run: of run-of run-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.-to go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.-to flee, as from fear or danger.-to steal off; to depart secretly.-to contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for congress.-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.-to exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.-to pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.-to discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.-to make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.-to creep, as serpents.-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.-to proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.-to become fluid; to melt; to fuse.-to turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.-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.-to extend; to reach; as, the road runs from philadelphia to new york; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.-to go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.-to make progress; to proceed; to pass.-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.-to have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.-to be in form thus, as a combination of words.-to be popularly known; to be generally received.-to have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.-to tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.-to spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.-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.-to continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.-to discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.-to be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.-to sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.-specifically, of a 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.-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.-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.-to pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.-to cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.-to drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.-to fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.-to cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.-to cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods.-to go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.-to cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for congress.-to encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. see to run the chances, below.-to put at hazard; to venture; to risk.-to discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.-to be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.-to conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.-to tease with sarcasms and ridicule.-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.-to migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.-the act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.-a small stream; a brook; a creek.-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.-a course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.-state of being current; currency; popularity.-continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.-a continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.-a range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.-the aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.-the distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.-a voyage; as, a run to china.-a pleasure excursion; a trip.-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.-a roulade, or series of running tones.-the greatest degree of swiftness in marching.  it is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.-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.-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.-a pair or set of millstones.-melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.-smuggled; as, run goods.