend; to waste; as, to run through an estate.
1. To run up, to increase; to enlarge by additions. A man who takes goods on credit, is apt to run up his account to a large sum before he is aware of it.
2. To thrust up, as any thing long and slender.

 

RUN

n. 1. The act of running.
2. Course; motion; as the run of humor.
3. Flow; as a run of verses to please the ear.
4. Course; process; continued series; as the run of events.
5. Way; will; uncontrolled course.
Our family must have their run.
6. General reception; continued success.
It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run or long continuance, if not diversified with humor.
7. Modish or popular clamor; as a violent run against university education.
8. A general or uncommon pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
9. The aftmost part of a ship's bottom.
1 . The distance sailed by a ship; as, we had a good run.
11. A voyage; also, an agreement among sailors to work a passage from one place to another.
12. A pair of mill-stones. A mill has two, four or six runs of stones.
13. Prevalence; as, a disease, opinion or fashion has its run.
14. In the middle and southern states of America, a small stream; a brook.
In the long run, [at the long run, not so generally used, ] signifies the whole process or course of things taken together; in the final result; in the conclusion or end.
The run of mankind, the generality of people.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RUN

Run, v. i. [imp. Ran or Run; p. p. Run; p. pr. & vb. n. Running. ]Etym: [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, renne, OS. & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen, rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw. rinna, ränna, Dan. rinde, rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr. Origin ), or perh. to L. rivus brook (cf. Rival ). *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 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. (h ) To make progress; to proceed; to pass. As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster. Addison.

 

(i ) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week. When we desire anything, our minds run wholly on the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones. Swift.

 

(j ) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west. Where the generally allowed practice runs counter to it. Locke. Little is the wisdom, where the flight So runs against all reason. Shak.

 

(k ) To be in form thus, as a combination of words. The king's ordinary style runneth, "Our sovereign lord the king. " Bp. Sanderson.

 

(l ) To be popularly known; to be generally received. Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome. Sir W. Temple. Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself. Knolle

 

(m ) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. if the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. Mortimer.

 

(n ) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds. Bacon. Temperate climates run into moderate governments. Swift.

 

(o ) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing. In the middle of a rainbow the colors are. .. distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another. I. Watts.

 

(p ) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land. Customs run only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid. Sir J. Child.

 

(q ) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run. (r ) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs. (s ) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months. (t ) (Naut. ) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.

 

4. Specifically, of horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body. Stillman (The Horse in Motion ).

 

5. (Athletics )

 

Defn: To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition. As thing run, according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc. ; on the average; without selection or specification. -- To let run (Naut. ), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen. -- To run after, to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as to run after similies. Locke. -- To run away, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance. -- To run away with. (a ) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b ) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage. -- To run down. (a ) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks, watches, etc. (b )To decline in condition; as, to run down in health. -- To run down a coast, to sail along it. -- To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an office. -- To run in or into. (a ) To enter; to step in. (b ) To come in collision with. -- To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs. ] -- To run in with. (a ) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] T. Baker. (b ) (Naut. ) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in with the land. -- To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad. -- To run on. (a ) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a year or two without a settlement. (b ) To talk incessantly. (c ) To continue a course. (d ) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on. (e ) (Print. ) To be continued in the same lines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph. -- To run out. (a ) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out Michaelmas. (b ) To extend; to spread. "Insectile animals... run all out into legs. " Hammond. (c ) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d ) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out. And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. Dryden. -- To run over. (a ) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over. (b ) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily. (c ) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child. -- To run riot, to go to excess. -- To run through. (a ) To go through hastily; as to run through a book. (b ) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate. -- To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind. -- To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accounts of goods credited run up very fast. But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees. Sir W. Scott. -- To run with. (a ) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the streets ran with blood. (b ) To flow while charged with some foreign substance. "Its rivers ran with gold. " J. H. Newman.

 

RUN

RUN Run (, v. t.

 

1. To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block.

 

2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. To run the world back to its first original. South. I would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and run it up to its "punctum saliens." Collier.

 

3. To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot. You run your head into the lion's mouth. Sir W. Scott. Having run his fingers through his hair. Dickens.

 

4. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven. They ran the ship aground. Acts xxvii. 41. A talkative person runs himself upon great inconveniences by blabbing out his own or other's secrets. Ray. Others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions. Locke.

 

5. To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like. The purest gold must be run and washed. Felton.

 

6. To cause to be draw; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.

 

7. To cause to pass, to evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods. heavy impositions... are a strong temptation of running goods. Swift.

 

8. To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.

 

9. To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress. [Colloq. U.S.]

 

1 . To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chance, below. "He runneth two dangers." Bacon.

 

11. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them. Clarendon.

 

12. To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water. At the base of Pompey's statua, Which all the while ran blood, great Cæsar fell. Shak.

 

13. To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.

 

14. To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel. [Colloq. U.S.]

 

15. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. [Colloq. ]

 

16. To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.

 

17. To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp. , to ascend a river in order to spawn. To run a blockade, to get to, or away from, a blockaded port in safety. -- To run down. (a ) (Hunting ) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted; as, to run down, a stag. (b ) (Naut. ) To run against and sink, as a vessel. (c ) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear. "religion is run down by the license of these times. " Berkeley. (d ) To disparage; to traduce. F. W. Newman. -- To run hard. (a ) To press in competition; as, to run one hard in a race. (b ) To urge or press importunately. (c ) To banter severely. -- To run into the ground, to carry to an absurd extreme; to overdo. [Slang, U.S.] -- To run off, to cause to flow away, as a charge of molten metal from a furnace. -- To run on (Print. ), to carry on or continue, as the type for a new sentence, without making a break or commencing a new paragraph. -- To run out. (a ) To thrust or push out; to extend. (b ) To waste; to exhaust; as, to run out an estate. (c ) (Baseball ) To put out while running between two bases. -- To run the chances, or one's chances, to encounter all the risks of a certain course. -- To run through, to transfix; to pierce, as with a sword. "[He ] was run through the body by the man who had asked his advice. " Addison. -- To run up. (a ) To thrust up, as anything long and slender. (b ) To increase; to enlarge by additions, as an account. run up a bill (c ) To erect hastily, as a building.

 

RUN

RUN Run, n.

 

1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.

 

2. A small stream; a brook; a creek.

 

3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.

 

4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck. They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure. .. put a seal on their calamities. Burke.

 

5. State of being current; currency; popularity. it is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long continuance, if not diversified with humor. Addison.

 

6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights. A canting, mawkish play. .. had an immense run. Macaulay.

 

7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.

 

8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run. Howitt.

 

9. (Naut. ) (a ) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter (b ) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles. (c ) A voyage; as, run to China.

 

1 . A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq. ] A think of giving her a run in London. Dickens.

 

11. (Mining )

 

Defn: The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.

 

12. (Mus. )

 

Defn: A roulade, or series of running tones.

 

13. (Mil. )

 

Defn: The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.

 

14. The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

 

15. In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs. The "runs " are made from wicket to wicket, the batsmen interchanging ends at each run. R. A. Proctor.

 

16. A pair or set of millstones. At the long run, now, commonly, In the long run, in or during the whole process or course of things taken together; in the final result; in the end; finally. [Man ] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run. J. H. Newman. -- Home run. (a ) A running or returning toward home, or to the point from which the start was made. Cf. Home stretch. (b ) (Baseball ) See under Home. -- The run, or The common run, etc. , ordinary persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind. I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. Walpole. Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men. Prof. Wilson. His whole appearance was something out of the common run. W. Irving. -- To let go by the run (Naut. ), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.

 

RUN

RUN Run, a.

 

1. Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.

 

2. Smuggled; as, run goods. [Colloq. ] Miss Edgeworth. Run steel, malleable iron castings. See under Malleable. Raymond.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

