Part Of Speech: verb
Definition: To move swiftly.
Definition: (fluids) To flow.
Definition: (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
Definition: To control or manage, be in charge of.
Example: He is running the candidate's expensive campaign.
Definition: To be a candidate in an election.
Example: I have decided to run for governor of California.
Definition: To make run in a race or an election.
Example: He ran his best horse in the Derby.
Definition: To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
Example: to run through life; to run in a circle
Definition: To be presented in the media.
Example: Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.
Definition: To print or broadcast in the media.
Example: run a story; run an ad
Definition: To smuggle (illegal goods).
Example: to run guns; to run rum
Definition: To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
Example: Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
Definition: To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
Definition: To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
Example: Don't run that software unless you have permission.
Definition: To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
Example: to run from one subject to another
Definition: To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
Example: Our supplies are running low.
Definition: To cost a large amount of money.
Example: Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.
Definition: Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
Example: My stocking is running.
Definition: To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
Definition: To cause to enter; to thrust.
Example: to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
Definition: To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
Definition: To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
Example: to run a line
Definition: To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
Example: to run the risk of losing one's life
Definition: To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
Definition: To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
Definition: To sew (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.
Definition: To control or have precedence in a card game.
Example: Every three or four hands he would run the table.
Definition: To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
Definition: To be popularly known; to be generally received.
Definition: To have growth or development.
Example: Boys and girls run up rapidly.
Definition: To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
Definition: To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
Example: Certain covenants run with the land.
Definition: To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
Definition: To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
Definition: To speedrun.
