run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌn/
ipa: /ɹʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: runs
form: rin
form: ren
Etymology: From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen,
yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”) (compare also *rannijaną (“to make run”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”).
Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), Dutch rennen (“to run, race”), Alemannic German ränne (“to run”), German rennen (“to run, race”), rinnen (“to flow”), Danish rende (“to run”), Swedish ränna (“to run”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), Icelandic renna (“to flow”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rend (“to run, run after”). See random.
Senses: examples: text: I just got back from my morning run.
text: Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes.
ref: 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
examples: text: I need to make a run to the store.
text: […] and on the 18th of January this squadron put to sea. The first place of rendezvous was the boy of port St. Julian, upon the coast of Patagonia, and all accidents were provided against with admirable foresight. Their run to port St. Julian was dangerous […]
ref: 1759, N. Tindal, The Continuation of Mr Rapin's History of England, volume 21 (continuation volume 9), page 92
text: Jackson said the white firefighters attempted to make him and other Black firefighters miss runs by not waking them up along with everyone else.
ref: 1987 April 25, Kim Westheimer, “A Black Gay Fireman's Story”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
glosses: Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
examples: text: Let's go for a run in the car.
text: And I think of giving her a run in London for a change.
ref: 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 30, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
glosses: A pleasure trip.
examples: text: During his run from the police, he claimed to have a metaphysical experience which can only be described as “having passed through an abyss.”
ref: 2006, Tsirk Susej, The Demonic Bible, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
glosses: Migration of fish.
glosses: A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
examples: text: The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.
text: You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
ref: 1977, Star Wars (film)
glosses: A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
A (regular) trip or route.
examples: text: Which run did you do today?
glosses: A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
The route taken while running or skiing.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
qualifier: bobsledding
examples: text: a good run; a run of fifty miles
glosses: A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
The distance sailed by a ship.
examples: text: a run to China
glosses: A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
A voyage.
examples: text: The data got lost, so I'll have to perform another run of the experiment.
glosses: A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
A trial.
examples: text: This morning's run of the SHIPS statistical model gave Hurricane Priscilla a 74% chance of gaining at least 30 knots of intensity in 24 hours, reconfirmed by the HMON and GFS dynamical models.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
The execution of a program or model
examples: text: This was my first successful run without losing any health.
text: That NPC bugged out and killed my run.
topics: video-games
glosses: A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
examples: text: He can have the run of the house.
glosses: Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
examples: text: He set up a rabbit run.
glosses: An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
glosses: A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
examples: text: It is impossible for detached papers[...] to have a general run, or long continuance, if they are not diversified[...].
ref: 1715 June 5 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 45. Wednesday, May 25. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
glosses: State of being current; currency; popularity.
examples: text: I’m having a run of bad luck.
text: 1782 Frances Burney Cecilia
“ […] had had the preceding night an uncommon run of luck”.
text: He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.
text: They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure [...] put a seal on their calamities.
ref: 1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:
text: German wildcard Sabine Lisicki conquered her nerves to defeat France's Marion Bartoli and take her amazing Wimbledon run into the semi-finals.
ref: 2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Something continuous or sequential.
A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
examples: text: If our team can keep up their strong defense, expect them to make a run in this tournament.
glosses: Something continuous or sequential.
A series of tries in a game that were successful.
examples: text: Yesterday we did a run of 12,000 units.
text: The book’s initial press run will be 5,000 copies.
glosses: Something continuous or sequential.
A production quantity (such as in a factory).
examples: text: The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.
text: It is the last week of our French cinema run.
text: A canting, mawkish play [...] had an immense run.
ref: 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
glosses: Something continuous or sequential.