run

run |rən rən | ▶verb ( runs, running ; past ran |ran |; past participle run ) 1 [ no obj. ] move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time: the dog ran across the road | she ran the last few yards, breathing heavily | he hasn't paid for his drinks —run and catch him. • run as a sport or for exercise: I run every morning. • (of an athlete or a racehorse ) compete in a race: she ran in the 200 meters | [ with obj. ] : Dave has run 42 marathons. • [ with obj. ] enter (a racehorse ) for a race. • Baseball (of a batter or base runner ) attempt to advance to the next base. • (of hounds ) chase or hunt their quarry. • (of a boat ) sail directly before the wind, esp. in bad weather. • (of a migratory fish ) go upriver from the sea in order to spawn. 2 [ no obj. ] move about in a hurried and hectic way: I've spent the whole day running around after the kids. • (run to ) have rapid recourse to (someone ) for support or help: don't come running to me for a handout. 3 pass or cause to pass quickly or smoothly in a particular direction: [ no obj. ] : the rumor ran through the pack of photographers | [ with obj. ] : Helen ran her fingers through her hair. • move or cause to move somewhere forcefully or with a particular result: [ no obj. ] : the tanker ran aground off the Aleutian Islands | [ with obj. ] : a woman ran a stroller into the back of my legs. • [ with obj. ] informal fail to stop at (a red traffic light ). • [ with obj. ] navigate (rapids or a waterfall ) in a boat. • extend or cause to extend in a particular direction: [ no obj. ] : cobbled streets run down to a tiny harbor | [ with obj. ] : he ran a wire under the carpet. • [ no obj. ] (run in ) (of a quality, trait, or condition ) be common or inherent in members of (a particular family ), esp. over several generations: weight problems run in my family. • [ no obj. ] pass into or reach a specified state or level: inflation is running at 11 percent | [ with complement ] : the decision ran counter to previous government commitments. 4 (with reference to a liquid ) flow or cause to flow: [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] : a small river runs into the sea at one side of the castle | [ with obj. ] : she ran cold water into the sink. • [ with obj. ] cause water to flow over (something ): I ran my hands under the faucet. • [ with obj. ] fill (a bath ) with water: [ with two objs. ] : I'll run you a nice hot bath. • (run with ) be covered or streaming with (a particular liquid ): his face was running with sweat. • emit or exude a liquid: she was weeping loudly, and her nose was running. • (of a solid substance ) melt and become fluid: it was so hot that the butter ran. • (of the sea, the tide, or a river ) rise higher or flow more quickly: there was still a heavy sea running. • (of dye or color in fabric or paper ) dissolve and spread when the fabric or paper becomes wet: the red dye ran when the socks were washed. • (of a stocking or pair of tights ) develop a ravel. 5 [ no obj. ] (of a bus, train, ferry, or other form of transportation ) make a regular journey on a particular route: buses run into town every half hour. • [ with obj. ] put (a particular form of public transportation ) in service: the group is drawing up plans to run trains on key routes. • [ with obj. ] take (someone ) somewhere in a car: I'll run you home. 6 [ with obj. ] be in charge of; manage: Andrea runs her own catering business | [ as adj. in combination ] (-run ) : an attractive family-run hotel. • [ no obj. ] (of a system, organization, or plan ) operate or proceed in a particular way: everything's running according to plan. • organize and make available for other people: we decided to run a series of seminars. • carry out (a test or procedure ): he asked the army to run tests on the anti nerve-gas pills. • own, maintain, and use (a vehicle ). 7 be in or cause to be in operation; function or cause to function: [ no obj. ] : the car runs on unleaded fuel | [ with obj. ] : a number of peripherals can be run off one SCSI port. • move or cause to move between the spools of a recording machine: [ with obj. ] : I ran the tape back | [ no obj. ] : the tape has run out. 8 [ no obj. ] continue or be valid or operative for a particular period of time: the course ran for two days | this particular debate will run on and on . • [ with adverbial or complement ] happen or arrive at the specified time: the program was running fifteen minutes late. • (of a play or exhibition ) be staged or presented: the play ran on Broadway last year. 9 [ no obj. ] be a candidate in a political election: he announced that he intended to run for President. • [ with obj. ] (esp. of a political party ) sponsor (a candidate ) in an election: they ran their first candidate for the school board. 10 publish or be published in a newspaper or magazine: [ with obj. ] : the tabloids ran the story | [ no obj. ] : when the story ran, there was a big to-do. • [ no obj. ] (of a story, argument, or piece of writing ) have a specified wording or contents: “Tapestries slashed! ” ran the dramatic headline. 11 [ with obj. ] bring (goods ) into a country illegally and secretly; smuggle: they run drugs for the cocaine cartels. 12 [ with two objs. ] (of an object or act ) cost (someone ) (a specified amount ): a new photocopier will run us about $1,300. ▶noun 1 [ usu. in sing. ] an act or spell of running: I usually go for a run in the morning | a cross-country run. • a running pace: Bobby set off at a run . • an opportunity or attempt to achieve something: their absence means the Russians will have a clear run at the title. • a preliminary test of the efficiency of a procedure or system: if you are styling your hair yourself, have a practice run. • an attempt to secure election to political office: his run for the Republican nomination. • an annual mass migration of fish up a river to spawn, or their return migration afterward: the annual salmon runs. 2 a journey accomplished or route taken by a vehicle, aircraft, or boat, esp. on a regular basis: the New York-Washington run. • a short excursion made in a car: we could take a run out to the country. • the distance covered in a specified period, esp. by a ship: a record run of 398 miles from noon to noon. • a short flight made by an aircraft on a straight and even course at a constant speed before or while dropping bombs. 3 Baseball a point scored when a base runner reaches home plate after touching the other bases. • Cricket a point scored by hitting the ball so that both batsmen are able to run between the wickets, or awarded in some other circumstances. 4 a continuous spell of a particular situation or condition: he's had a run of bad luck. • a continuous series of performances: the play had a long run on Broadway. • a quantity or amount of something produced at one time: a production run of only 150 cars. • a continuous stretch or length of something: long runs of copper piping. • a rapid series of musical notes forming a scale. • a sequence of cards of the same suit. 5 (a run on ) a widespread and sudden or continuous demand for (a particular currency or commodity ): there's been a big run on nostalgia toys this year. • a sudden demand for repayment from a bank made by a large number of lenders: growing nervousness among investors led to a run on some banks. 6 (the run of ) free and unrestricted use of or access to: her cats were given the run of the house. 7 (the run ) [ usu. with adj. ] the average or usual type of person or thing: she stood out from the general run of varsity cheerleaders. 8 an enclosed area in which domestic animals or birds can run freely in the open: a chicken run. • [ usu. with adj. ] a track made or regularly used by a particular animal: a badger run. • a sloping snow-covered course or track used for skiing, bobsledding, or tobogganing: a ski run. • Austral. /NZ a large open stretch of land used for pasture or the raising of stock: one of the richest cattle runs of the district. 9 a line of unraveled stitches in stockings or tights. 10 a downward trickle of paint or a similar substance when applied too thickly. 11 a small stream or brook. 12 (the runs ) informal diarrhea. 13 Nautical the after part of a ship's bottom where it rises and narrows toward the stern. PHRASES be run off one's feet see foot. come running be eager to do what someone wants: he had only to snap his fingers, and she would come running. give someone /something a ( good ) run for their money provide someone or something with challenging competition or opposition. have a ( good ) run for one's money derive reward or enjoyment in return for one's outlay or efforts. on the run 1 trying to avoid being captured: a kidnapper on the run from the FBI. 2 while running: he took a pass on the run. • continuously active and busy: I'm on the run every minute of the day. run a blockade see blockade. run afoul (or foul ) of 1 Nautical collide or become entangled with (an obstacle or another vessel ): another ship ran afoul of us. 2 come into conflict with; go against: the act may run afoul of consumer protection legislation. run dry (of a well or river ) cease to flow or have any water. • (esp. of a source of money or information ) be completely used up: municipal relief funds had long since run dry. run an errand carry out an errand, typically on someone else's behalf. ( make a ) run for it attempt to escape someone or something by running away. run the gauntlet see gauntlet 2. run high see high. run oneself into the ground see ground 1. run its course see course. run low (or short ) become depleted: supplies had run short. • have too little of something: we're running short of time. run a mile see mile. run off at the mouth informal talk excessively or indiscreetly. run someone out of town force someone to leave a place. run rings around see ring 1. run riot see riot. run the risk (or run risks ) see risk. run the show informal dominate or be in charge of a project, undertaking, or domain. run a temperature (or fever ) be suffering from a fever or high temperature. run someone /something to earth (or ground ) Hunting chase a quarry to its lair. • find someone or something, typically after a long search. run to ruin archaic fall into disrepair; gradually deteriorate. run to seed see seed. run wild see wild. PHRASAL VERBS run across meet or find by chance: I just thought you might have run across him before. run after informal seek to acquire or attain; pursue persistently: businesses that have spent years running after the boomer market. • seek the company of (someone ) with the aim of developing a romantic or sexual relationship with them. run against archaic collide with (someone ). • happen to meet: I ran against Flanagan the other day. run along [ in imperative ] informal go away (used typically to address a child ): run along now, there's a good girl. run around with see run with ( sense 2 ). run at rush toward (someone ) to attack or as if to attack them. run away leave or escape from a place, person, or situation of danger: children who run away from home normally go to big cities. • (also informal run off ) leave one's home or current partner in order to establish a relationship with someone else: he ran off with his wife's best friend | Fran, let's run away together . • try to avoid acknowledging or facing up to an unpleasant or difficult situation: the commissioners are running away from their responsibilities. run away with 1 (of one's imagination or emotions ) work wildly, so as to overwhelm (one ): Susan's imagination was running away with her. • (of a horse ) bolt with (its rider ). 2 accept (an idea ) without thinking it through properly: a lot of people ran away with the idea that they were Pacifists. 3 excel in or win (a competition ) easily: the Yankees ran away with the series. run something by (or past ) tell (someone ) about something, esp. in order to ascertain their opinion or reaction. run someone /something down 1 (of a vehicle or its driver ) hit a person or animal and knock them to the ground. • (of a boat ) collide with another vessel. 2 criticize someone or something unfairly or unkindly. 3 find someone or something after a search: she finally ran the professor down. 4 Baseball (of two or more fielders ) try to tag out a base runner who is trapped between two bases, in the process throwing the ball back and forth. run something down (or run down ) reduce (or become reduced ) in size, numbers, or resources: hardwood stocks in some countries are rapidly running down. • lose (or cause to lose ) power; stop (or cause to stop ) functioning: the battery has run down. • gradually deteriorate (or cause to deteriorate ) in quality or condition: the property had been allowed to run down. run someone in informal arrest someone. run into 1 collide with: he ran into a lamp post. • meet by chance: I ran into Stasia and Katie on the way home. • experience (a problem or difficult situation ): the bank ran into financial difficulties. 2 reach (a level or amount ): debts running into millions of dollars. 3 blend into or appear to coalesce with: her words ran into each other. run off see run away above. run off with informal steal: the treasurer had run off with the pension funds. run something off 1 reproduce copies of a piece of writing on a machine. • write or recite something quickly and with little effort. 2 drain liquid from a container: run off the water that has been standing in the pipes. run on 1 continue without stopping; go on longer than is expected: the story ran on for months. • talk incessantly. 2 (also run upon ) (of a person's mind or a discussion ) be preoccupied or concerned with (a particular subject ): my thoughts always ran too much on death. 3 Printing continue on the same line as the preceding matter. run out 1 (of a supply of something ) be used up: our food is about to run out. • use up one's supply of something: we've run out of gasoline. • become no longer valid: her contract runs out at the end of the year. 2 (of rope ) be paid out: slowly, he let the cables run out. 3 [ with adverbial of direction ] extend; project: a row of buildings ran out to Cityline Avenue. run out on informal abandon (someone ); cease to support or care for. run over 1 (of a container or its contents ) overflow: the bath's running over. 2 exceed (an expected limit ): the filming ran over schedule and budget. run someone /something over (of a vehicle or its driver ) knock a person or animal down and pass over their body: I almost ran over that raccoon. run through 1 be present in every part of; pervade: a sense of personal loss runs through many of his lyrics. 2 use or spend recklessly or rapidly: her husband had long since run through her money. run someone /something through stab a person or animal so as to kill them. run through (or over ) something discuss, read, or repeat something quickly or briefly: I'll just run through the schedule for the weekend. • rehearse a performance or series of actions: okay, let's run through Scene 3 again. run to 1 extend to or reach (a specified amount or size ): the document ran to almost 100 pages. • be enough to cover (a particular expense ); have the financial resources for: my income doesn't run to luxuries like taxis. 2 (of a person ) show a tendency to or inclination toward: she was tall and running to fat. run something up 1 allow a debt or bill to accumulate quickly: he ran up debts of $153,000. • achieve a particular score in a game or match: North Carolina ran up a 62 –44 lead. 2 make something quickly or hurriedly, esp. a piece of clothing: I'll run up a dress for you. 3 raise a flag. run up against experience or meet (a difficulty or problem ): the proposal has been dropped because it could run up against Federal regulations. run with 1 proceed with; accept: we do lots of tests before we run with a product. 2 (also run around with ) informal associate habitually with (someone ): Larry was a good kid until he began running around with the wrong crowd. DERIVATIVES run na ble adjective ORIGIN Old English rinnan, irnan (verb ), of Germanic origin, probably reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse rinna, renna. The current form with -u- in the present tense is first recorded in the 16th cent. usage: On the use of verbs used with and instead of a to infinitive, as in run and fetch the paper, see usage at and .

 

Oxford Dictionary

run

run |rʌn | ▶verb ( runs, running; past ran |ran |; past participle run ) 1 [ no obj. ] move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time: the dog ran across the road | she ran the last few yards, breathing heavily | he hasn't paid for his drinks —run and catch him. • run as a sport or for exercise: I run every morning. • (of an athlete or a racehorse ) compete in a race: she ran in the 200 metres | [ with obj. ] : Dave has run 42 marathons. • [ with obj. ] enter (a racehorse ) for a race. • Cricket (of a batsman ) run from one wicket to the other in scoring or attempting to score a run. • [ with obj. ] W. Indian chase (someone ) away: Ah went tuh eat the mangoes but the people run mih. • (of a boat ) sail straight and fast directly before the wind. • (of a migratory fish ) go upriver from the sea in order to spawn. 2 pass or cause to pass quickly in a particular direction: [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] : the rumour ran through the pack of photographers | [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] : Helen ran her fingers through her hair. • [ no obj. ] move about in a hurried and hectic way: I've spent the whole day running round after the kids. • move or cause to move forcefully or with a particular result: [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] : the tanker ran aground off the Shetlands | [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] : a woman ran a pushchair into the back of my legs. • [ with obj. ] informal fail to stop at (a red traffic light ). • [ with obj. ] chiefly N. Amer. navigate (rapids or a waterfall ) in a boat. 3 (with reference to a liquid ) flow or cause to flow: [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] : a small river runs into the sea at one side of the castle | [ with obj. ] : she ran cold water into a basin. • [ with obj. ] cause water to flow over: I ran my hands under the tap. • [ with obj. ] fill (a bath ) with water: [ with two objs ] : I'll run you a nice hot bath. • [ no obj. ] (run with ) be covered or streaming with (a liquid ): his face was running with sweat. • [ no obj. ] emit or exude a liquid: she was weeping and her nose was running. • [ no obj. ] (of a solid substance ) melt and become fluid: it was so hot that the butter ran. • [ no obj. ] (of the sea, the tide, or a river ) rise higher or flow more quickly: there was still a heavy sea running. • [ no obj. ] (of dye or colour in fabric or paper ) dissolve and spread when the fabric or paper becomes wet: the red dye ran when the socks were washed. 4 extend or cause to extend in a particular direction: [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] : cobbled streets run down to a tiny harbour | [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] : he ran a wire under the carpet. • [ no obj. ] chiefly N. Amer. (of a stocking or pair of tights ) develop a ladder. 5 [ no obj. ] (of a bus, train, ferry, or other form of transport ) make a regular journey on a particular route: buses run into town every half hour. • [ with obj. ] put (a form of public transport ) in service: the group is drawing up plans to run trains on key routes. • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] take (someone ) somewhere in a car: I'll run you home. 6 [ with obj. ] be in charge of; manage: Andrea runs her own catering business | (as adj., in combination -run ) : an attractive family-run hotel. • [ no obj., with adverbial ] (of a system, organization, or plan ) operate or proceed in a particular way: everything's running according to plan. • organize, implement, or carry out: we decided to run a series of seminars. • own, maintain, and use (a vehicle ). 7 be in or cause to be in operation; function or cause to function: [ no obj. ] : the car runs on unleaded fuel | [ with obj. ] : the modem must be run off a mains transformer. • move or cause to move between the spools of a recording machine: [ with obj. ] : I ran the tape back. 8 [ no obj. ] continue or be valid or operative for a particular period of time: the course ran for two days | this particular debate will run and run . • [ with adverbial or complement ] happen or arrive at the specified time: the programme was running fifteen minutes late. • (of a play or exhibition ) be staged or presented: the play ran at Stratford last year. 9 [ no obj. ] pass into or reach a specified state or level: inflation is running at 11 per cent | [ with complement ] : the decision ran counter to previous government commitments. 10 [ no obj. ] (run in ) (of a quality, trait, or condition ) be common or inherent in members of (a family ), especially over several generations: weight problems run in my family. 11 [ no obj. ] stand as a candidate in an election: he announced that he intended to run for President. • [ with obj. ] (especially of a political party ) sponsor (a candidate ) in an election: they ran their first independent candidate at the Bromley by-election. 12 publish or be published in a newspaper or magazine: [ with obj. ] : the tabloid press ran the story | [ no obj. ] : when the story ran, there was a big to-do. • [ no obj. ] (of a saying, argument, piece of writing, etc. ) have a specified wording: ‘Tapestries slashed! ’ ran the dramatic headline. 13 [ with obj. ] bring (goods ) into a country illegally and secretly; smuggle: they run drugs for the cocaine cartels. 14 [ with two objs ] N. Amer. cost (someone ) (a specified amount ): a new photocopier will run us about $1,300. 15 W. Indian provide: the wait-and-see game continues until the government runs some ready cash. • provide pasture for (sheep or cattle ); raise (livestock ). ▶noun 1 an act or spell of running: I usually go for a run in the morning | a cross-country run. • a running pace: Rory set off at a run . • an annual mass migration of fish up or down a river: the annual salmon runs. 2 a journey accomplished or route taken by a vehicle, aircraft, or boat, especially on a regular basis: the London –Liverpool run. • a short excursion made in a car: we could take a run out to the country. • the distance covered in a specified period, especially by a ship: a record run of 398 miles from noon to noon. • a short flight made by an aircraft on a straight and even course at a constant speed before or while dropping bombs. 3 an opportunity or attempt to achieve something: their absence means the Russians will have a clear run at the title. • a preliminary test of a procedure or system: if you are styling your hair yourself, have a practice run. • an attempt to secure election to political office: his run for the Republican nomination. 4 a continuous spell of a particular situation or condition: he's had a run of bad luck. • a continuous series of performances: the play had a long run in the West End. • a quantity or amount of something produced at one time: a production run of only 150 cars. • a continuous stretch or length of something: long runs of copper piping. • a rapid series of musical notes forming a scale. • a sequence of cards of the same suit. 5 (a run on ) a widespread and sudden demand for (a commodity ) or a widespread trading in (a currency ): there's been a big run on nostalgia toys this year. • a sudden demand for repayment from (a bank ) made by a large number of lenders: growing nervousness among investors led to a run on some banks. 6 (the run ) the average or usual type of person or thing: she stood out from the general run of Tory women. • the general tendency of something: quite against the run of play, Smith scored an early try. 7 a sloping snow-covered course or track used for skiing, bobsleighing, or tobogganing: a ski run. • a track made or regularly used by a particular animal: a badger run. 8 an enclosed area in which domestic animals or birds may run freely in the open: a chicken run. • (the run of ) free and unrestricted use of or access to: her cats were given the run of the house. • Austral. /NZ a large open stretch of land used for pasture or the raising of stock. 9 Cricket a unit of scoring achieved by hitting the ball so that both batsmen are able to run between the wickets, or awarded in some other circumstances. • Baseball a point scored by the batter returning to home plate after touching the other bases. 10 chiefly N. Amer. a ladder in stockings or tights. 11 a downward trickle of paint or a similar substance when applied too thickly. • a small stream. 12 (the runs ) informal diarrhoea. 13 Nautical the after part of a ship's bottom where it rises and narrows towards the stern. PHRASES be run off one's feet see foot. come running be eager to do what someone wants: he had only to crook his finger and she would come running. give someone /thing a ( good ) run for their money provide someone or something with challenging competition. have a ( good ) run for one's money derive reward or enjoyment in return for one's outlay or efforts. on the run 1 trying to avoid being captured: a criminal on the run from the FBI. 2 while running: he took a pass on the run. • continuously busy: I'm on the run every minute of the day. run before one can walk attempt something difficult before one has grasped the basic skills. run a blockade see blockade. run dry (of a well or river ) cease to flow or have any water. • (of a source or supply ) be completely used up: municipal relief funds had long since run dry. run an errand carry out an errand for someone. ( make a ) run for it attempt to escape someone or something by running away. run foul (or chiefly N. Amer. afoul ) of 1 Nautical collide or become entangled with (an obstacle or another vessel ): another ship ran foul of us. 2 come into conflict with; go against: the act may run foul of data protection legislation. run the gauntlet see gauntlet 2. run someone /thing close Brit. almost defeat a person or team in a contest. run high see high. run oneself into the ground see ground 1. run into the sand come to nothing: the peace initiative now seems to be running into the sand. run its course see course. run low (or short ) become depleted: supplies had run short. • have too little of something: we're running short of time. run a mile see mile. run off at the mouth (or run one's mouth ) N. Amer. informal talk excessively or indiscreetly. run someone out of town chiefly N. Amer. force someone to leave a place. run rings round see ring 1. run riot see riot. run the risk (or run risks ) see risk. run the show informal dominate or be in charge of an undertaking or area of activity. run a temperature be suffering from a high temperature. run someone /thing to earth (or ground ) Hunting chase a quarry to its lair. • Brit. find someone or something after a long search. run to ruin archaic fall into disrepair. run to seed see seed. run wild see wild. run with the hare and hunt with the hounds see hare. PHRASAL VERBS run across meet or find by chance: I just thought you might have run across him before. run after informal persistently seek to acquire or attain: businesses which have spent years running after the baby boom market. • seek the company of (a potential sexual or romantic partner ). run against archaic collide with (someone ). • happen to meet: I ran against Flanagan the other day. run along [ in imperative ] informal go away (used typically to address a child ): run along now, there's a good girl. run around with (US also run with ) informal associate habitually with (someone ). run at rush towards (someone ) to attack them. run away escape from a place, person, or situation: children who run away from home normally go to London. • (also informal run off ) leave one's home or current partner in order to establish a relationship with someone else: he ran off with his wife's best friend. • try to avoid facing up to a difficult situation: the government are running away from their responsibilities. run away with 1 (of one's imagination or emotions ) escape the control of: Susan's imagination was running away with her. 2 accept (an idea ) without thinking it through properly: a lot of people ran away with the idea that they were pacifists. 3 win (a competition or prize ) easily: Ipswich are running away with the championship. run something by (or past ) tell (someone ) about something, especially in order to ascertain their opinion or reaction. run someone /thing down 1 (of a vehicle or its driver ) hit a person or animal and knock them to the ground. • (of a boat ) collide with another vessel. 2 criticize someone or something unfairly or unkindly. 3 discover someone or something after a search: she finally ran the professor down. run something down (or run down ) reduce (or become reduced ) in size, numbers, or resources: the government were reviled for running down the welfare state | hardwood stocks in some countries are rapidly running down. • lose (or cause to lose ) power; stop (or cause to stop ) functioning: the battery has run down. • gradually deteriorate (or cause to deteriorate ) in quality: the property had been allowed to run down. run someone in informal arrest someone. run something in Brit. prepare the engine of a new car for normal use by driving slowly for a period of time. • use something new in such a way as not to make maximum demands upon it: whatever system you choose, you must run it in properly. run into 1 collide with: he ran into a lamppost. • meet by chance: I ran into Moira on the way home. • experience (a problem or difficulty ): the bank ran into financial difficulties. 2 reach (a level or amount ): debts running into millions of dollars. 3 blend into or appear to coalesce with: her words ran into each other. run off see run away above. run off with informal steal: the treasurer had run off with the pension funds. run something off 1 reproduce copies of a piece of writing on a machine. • write or recite something quickly and with little effort. 2 drain liquid from a container: run off the water that has been standing in the pipes. run on 1 continue without stopping; go on longer than is expected: the story ran on for months. • talk incessantly. 2 (also run upon ) (of a person's mind or a discussion ) be preoccupied or concerned with: my thoughts ran too much on death. 3 Printing continue on the same line as the preceding matter. run out 1 (of a supply of something ) be used up: our food is about to run out. • use up one's supply of something: we've run out of petrol. • become no longer valid: her contract runs out at the end of the year. 2 (of rope ) be paid out: slowly, he let the cables run out. 3 [ with adverbial of direction ] extend; project: a row of buildings ran out to Whitehall Gate. 4 [ with complement ] Brit. emerge from a contest in a specified position: the team ran out 4 –1 winners. run someone out Cricket dismiss a batsman by dislodging the bails with the ball while the batsman is still running between the wickets. • (of a batsman ) cause one's partner to be dismissed in this way by poor judgement. run out on informal abandon (someone ). run over 1 (of a container or its contents ) overflow: the bath's running over. 2 exceed (an expected limit ): the film ran over schedule and budget. run someone /thing over (of a vehicle or its driver ) knock a person or animal down and pass over their body. run over go over (something ) quickly as a reminder or rehearsal. run through 1 be present in every part of; pervade: a sense of personal loss runs through many of his lyrics. 2 use or spend recklessly or rapidly: her husband had long since run through her money. 3 go over (something ) quickly as a reminder or rehearsal: I'll just run through the schedule for the weekend. run someone /thing through stab a person or animal so as to kill them. run to 1 extend to or reach (a specified amount or size ): the document ran to almost 100 pages. • be enough to cover (a particular expense ): my income doesn't run to luxuries like taxis. 2 (of a person ) show a tendency to or inclination towards: she was tall and running to fat. 3 have recourse to (someone ) for support: don't come running to me for a handout. run something up 1 allow a debt or bill to accumulate: he ran up debts of $153,000. • achieve a particular score in a game or match: they ran up 467 runs for the loss of eight wickets. 2 make something quickly or hurriedly, especially a piece of clothing: I'll run up a dress for you. 3 raise a flag. run up against meet (a difficulty or problem ): the scheme could run up against European regulations. run with 1 proceed with; accept: we do lots of tests before we run with a product. 2 see run around with above. DERIVATIVES runnable adjective ORIGIN Old English rinnan, irnan (verb ), of Germanic origin, probably reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse rinna, renna. The current form with -u- in the present tense is first recorded in the 16th cent. usage: On the use of verbs used with and instead of a ‘to ’ infinitive, as in run and fetch the paper, see usage at and .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