The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
examples: text: And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same / When I'm rushing on my run.
ref: 1964, The Velvet Underground, Heroin:
text: Frank Fixwell, a 25 year-old male, has been on a heroin "run" (daily use) for the past two years.
ref: 1975, Lloyd Y. Young, Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, Brian S. Katcher, Applied Therapeutics for Clinical Pharmacists:
text: 1977, Richard P. Rettig, Manual J. Torres, Gerald R. Garrett, Manny: a criminal-addict's story, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) →ISBN
I was hooked on dope, and hooked bad, during this whole period, but I was also hooked behind robbery. When you're on a heroin run, you stay loaded so long as you can score.
text: This can develop quite quickly (over a matter of hours) during a cocaine run or when cocaine use becomes a daily habit.
ref: 2001, Robin J. Harman, Handbook of Pharmacy Health Education, Pharmaceutical Press, →ISBN, page 172:
text: DA depletion leads to the crash that characteristically ends a cocaine run.
ref: 2010, Robert DuPont, The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction, Hazelden Publishing, →ISBN, page 158:
glosses: Something continuous or sequential.
A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: Something continuous or sequential.
A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Something continuous or sequential.
A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
examples: text: The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
text: a run of must in wine-making
text: the first run of sap in a maple orchard
glosses: A flow of liquid; a leak.
examples: text: The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run".
qualifier: chiefly eastern North Midland US; especially Ohio; chiefly eastern North Midland US; especially Ohio
glosses: A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
examples: text: He broke into a run.
glosses: A quick pace, faster than a walk.
glosses: A quick pace, faster than a walk.
A fast gallop.
raw_tags: of horses
examples: text: Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings.
topics: banking
business
glosses: A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
examples: text: There was a run on Christmas presents.
glosses: Any sudden large demand for something.
glosses: Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
glosses: Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
The horizontal length of a set of stairs
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
Horizontal dimension of a slope.
examples: text: He stood out from the usual run of applicants.
glosses: A standard or unexceptional group or category.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In sports
A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In sports
The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
examples: text: … one of the greatest runs of all time.
text: Aaron Roberts added an insurance touchdown on a one-yard run.
ref: 2003, Jack Seibold, Spartan Sports Encyclopedia, page 592:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In sports
A running play.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In sports
The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In sports
The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
examples: text: Well, when you compare the cone type with the cross roller bit, you get a longer run, there is less tendency of the bit to go flat while running in various formations. It cleans itself better.
ref: 1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 21:
glosses: In sports
The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
examples: text: I have a run in my stocking.
text: A camera pans the cocktail hour / Behind a blind of potted palms / And finds a lady in a Paris dress / With runs in her nylons
ref: 1975, Joni Mitchell, “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing of Summer Lawns:
glosses: A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
topics: business
mining
glosses: The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence 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.
glosses: A pair or set of millstones.
examples: text: I think they only have a weird run because their leg hurts.
glosses: One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
Synonyms: sense: horizontal part of a step
word: tread
sense: unravelling
word: ladder
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: execute
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: start
Derived terms: against the run of play
all-run four
a run for one's money
at a run
bank run
beer run
bombing run
break into a run
bull run
cannonball run
cannonball rune
captain's run
challenge run
chicken run
common run
corpse run
dead run
dice run
dog run
drink run
drug run
dry run
dummy run
earned run
end run
first-run
fowl-run
free run
fun run
get a run on
good run
hacking run
hash run
have the run of
hen run
home run
horizontal run
ice run
in the long run
in the short run
land run
let go by the run
long run
long run for a short slide
maiden run
make a run for it
marble run
midnight run
milk run
mill run
mole run
monkey run
mud run
Naruto run
net run rate
nude run
nudie run
on the run
payrun
pig run
poker run
practice run
pressrun
print run
rat run
required run rate
rise over run
river run
Rock Run
run book
run chase
run feast
run-flat
run for the money
run game
runholder
run-length encoding
run of house
run of month
run of paper
run of play
run of press
run of station
run of the ball
run of the balls
run-of-the-river
run of week
run of year
run-on
run on the bank
run on the banks
runout
runpast
run point
run sheet
run tee
run-through
run year
school run
sheep-run
short-run
short run
showrun
shuttle run
ski run
solo run
soup run
speed run
strafing run
take a run at
test run
the run of
the runs
thunder run
tippity runs
trial run
ultrarun
undie run
visa run
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word: trajectory