run

run verb 1 she ran across the road: sprint, race, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, scurry, scamper, bolt, fly, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, speed, zoom, go like lightning, go hell-bent for leather, go like the wind, go like a bat out of hell; jog, trot; informal tear, pelt, scoot, hotfoot it, leg it, belt, zip, whip, bomb, hightail it, barrel. 2 the robbers turned and ran: flee, run away, run off, run for it, take flight, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, make one's getaway, escape; informal beat it, clear off, clear out, vamoose, skedaddle, split, leg it, scram, light out, take a powder, make tracks. 3 he ran in the marathon: compete, take part, participate. 4 a shiver ran down my spine: go, pass, slide, move, travel. 5 he ran his eye down the list: cast, pass, skim, flick. 6 the road runs the length of the valley: extend, stretch, reach, continue. 7 water ran from the eaves: flow, pour, stream, gush, flood, cascade, roll, course, spill, trickle, drip, dribble, leak. 8 a bus runs to Sorrento: travel, go. 9 I'll run you home: drive, take, bring, ferry, chauffeur, give someone a ride /lift. 10 he runs a mail-order company: be in charge of, manage, direct, control, head, govern, supervise, superintend, oversee; operate, conduct, own. 11 it's expensive to run a car: maintain, keep, own, possess, have; drive. 12 they ran some tests: carry out, do, perform, execute. 13 he left the engine running: operate, function, work, go; idle. 14 the lease runs for twenty years: be valid, last, be in effect, be operative, continue, be effective. 15 the show ran for two years: be staged, be performed, be on, be mounted, be screened. 16 he ran for president: be a candidate for, stand for, be a contender for. 17 the paper ran the story: publish, print, feature, carry, put out, release, issue. 18 they run drugs: smuggle, traffic in, deal in. 19 they were run out of town: chase, drive, hound. ▶noun 1 his morning run: sprint, jog, dash, gallop, trot. 2 she did the school run: route, journey; circuit, round, beat. 3 an unbeaten run of victories: series, succession, sequence, string, chain, streak, spell, stretch, spate. 4 a run on umbrellas: demand for, rush on. 5 they had the run of the house: free use of, unrestricted access to. 6 the usual run of movies: type, kind, sort, variety, class. 7 a dog run: enclosure, pen, coop. 8 a toboggan run: slope, track, piste, trail, slide. 9 a run in her pantyhose: rip, tear, snag, hole, pull; Brit. ladder. PHRASES in the long run in the long run, the move to Spokane may be a really good thing: eventually, in the end, ultimately, when all is said and done, in the fullness of time, over the long haul, at the end of the day. on the run police report that Prentiss has been on the run since early this morning: on the loose, at large, loose; running away, fleeing, fugitive; informal AWOL, on the lam. run across we never expected to run across Mrs. Gundlach at the casino: meet, meet by chance, come across, run into, chance on /upon, stumble on /upon, happen on /upon; informal bump into. run after informal I have no intention of running after him: pursue, chase; make advances to, flirt with; informal come on to, be all over; dated set one's cap for /at. run along informal it's time for you and your pesky little friends to run along: go away, be off (with you ), shoo; informal scram, buzz off, skedaddle, scat, beat it, get lost, shove off, clear off; literary begone. run around informal that creep's been running around since their honeymoon: be unfaithful, have affairs, philander; informal play the field, sleep around, fool around. run away her attacker ran away. See run (sense 2 of the verb ). run away with she ran away with the championship: win easily, win hands down; informal win by a mile. run down obviously, this barn didn't start running down yesterday: decline, degenerate, go downhill, go to seed, decay, go to rack and ruin; informal go to pot, go to the dogs. run someone down 1 he was run down by a drunk driver: run over, knock down, knock over; hit, strike. 2 she ran him down in front of other people: criticize, denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, find fault with; informal put down, knock, badmouth, dis; formal derogate. run for it they saw the cop car and ran for it. See run (sense 2 of the verb ). run high feelings ran high: be strong, be fervent, be passionate, be intense. run in 1 heart disease runs in the family: be common in, be inherent in. 2 informal you mean they actually ran him in for littering? See arrest (sense 1 of the verb ). run into 1 a car ran into his van: collide with, hit, strike, crash into, smash into, plow into, ram, impact. 2 I ran into Hugo the other day: meet, meet by chance, come across, run across, chance on /upon, stumble on /upon, happen on /upon; informal bump into. 3 we ran into a problem: experience, encounter, meet with, be faced with, be confronted with. 4 his debts run into six figures: reach, extend to, be as much as. run low supplies were running low: dwindle, diminish, become depleted, be used up, be in short supply, be tight. run off the youths ran off. See run (sense 2 of the verb ). run off with he ran off with her money. See steal (sense 1 of the verb ). run something off 1 would you run off that list for me? copy, photocopy, xerox, duplicate, print, reproduce. 2 run off some of the excess water: drain, bleed, draw off, pump out. run on 1 the call ran on for hours: continue, go on, carry on, last, keep going, stretch. 2 your mother does run on: talk incessantly, talk a lot, go on, chatter on, ramble on; informal yak, gab, run off at the mouth. run out 1 supplies ran out: be used up, dry up, be exhausted, be finished, peter out. 2 her contract ran out: expire, end, terminate, finish; lapse. run out of they ran out of their cash: use up; be out of, consume, eat up; informal be fresh out of. run out on informal she ran out on her husband. See abandon (sense 3 of the verb ). run over 1 the bathwater ran over: overflow, spill over, brim over. 2 the project ran over budget: exceed, go over, overshoot, overreach. 3 he quickly ran over the story: recapitulate, repeat, run through, go over, reiterate, review; look over, read through; informal recap. run someone over he was run over by a motorbike: run down, knock down, knock over; hit, strike. run the show informal Todd always tries to run the show: be in charge, be in control, be at the helm, be in the driver's seat, be at the wheel; informal be the boss, call the shots. run through 1 they quickly ran through their money: squander, spend, fritter away, dissipate, waste, go through, consume, use up; informal blow. 2 the attitude that runs through his writing: pervade, permeate, suffuse, imbue, inform. 3 he ran through his notes: recapitulate, repeat, run over, go over, reiterate, review; look over, read through; informal recap. 4 let's run through scene three: rehearse, practice, go over, repeat; informal recap. run someone through they hung an effigy of him and ran it through with sharp sticks: stab, pierce, transfix, impale. run to 1 the bill ran to $22,000: amount to, add up to, total, come to, equal, reach, be as much as. 2 he was running to fat: tend to, become, get, grow.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

run

run verb 1 she jumped out of her car and ran across the road: sprint, race, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, scurry, scuttle, scamper, hare, bolt, bound, fly, gallop, career, charge, pound, shoot, hurtle, speed, streak, whizz, zoom, sweep, go like lightning, go hell for leather, go like the wind, flash, double; jog, lope, trot, jogtrot, dogtrot; informal tear, pelt, scoot, hotfoot it, leg it, belt, zip, whip, go like a bat out of hell, step on it, get a move on, get cracking, put on some speed, stir one's stumps; Brit. informal hop it, bomb; N. Amer. informal boogie, hightail it, barrel, get the lead out; informal, dated cut along; archaic post, hie. ANTONYMS dawdle. 2 the other three men turned and ran: flee, run away, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a (hasty ) retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, head for the hills, do a disappearing act; informal beat it, clear off, clear out, vamoose, skedaddle, split, cut and run, leg it, show a clean pair of heels, turn tail, scram; Brit. informal do a runner, scarper, do a bunk; N. Amer. informal light out, bug out, cut out, peel out, take a powder, skidoo; Austral. informal go through, shoot through; vulgar slang bugger off; archaic fly. ANTONYMS stay. 3 he decided to run in the marathon: compete, take part, participate; enter, be in. 4 my horse ran second to Suave Dancer in this race last year: finish, come in, come. 5 a shiver ran down my spine | the ball ran towards the green: go, pass, move, travel; roll, coast. 6 Grant ran his eye down the column of figures: cast, pass, skim, flick, slide. 7 a narrow, twisting road which runs the length of the Duddon valley: extend, stretch, reach, range, continue, go. 8 rainwater ran from the eaves: flow, pour, stream, gush, flood, glide, cascade, spurt, jet, issue; roll, course, slide, spill, trickle, seep, drip, dribble, leak; Brit. informal sloosh. 9 the walls were running with condensation: stream with, drip with, be covered with, be wet with; be flooded by. 10 my nose was running: stream, drip, exude /secrete /ooze liquid. 11 a courtesy bus runs to Sorrento three times a day: travel, ply, shuttle, go, make a regular journey. 12 I'll run you back to your hotel: drive, give someone a lift, take, bring, ferry, chauffeur; transport, convey. 13 he runs a transport company: be in charge of, manage, administer, direct, control, be in control of, be the boss of, boss, head, lead, govern, supervise, superintend, oversee, look after, organize, coordinate, regulate; operate, conduct, carry on, own; preside over, officiate at. 14 he could no longer afford to run a car: maintain, keep, own, possess, have, drive. 15 they ran a series of tests: carry out, do, perform, fulfil, execute. 16 he left the engine running | her car runs well: operate, function, work, go, be in operation; tick over, idle; perform, behave. 17 the lease runs for twenty years: be valid, last, be in effect, operate, be in operation, be operative, be current, continue, be effective, have force, have effect. 18 the show ran in the West End for two years: be staged, be presented, be performed, be on, be put on, be produced; be mounted; be screened; last. 19 he first ran for president in 1984: stand for, stand for election as, stand as a candidate for, be a contender for, put oneself forward for, put oneself up for. 20 the Guardian ran the story on Friday: publish, print, feature, carry, put out, release, issue. 21 they run drugs for the cocaine cartels: smuggle, traffic in, deal in. 22 they were run out of town: chase, drive, hunt, hound, put to flight. PHRASES run across we ran across David when we were playing in LA: meet (by chance ), come across, run into, chance on, stumble on /across, happen on; informal bump into; archaic run against. run after informal ever since his school days, girls have been running after him: pursue, chase, make romantic advances to, flirt with; informal make up to, make eyes at, give the come-on to, come on to, be all over; N. Amer. informal vamp; dated set one's cap at. run along informal run along now, can't you see I'm busy? go away, be off with you, shoo, on your way, make yourself scarce; informal scram, buzz off, skedaddle, scat, beat it, get lost, shove off, clear off; Brit. informal hop it; S. African informal hamba, voetsak; literary begone, avaunt. run away 1 she screamed and the men ran away: flee, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a (hasty ) retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, head for the hills; informal beat it, clear off, clear out, vamoose, skedaddle, split, cut and run, leg it, show a clean pair of heels, turn tail, scram, hook it, fly the coop, skip off, do a fade; Brit. informal do a runner, scarper, do a bunk; N. Amer. informal light out, bug out, cut out, peel out, take a powder, skidoo; Austral. informal go through, shoot through; archaic fly, levant. ANTONYMS stay. 2 the administration has tried to run away from its responsibilities: evade, dodge, get out of, shirk; avoid, disregard, ignore, take no notice of, pay no attention to, turn one's back on; informal shut one's eyes to, duck, cop out of. ANTONYMS face up to, deal with. 3 Doyle ran away with another man's wife: run off with, elope with. 4 Mario Andretti ran away with the championship: win easily, win hands down; informal win by a mile, walk it, romp home. run down he was dismayed to discover how much the farm had run down: decline, degenerate, go downhill, become dilapidated, go to seed, fall into decay, decay, go to rack and ruin; informal go to pot, go to the dogs. ANTONYMS recover, improve. run someone /something down 1 the boy was run down by joyriders: run over, knock down, knock over, knock to the ground; hit, strike. 2 she began to run him down in front of other people: criticize, denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, speak badly off, speak ill of, find fault with; revile, vilify; informal put down, knock, bad-mouth, have a go at; Brit. informal rubbish, slag off; rare derogate, asperse. ANTONYMS praise. run something down 1 she finally ran a copy of the book down in Covent Garden: find, discover, locate, track down, trace, run to earth, unearth, hunt out, ferret out. 2 employers should run down their labour forces gradually: reduce, cut back on, cut, downsize, decrease, pare down, trim; phase out, wind down, wind up. ANTONYMS increase. run for it flee, make a run for it, run away, run off, take flight, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a (hasty ) retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, head for the hills, take oneself off, decamp, abscond, do a disappearing act; informal beat it, clear off, clear out, vamoose, skedaddle, split, cut and run, leg it, show a clean pair of heels, scram, hook it, fly the coop, do a fade; Brit. informal do a runner, scarper, do a bunk; N. Amer. informal light out, bug out, cut out, peel out, take a powder, skidoo. run high patriotic fervour was running high: be strong, be vehement, be fervent, be passionate, be intense. run in he has a history of heart disease, which runs in the family: be common in, be frequently found in, be inherent in. run someone in informal arrest, take into custody, apprehend, detain, take in, take prisoner, put in jail, throw in jail; informal pick up, pull in, haul in, pinch, bust, nab, nail, do, collar, feel someone's collar; Brit. informal nick. run into 1 the plane was badly damaged when it ran into a parked aircraft: collide with, be in collision with, hit, strike, crash into, smash into, knock into, plough into, barge into, meet head-on, ram; N. Amer. impact. ANTONYMS miss. 2 I ran into Hugo the other day: meet (by chance ), run across, chance on, stumble on /across, happen on; informal bump into; archaic run against. 3 the negotiators immediately ran into a problem: experience, encounter, meet with, be faced with, run up against, be confronted with, come face to face with. 4 Peter had been left with debts running into six figures: reach, extend to, be as high /much as. run low food supplies were running low: dwindle, diminish, become depleted, get less, be used up, become exhausted, be short, be in short supply, be tight. ANTONYMS be plentiful. run off 1 three youths scrambled out of the car and ran off: flee, run away, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a (hasty ) retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, head for the hills, make oneself scarce, decamp, abscond, do a disappearing act; informal beat it, clear off, clear out, vamoose, skedaddle, split, cut and run, leg it, show a clean pair of heels, scram, hook it, skip off; Brit. informal do a runner, scarper, do a bunk, have it away (on one's toes ); N. Amer. informal light out, bug out, cut out, peel out, take a powder, skidoo; Austral. informal go through, shoot through; vulgar slang bugger off; archaic fly, levant. ANTONYMS stay. 2 informal his wife ran off with one of the doctors: run away with, elope with, go off with. 3 informal he ran off with the £1000 in the appeal fund: steal, take, snatch, purloin, abscond with, help oneself to; pilfer, embezzle, misappropriate; informal walk off /away with, swipe, nab, rip off, lift, ‘liberate ’, ‘borrow ’, filch, snaffle, snitch; Brit. informal pinch, half-inch, whip, knock off, nobble; N. Amer. informal heist, glom; Austral. informal snavel; W. Indian informal tief. run something off 1 Sophie, would you just run off a list of all the outstanding accounts, please? copy, photocopy, xerox, duplicate, print, photostat, mimeograph; make, produce, do. 2 run off some of the water that has been standing in the pipes: drain, drain off, bleed off, draw off, pump out. run on 1 the call ran on for two and a quarter hours: continue, go on, carry on, last, keep going, extend, stretch. 2 your mother does run on, doesn't she? talk incessantly, talk a lot, rattle on, go on, chatter on, gabble on, ramble on; informal yak, gab, yackety-yak, yap, yabber, yatter; Brit. informal rabbit on, witter on, natter on, chunter on, talk the hind leg off a donkey; Scottish & Irish slabber on; N. Amer. informal run off at the mouth; Austral. /NZ informal mag; archaic twaddle, twattle, clack. 3 my thoughts ran too much on death: be preoccupied with, be concerned with, dwell on, focus on, be focused on, revolve around, centre around, be dominated by, be fixated with. run out 1 food supplies were running out: be used up, dry up, be exhausted, be finished, give out, peter out, fail; exhaust. ANTONYMS be plentiful. 2 they've run out of cash: have none left, have no more of, be out of; use up, exhaust one's supply of, consume, eat up; sell out of; informal be fresh out of, be cleaned out of. 3 her contract was due to run out: expire, come to an end, end, terminate, finish; lapse, be no longer valid. run out on someone informal desert, abandon, leave in the lurch, jilt, leave high and dry, discard, cast aside, throw over, turn one's back on; informal walk out on, dump, ditch, leave someone holding the baby, leave flat; archaic forsake. run over 1 the bathwater's running over: overflow, spill over, spill, brim over; rare overbrim. 2 the project ran wildly over budget: exceed, go over, go beyond, overshoot, overreach. run someone /something over run down, knock down, knock over, knock to the ground, hit, strike. run something over he quickly ran over the story: recapitulate, repeat, run through, go over, go through, reiterate, review; look through, look over, read through; informal recap. run rings around someone informal in a demonstration of classy centre-forward play he ran rings round the opposition: surpass, outshine, outclass, overshadow, eclipse, exceed, excel, transcend, cap, top, outstrip, outdo, put to shame, make look pale by comparison, put in the shade, be better than, beat, outplay, outperform, upstage, dwarf; informal be head and shoulders above, be a cut above, leave standing; archaic outrival, outvie. run the show informal be in charge, be in control, be the boss, be at the helm, be in the driving seat, be in the driver's seat, be at the wheel, be in the saddle, pull the strings, be responsible; informal call the shots. run through 1 her husband had long ago run through their money: squander, fritter away, spend, spend like water, throw away, dissipate, waste, go through, consume, use up; informal blow. 2 the markedly sceptical attitude that runs through his writings: pervade, permeate, suffuse, imbue, inform, go through. 3 he ran through his notes again: go over, go through, look over, look through, cast one's eye over, take a look at, run over; read, study, scan, peruse, review, examine, inspect; informal give something a /the once-over. 4 okay, let's run through scene three again: rehearse, practise, go through, go over, repeat, do again; recapitulate; N. Amer. run down; informal recap. run someone through Campbell threatened to run him through with his sword: stab, pierce, transfix, impale. run to 1 the original bill ran to £22,000: reach, extend to, be as high as, be as much as; amount to, add up to, total, come to, equal. 2 sorry, we can't run to champagne: afford, stretch to, manage, have money for. 3 he was running to fat: tend to, show a tendency to; become, get, grow. run up his loose way of living ran up such big debts that he had to get out of town: accumulate, accrue, amass, collect, gather, stockpile, heap up, rack up, build up, scrape together, hoard, lay in /up, garner; Brit. tot up. ▶noun 1 his early morning run along the Embankment: sprint, race, dash, gallop, rush, spurt; jog, trot. 2 she volunteered to do the school run: route, way, course, journey; circuit, round, beat. 3 we went out for a run in the car: drive, ride, turn; trip, excursion, outing, jaunt, short journey, airing; informal spin, joyride, tootle; Scottish informal hurl. 4 the current run of unseasonably hot weather | an unbeaten run of eleven home victories: period, spell, stretch, spate, bout; patch, interval, time; series, succession, sequence, string, chain, streak. 5 the budget accelerated a run on sterling: demand for, rush for, sudden request for, clamour for. 6 Margaret gave them the run of her home: unrestricted /free use of, unrestricted access to; a free hand in, a free rein in. 7 it's certainly different from the usual run of East European cafes: type, kind, sort, variety, class, category, order. 8 against the run of play, Mytchett scored a second goal: trend, tendency, course, direction, movement, drift, tide, current; tenor. 9 the wire mesh of a chicken run: enclosure, pen, coop, compound. 10 a steep run with 10 cm of fresh snow: slope, piste, track; bump run; N. Amer. trail. 11 she had a run in her nylons: ladder, rip, tear, snag, hole. PHRASES in the long run eventually, in the end, ultimately, when all is said and done, in the final analysis, in the fullness of time; Brit. informal at the end of the day. on the run 1 a con man on the run: on the loose, at large, loose; running away, fleeing, in flight, fugitive; informal AWOL; N. Amer. informal on the lam. 2 I've been on the run all day: busy, rushing about, rushed off one's feet, dashing about, hurrying about, in a rush, in a hurry, on the move, active; informal on the go. the runs informal See diarrhoea. WORD LINKS run -drome place for running or racing Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Duden Dictionary

Run

Run Substantiv, maskulin , der |ran englisch rʌn |der Run; Genitiv: des Runs, Plural: die Runs englisch run, zu: to run = rennen, laufen Ansturm, großer Andrang der vorweihnachtliche Run auf Spielzeug, auf die Geschäfte | wie stets in Krisenzeiten setzte ein Run auf Gold ein | der Run auf Aktien wird sich fortsetzen

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

run

run /rʌn /〖他動詞 1 の用法は19世紀から 〗(名 )runner, (名 形 副 )running 動詞 ～s /-z /; ran /ræn /; ～; ～ning (!分詞形容詞用法については →running ) 自動詞 【走る 】1 〖run (＋副詞 )〗〈人 動物が 〉走る , 駆ける (!副詞 は方向 場所の表現 ) ▸ He turned to run back into the room .彼は背を向けると走って部屋に戻った ▸ She had to run to catch the train .彼女は電車に乗るのに走らなければならなかった ▸ Walk faster! Run !もっと速く歩きなさい . 駆け足 ▸ A dog ran out in front of me .犬が私の前に飛び出してきた 2 a. ｟くだけて ｠〈人が 〉【ある目的のために 】急ぐ , 急いで行く «(and ) do , to do , for » ▸ Run and get [｟よりくだけて ｠Run get ] Karl for me .急いでカールを呼んできてよ ▸ I've got to run , Chris .クリス, 急いでいるので行くよ ▸ You call, and I'll come running .電話をくれたら駆けつけるよ ▸ run for the bus バスに乗ろうと急ぐ b. ｟くだけて ｠〖run ＋副詞 〗(時に車で )ひとっ走りする , ちょっと行く (!副詞 は方向の表現 ) ▸ Run (down [over, out, across ]) to the station and get me the ticket .駅までひとっ走りして切符を買ってきてちょうだい 3 〈人 動物が 〉逃げる (away, off )▸ Fire! Run for your lives! 火事だ, みんな逃げろ ▸ The boy ran off shouting, “Wolf! Wolf! ”少年は 「オオカミだ, オオカミだ 」と叫びながら逃げた ▸ You cannot run from fate .｟比喩的に ｠運命から逃れることはできない 4 a. 〈人が 〉 (競技種目 運動として )走る ; 【競走種目に 】出場する, 〈馬が 〉【競馬に 】出走する «in » ▸ I run every morning .毎朝ランニングをしています ▸ She ran (second ) in the Boston Marathon .彼女はボストンマラソンに出場し (2位になっ )た b. ｟主に米 ｠ «公職に /選挙に /…の対抗馬として » 立候補する , 出馬する (｟英 ｠stand for ) «for /in /against » ▸ run for President [(a seat in ) Congress ]大統領 [国会議員 ]に立候補する ▸ run in the election and win 選挙に出て当選する 5 〖run ＋副詞 〗〈車などが 〉疾走する ; 〈痛み 考え ニュースなどが 〉 (走るように )伝わる , よぎる , 広まる (!副詞 は方向の表現 ) ▸ A car ran off the road .車が道路から飛び出した ▸ A shiver ran down her spine [through her ].彼女はぞっと身震いした ▸ The thought kept running through my mind [head ].その考えがひっきりなしに頭をよぎった 6 〈バス 電車などが 〉通っている , 走っている ▸ The buses run every 15 minutes [on time ].バスは15分間隔で [時間通りに ]運行されています ▸ I wonder if the trains aren't running in this snow .この雪では電車は運休しているんじゃないかな (!進行形は一時的運行状態を表す ) 【機能する 】7 〈機械などが 〉【動力で 】動く , 作動 [稼働 ]する «on , off » ; 〈プログラム ソフトウェアが 〉【特定のシステムで 】動く , 走る «on » ▸ The engine is very quiet and runs smoothly .エンジンはとても静かで動きはなめらかだ ▸ The clock is running fast [slow ].時計が進んで [遅れて ]いる ▸ run on batteries [electricity ]電池 [電気 ]で動く ▸ The software runs on [under ] Windows .このソフトはウィンドウズ上 [のもと ]で動く 8 〖run ＋副詞 〗〖通例be ～ning 〗〈計画 組織 人などが 〉進む , 運ぶ (!副詞 は様態 時間の表現 ) ▸ Everything is running pretty smoothly .万事スムーズに進行している ▸ The system is already up and running .システムはフル稼働している ▸ We're running late .(予定より )遅れてる 【流れる 】9 〖run ＋副詞 〗〈液体が 〉流れる (!副詞 は方向の表現 ) ; ｟比喩的に ｠〈感情などが 〉高ぶる (!副詞 はhigh ) ▸ Tears ran down her cheeks .涙が彼女のほおを伝って流れた ▸ Blood began to run from his mouth .彼の口から血が流れ出した ▸ Adrenaline is [Emotions are ] running high .アドレナリンが体内を駆けめぐっている [感情が激しく高ぶっている ]10 a. 〈鼻が 〉鼻水を出す ▸ Your nose is running .≒You have a running nose .鼻が出てるよ b. 〈蛇口 ふろが 〉水を出す ▸ The bath (water ) is running .お湯がおふろに注がれている ▸ let the tap run for a minute or two 1, 2分蛇口の水を出しておく c. 〖通例be ～ning 〗〈人 物が 〉【液体で 】おおわれている «with » ▸ His face [He ] was running with sweat .彼の顔 [彼 ]は汗が吹き出ていた 11 〈衣類が 〉 (洗濯で )色落ちする ; 〈色が 〉にじむ (!進行形にしない ) ; 〈ペンキが 〉流れる ; 〈バターなどが 〉溶けて流れる ▸ test the fabrics to make sure the color will not run 色落ちしないのを確かめるために布地を検査する 12 〈資質 病気などが 〉【家系に 】伝わっている , 遺伝する «in » ▸ Does the disease run in families [the family ]?その病気は遺伝しますか 【続く 】13 〖run ＋副詞 〗〈道路 線などが 〉延びている , 続いている , 広がっている (!副詞 は方向の表現; 進行形にしない ) ▸ The road runs through the heart of the city .その道路は市の中心部を通っている ▸ A scar runs across his cheek .傷跡が彼のほおを走っている ▸ Shelves run along the walls .壁に沿ってずっと棚がついている ▸ a river running through the field 野原に流れる小川 14 〖run ＋副詞 〗〈映画 劇が 〉 (続けて )上演される , 行われる ; 〈行事が 〉 (予想以上に )続く (on ) (!副詞 は期間の表現 ) ▸ The show opens Monday and runs through Friday .ショーは月曜に幕が開き, 金曜まで上演される ▸ Classes begin at 8 a.m. and run for 75 minutes .授業開始は午前8時で75分授業です 15 a. 〖run ＋副詞 〗〈契約が 〉有効である (!副詞 は期間の表現 ) ▸ My contract runs (for ) three years [through 2010 ].私の契約は3年間 [2010年まで ]です b. 〈権利が 〉 «…に » 伴う «with » .16 〖run ＋副詞 〗〈詩句 文面などが 〉書いてある (!副詞 はas, like, howなど ) ▸ The letter runs as follows .手紙は次のように書いてある ▸ I forgot how the verse runs .詩の文句がどうだったか忘れた 【その他 】17 〖run C 〗C 〈状態 〉になる (!Cは 形容詞 ; 特に悪い状態への変化を表す ) ▸ We're running low (on ink ).(インクが )乏しくなってきた ▸ I usually run short about a week before payday .給料日の1週間前にはたいてい金欠になる ▸ The well has run dry .井戸が枯れた ; ｟比喩的に ｠資金が底をついた 18 〖be ～ning 〗〈事が 〉【ある数量 額 レベルに 】なっている , 及ぶ «at » ▸ Unemployment is running at 10 percent at the moment .現在の失業率は10パーセントです 19 ｟主に米 ｠〈ストッキングが 〉伝線する ▸ My pantyhose ran !パンストが伝線した 20 〈記事が 〉掲載される .21 〈回遊魚が 〉 (産卵のために )川を上る .コーパス頻度ランク run ＋名詞 ① business (↓他動詞 1 第1例 )② company (↓他動詞 1 第2例 )③ hand /finger (↓他動詞 2 第1例 )④ course (↓他動詞 1 第5例 )⑤ risk (↓他動詞 12 ; →risk 名詞 成句 )❢ run 他動詞 は 「ある方向に走らす 」が基本の意味で, 発展的に 「経営する 」の意味でよく使われる .他動詞 1 〈店 会社など 〉を経営する , 切り盛りする ; 〈計画など 〉を指揮 [管理 ]する ; 【人に 】〈講座など 〉を催す , 提供する «for » ▸ If you can run a home, you can run a business .家庭の切り盛りができれば商売もできる ▸ a company run by farmers for farmers 農家が経営する農家のための会社 ▸ run a country 国を動かす ▸ the government- run postal service 国営の郵便事業 ▸ run courses for beginners 初心者向けの講座を開く ▸ run A's life ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉の生活をあれこれ指図する 2 〖run A ＋副詞 〗A 〈手 指など 〉をさっと動かす , 走らせる ; A 〈テープ フィルムなど 〉を回す (!副詞 は方向 場所の表現 ) ▸ She ran her fingers over the mink [through her hair ].彼女は指でミンクの表面をさっとなでた [指で髪をすいた ]▸ run a videotape back [through ]ビデオテープを巻き戻す [ (デッキにかけて )回す ]▸ run one's eye (s ) over an account 報告書にざっと目を通す 3 a. 〈機械など 〉を動かす , 操作する ; 〈プログラム ソフトなど 〉を実行する , 動かす ▸ learn how to run a fax machine ファックスの操作方法を覚える ▸ a PC running Windows ウィンドウズの動くパソコン b. ｟主に英 ｠〈車 〉を持っている , 維持する ▸ save money by running a cheap car 安い車に乗ってお金を節約する c. 〈エンジン 〉をアイドリングする .4 «…に » 〈液体 〉を流す , 入れる «into » ; 〖～ (A ) B /B (for A )〗(A 〈人 〉のために )B 〈ふろ 〉に湯を張る , B 〈蛇口 〉を開いて水を出す ▸ I'll run you a hot bath. ≒I'll run a hot bath for you .おふろを用意してあげよう ▸ run the (cold ) tap 蛇口から水を出す 5 〈新聞 組織などが 〉【新聞 紙面などに 】〈記事 広告など 〉を載せる , 掲載する «in » ; ｟書 ｠〖直接話法 〗…となっている [書かれてある ](→say 他動詞 1a 語法 )▸ Time ran a story [an article ] on [about ] his personal life .『タイム 』誌が彼の私生活に関する記事を載せた ▸ run an ad [a picture ] in a paper 新聞に広告 [写真 ]を掲載する 6 【人 物に 】〈検査など 〉を行う «on » ▸ run a security check [a blood test ] on Tom トムにセキュリティチェック [血液検査 ]を行う ▸ run an experiment 実験をする 7 «…に » 〈道路 線など 〉を通す , 敷く , 引く «through , along » ▸ run wires along the outside of a house 家の外壁に沿って配線する ▸ run a line through the word (削除するため )その語に線を引く 8 a. 〈人が 〉〈競走 〉をする ▸ run a marathon マラソンに出場する ▸ run an aggressive race 積極的なレースをする b. 〈人が 〉〈ある距離 〉を走る ▸ run a mile in four minutes 1マイルを4分で走る ▸ run the length of the street 通りの端から端まで走る c. 〈用事 〉をする ▸ I had to run an errand downtown .｟米 ｠町で済ませなきゃいけない用事があったんです (!「(人のために )使い走りをする 」の意味でも用いられる ) d. 〈競馬など 〉を催す (!しばしば受け身で ) .e. 〈人 〉と競争する .9 a. 〖run A ＋副詞 〗A 〈人 動物など 〉を走らせる , A 〈車など 〉を動かす ; 【競馬に 】A 〈馬 〉を出走させる (!副詞 は方向 場所の表現 ) ; ｟比喩的に ｠〈政党が 〉【選挙で 】A 〈候補者 〉を立てる «at , in » ▸ run oneself into the ground 走ってくたくたになる b. ｟くだけて ｠〖～ A ＋副詞 〗A 〈人 〉を車に乗せて行く , 送る (!副詞 は方向の表現 ) ▸ Do you want me to run you to the station? 駅まで車で送ろうか c. 【物 人に 】A 〈車 〉をぶつける «into » .10 (定期的に )〈バス 列車など 〉を走らせる , 運行させる ▸ They run a bus service between New York and Boston .ニューヨーク ボストン間にバスが走っている 11 ｟くだけて ｠〈麻薬 銃 〉を密輸する (smuggle ).12 〈危険 〉を冒す (→run the a risk ); 〖通例be ～ning 〗〈人が 〉 (病気で )〈熱 〉を出す ▸ run a fever [temperature ]熱を出す 13 〈信号など 〉を無視して走り抜ける , 突破する ▸ run a (red ) light 〈車 運転手が 〉信号無視する ▸ run a stop sign 一旦停止を怠る 14 ｟米 くだけて ｠〖～ A B 〗A 〈人 〉にB 〈金額 〉がかかる .r ú n across A 1 A 〈通りなど 〉を走って渡る .2 A 〈人 〉にひょっこり会う, A 〈物 〉を偶然見つける (!好ましい人 物との出会いを表す ) .3 ↑自動詞 13 .r ú n after A 1 A 〈人 動物 車など 〉を追いかける, 追跡する .2 A 〈富 知識など 〉を追い求める (!しばしば進行形で ) .3 ｟くだけて けなして ｠(交際を求めて )A 〈異性 〉をしつこく追い回す .4 ｟話 ｠(召使いのように )A 〈人 〉の世話をして回る .r ú n against A 1 ↑自動詞 4b .2 A 〈人 〉に偶然会う .3 ｟古 ｠A 〈人 〉にぶつかる .r ù n al ó ng 1 立ち去る, いとまごいする ▸ I'll be running along now .そろそろ行きます 2 ｟やや古 話 ｠〖命令形で 〗(構っていられないから )あっちへ行きなさい (!子供に対して用いる ) .r ù n ar ó und [｟英 ｠r ó und ]1 (気ままに )走り回る .2 ｟くだけて ｠(あくせくと )細々した用事で飛び回る ; (召使いのように )【人の 】世話をして回る «after » .3 ｟くだけて 通例けなして ｠【異性と 】次々とつき合う «with » .4 ｟くだけて ｠【人と 】しょっちゅう遊びまわる «with » .r ú n at A 1 A 〈人 〉に飛びかかる, 襲いかかる (!受け身にしない ) .2 ↑自動詞 18 .r ù n aw á y 1 【人 場所から 】逃げる ; 家出する «from » ▸ He ran away from home when he was twelve .彼は12歳の時に家出をした 2 ｟比喩的に ｠【問題 困難から [を ]】逃げる, 避ける «from » .r ù n aw á y with A 1 A 〈人 〉と駆け落ちする .2 ｟くだけて ｠A 〈賞など 〉を楽々とさらう ; A 〈試合など 〉に楽勝する .3 〈感情などが 〉 A 〈人 〉 の自制心を失わせる ▸ Don't let your imagination run away with you .あれこれ想像をめぐらしてうろたえるな 4 ｟話 ｠A 〈考え 〉を信じ込む .5 A 〈物 〉を持ち逃げする, 盗む .6 A 〈金 時間など 〉を消費する .r ù n b á ck over A A 〈出来事 〉を回想する ; A 〈事 〉を再考する .r ú n A by [past ] B ｟話 ｠(再度 )B 〈人 〉にA 〈事柄 〉について話す, BにAについて説明する ▸ Run that by me again .もう一度言ってくれないか r ù n d ó wn 1 〈時計などが 〉止まる ; 〈電池 車のバッテリーなどが 〉切れる .2 ｟英 ｠〈産業などが 〉縮小 [削減 ]される (!しばしば進行形で ) .3 〈供給が 〉 (次第に )減少する .4 〈土地などが 〉 «…まで » 広がっている «to » .5 ↑自動詞 2b , 5 , 9 .r ù n d ó wn A A 〈リスト 〉をさっと見る, 読み上げる .r ù n A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]1 〖通例be ～ down 〗〈人 動物が 〉引き倒される, はねられる .2 ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 考えなど 〉をこきおろす, けなす .3 ｟英 ｠A 〈工場など 〉の規模を縮小する ; A 〈数量 〉を減らす .4 A 〈機械など 〉を止める ; A 〈電池 〉を切らす .5 A 〈人 動物 〉を追いつめる .6 A 〈証拠など 〉を突き止める, 探し出す .7 〘野球 〙A 〈走者 〉を併殺する .r ú n for it ｟話 ｠一目散に逃げる .r ù n í n 1 駆け込む .2 ちょっと訪ねる .r ù n A í n [í n A ]1 ｟くだけて やや古 ｠〈警察が 〉A 〈犯人 〉を逮捕する .2 ｟英 ｠〖通例進行形で 〗A 〈新車 〉を慣らし運転する .3 A 〈文 図など 〉を差し込む .r ú n into A 1 ↑1 .2 ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉に出くわす (→meet 1 類義 ) (!受け身にしない ) .3 A 〈困難 反対など 〉に出くわす ; A 〈悪天候 〉に遭遇する .4 〈経費 総計が 〉A 〈大きな数字 〉に達する .5 〈車が 〉A 〈物 人 〉と衝突する, Aに突っ込む .6 〈言葉 色などが 〉A 〈別の言葉 色 〉と混じり合う .r ù n ó ff 1 ↑自動詞 3 .2 〈液体が 〉流れ出す .3 家出する ; 【人と 】駆け落ちする (together ) «with » ▸ run off and get married secretly 駆け落ちしてひそかに結婚する 4 ｟くだけて ｠【物を 】持ち逃げする «with » .r ù n A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 (手早く )A 〈書類など 〉をコピーする, A 〈コピー 〉をとる .2 A 〈手紙 詩など 〉をすらすらと書く .3 A 〈競技など 〉を行う, Aの決勝戦を行う .r ú n A off B A 〈人 〉を無理やりB 〈道路 〉から立ち退かせる .r ù n ó n 1 ↑自動詞 14 .2 ｟米 ｠ «…について » しゃべり続ける «about » .r ú n on A 1 ↑自動詞 7 .2 〈議論 考えが 〉A 〈事柄 〉を主題とする, Aに向けられる (!受け身にしない ) .r ù n ó ut 1 «…から » 走り出る «of » (↑自動詞 1 ).2 〈時間 金 忍耐などが 〉尽きる, 無くなる ▸ Time is running [has run ] out .≒We're running [We've run ] out of time .時間が少なくなってきた [時間切れです ]3 〈契約などが 〉切れる .4 〈液体が 〉流れ出る .5 ↑自動詞 2 b .r ù n A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 (野球 クリケットで )A 〈ランナー 〉をアウトにする (!しばしば受け身で ) .2 A 〈ロープなど 〉を繰り出す .r ú n out of A 1 〈人が 〉A 〈時間 金 アイディアなど 〉を使い果たす, 切らす .2 A 〈場所 〉から駆け出る .r ú n A out of B ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉をB 〈町 国など 〉から追放する, 強制退去させる (!しばしば受け身で ) .r ù n ó ut on A ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉を見捨てる, 置き去りにする .r ù n ó ver 1 «…へ » 走る ; 急いで行く «to » (↑自動詞 2b ).2 〈容器 液体が 〉あふれる, こぼれる .3 〈会議などが 〉 «…まで » 予定時間をオーバーする «into » .r ú n over A 1 A 〈事柄 〉の要点をざっと説明する .2 (確認 暗記のために )Aをざっと読み直す .r ù n A ó ver [ó ver A ]〈車 運転手が 〉A 〈人 動物 〉をひく (!しばしば受け身で ) .r ú n A past B ＝run A by B .r ù n r ó und ｟英 ｠＝run around .r ú n through A 1 〈感情 考え 特質などが 〉A 〈事 〉を通して流れている, Aのあらゆる所に見られる .2 〈痛み 考えなどが 〉A 〈体 頭など 〉を走る (↑自動詞 5 ).3 〈人が 〉A 〈本 提案など 〉にざっと目を通す [調べる ].4 A 〈事柄 〉を通して手短に話す [説明する ].5 A 〈劇 曲など 〉のリハーサルをする .6 A 〈金など 〉を瞬く間に使ってしまう .7 ↑自動詞 13 , 14 , 15a .r ù n A thr ó ugh ｟英 文 ｠【剣などで 】A 〈人 〉を突き刺す «with » .r ú n A through B 1 (答えを求めて )A 〈データ 〉をB 〈コンピュータ 〉にかける .2 ↑他動詞 7 .r ú n to A 1 A 〈場所 人 〉へ走っていく, 駆け寄る .2 (援助などを求めて )A 〈人 〉に頼る ▸ Don't keep running to me .私のことを頼りにばかりしないでよ 3 A 〈ある大きさ 数 〉に達する .4 ｟主に英 ｠〈人 予算などが 〉A 〈物 事 〉をまかなえる (!canやwillを伴って ) .5 〈好みが 〉A 〈事 〉に傾いている .r ù n ú p «…に /…の背後に » 駆け寄る, すばやく近づく «to /behind » .r ú n up A 1 A 〈階段など 〉を駆け上がる .2 A 〈多額の借金 損失など 〉を重ねる, ためる .r ù n A ú p [ú p A ]1 A 〈旗 〉を掲げる .2 ｟英 ｠A 〈服など 〉をさっと縫い上げる .r ù n ú p against A A 〈困難 反対など 〉に出くわす, ぶつかる .名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C 走ること ; (運動としての )ランニング ; (陸上競技の )競走 ; 逃走 ▸ break into a run (人 動物が )急に走り出す ▸ take ｟主に米 ｠ [have ｟主に英 ｠] a run 走る ▸ go for a four-kilometer run 4キロのランニングをする ▸ a cross-country run クロスカントリー競技 2 〖a ～〗(用事で )ひとっ走りすること , ちょっと行くこと , 駆け足の旅行 ; ｟英 くだけて ｠(車で )ドライブすること ▸ I'll make a run to the convenience store .ちょっとコンビニまで行ってきます ▸ make a quick run to Boston to sign a contract 契約調印のためにちょっとボストンに行く ▸ go for a run down to the coast (in the car )海岸まで車でドライブする 3 C 〘野球 〙得点 (╳ pointとしない )▸ The pitcher allowed [gave up ] one run and three hits with five strikeouts over five innings .ピッチャーは5回を投げて自責点1, 許した [与えた ]ヒットが3本で5つの三振を奪った ▸ drive in three runs 3打点をあげる ▸ a two- run homer 2点本塁打 ▸ runs batted in 打点 (｟略 ｠RBI )4 C 〖通例a ～〗 «…の » 大量需要 , 注文殺到 ; 【銀行に対する 】取り付け «on » ▸ There's been a run on the dollar today .今日はドル売りが殺到した ▸ trigger a domino-like run on other banks 他行への連鎖的な取り付け騒ぎの引き金になる 5 〖the ～ of A 〗A 〈他人の場所 施設など 〉の出入り [使用 ]の自由 ▸ He has [is given ] the run of the place .彼はその場所に自由に出入りして良いという許可を得て [与えられて ]いる 6 C 〖通例the … ～ of A 〗…の種類のA 〈人 物 事 〉 (!… には 「普通の 」「平均的な 」などの意の 形容詞 が入る ) ▸ This is better than the general [common, average ] run of hotels around here .このホテルはこの辺にある平均的なホテルより高級だ 7 C 〖通例a ～ of A 〗連続するA 〈運 天候など 〉▸ I'm having a run of bad luck .このところ不運の連続だ ▸ a run of very hot weather 猛暑続き 8 C (乗り物 機械の )運転 ; (交通機関の )運行 , 便 ; 〖単数形で 〗走行距離 , 行程 , 航程 ▸ a trial run 試運転 ▸ do [go on, make ] the school run ｟英 ｠車で子供を学校へ送る ▸ the London-Paris run ロンドン パリ便 9 ｟米 ｠〖a ～〗【公職への 】立候補 , 出馬 «for » (｟英 ｠bid )▸ make a run for governor 知事に立候補する 10 C (劇 映画などの )連続興行 [公演 , 上映 ]▸ The show opens its three-day run today .そのショーは今日3日間の公演の幕を開ける ▸ have a long run ロングランを続ける 11 〖the ～〗形勢 , 趨勢 （すうせい ）, 成り行き ▸ under [in ] the normal run of things [events ]通常では ▸ the run of the market 市場の動向 ▸ against the run of play 試合の流れに反して 12 C 〖通例a … ～〗(1回の )生産量 , 印刷部数 ▸ The book has an initial print [press ] run of 60,000 (copies ).その本の初刷 （しよずり ）は6万部です 13 C ｟米 ｠(ストッキングの )伝線 , ほつれ (｟英 ｠ladder )▸ You have a run in your pantyhose .パンストが伝線していますよ 14 C 〖しばしばa … ～〗(鶏 ウサギの )飼育場 ▸ a chicken run 養鶏場 15 C (スキー ボブスレーの )コース .16 ｟くだけて ｠〖the ～s 〗下痢 (diarrhea ).17 C 〘楽 〙走句 〘急速な連続音からなる装飾楽句 〙.18 C 〖単数形で 〗〘トランプ 〙(配られた3枚以上の )続き札 .19 C (産卵のための魚の )移動 ; 移動群 ▸ a run of salmon 回遊するサケの群れ 20 C ｟米 ｠(新聞などへの )連載 .21 C 〘空 〙滑走 ; (爆撃目標への )接近 , 肉薄 .22 C 〘ビリヤード 〙連続の突き [得点 ].at a r ú n 走って, 駆け足で ▸ He set off toward the car at a run .彼は車に向かって駆け出した g ì ve A a r ú n for A's m ó ney 〈人 チーム 企業などが 〉 (及ばずながら善戦して )A 〈相手 〉を手こずらせる .h à ve [g è t ] a g ò od r ú n for one's m ó ney ｟くだけて ｠(出費に見合うだけの )満足感 [十分な見返り ]を得る .in the l ó ng r ù n 長い目で見れば, 長期的には .in the sh ó rt r ù n 目先だけの計算では, 短期的には .m à ke a r ú n (for it )いきなり走り [逃げ ]出す .on the r ú n 1 動き回って, 急いで .2 «…から » 逃走中で «from » .3 〈軍隊が 〉退却して .