Word: run Part of Speech: noun 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”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”). Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), archaic Dutch rinnen (“to flow”, still in geronnen), German rinnen (“to flow”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), and Icelandic renna (“to flow”). From the causative Proto-Germanic *rannijaną (“to make run”) are Dutch rennen, German rennen, Danish rende, Swedish ränna (all “to run”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rend (“to run, run after”). See also random. Pronunciation: /ɹʌn/, /ɹʊn/, /ɾʌn/ 1. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet. Example: I just got back from my morning run. Example: 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. 2. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip. Example: I need to make a run to the store. Example: […] 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 […] 3. A pleasure trip. Example: Let's go for a run in the car. Example: And I think of giving her a run in London for a change. 4. Flight, instance or period of fleeing. Example: During his run from the police, he claimed to have a metaphysical experience which can only be described as “having passed through an abyss.” 5. Migration of fish. 6. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning. 7. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to: Example: The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded. Example: You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. 8. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to: Example: Which run did you do today? 9. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to: 10. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to: Example: a good run; a run of fifty miles 11. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to: Example: a run to China 12. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to: Example: The data got lost, so I'll have to perform another run of the experiment. 13. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to: Example: 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. 14. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to: Example: This was my first successful run without losing any health. Example: That NPC bugged out and killed my run. 15. Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of. Example: He can have the run of the house. 16. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel. Example: He set up a rabbit run. 17. A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand 18. State of being current; currency; popularity. Example: It is impossible for detached papers[...] to have a general run, or long continuance, if they are not diversified[...]. 19. Something continuous or sequential. Example: I’m having a run of bad luck. Example: 1782 Frances Burney Cecilia “ […] had had the preceding night an uncommon run of luck”. 20. Something continuous or sequential. Example: If our team can keep up their strong defense, expect them to make a run in this tournament. 21. Something continuous or sequential. Example: Yesterday we did a run of 12,000 units. Example: The book’s initial press run will be 5,000 copies. 22. Something continuous or sequential. Example: The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night. Example: It is the last week of our French cinema run. 23. Something continuous or sequential. Labels: slang Example: And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same / When I'm rushing on my run. Example: Frank Fixwell, a 25 year-old male, has been on a heroin "run" (daily use) for the past two years. 24. Something continuous or sequential. 25. Something continuous or sequential. 26. A flow of liquid; a leak. Example: The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me. Example: a run of must in wine-making 27. A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.) Labels: Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Example: The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run". 28. A quick pace, faster than a walk. Example: He broke into a run. 29. A quick pace, faster than a walk. 30. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals. Example: Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings. 31. Any sudden large demand for something. Example: There was a run on Christmas presents. 32. Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces 33. Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces 34. Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces 35. A standard or unexceptional group or category. Example: He stood out from the usual run of applicants. 36. In sports: Example: After trailing by as much as 12 points in the second half, Florida went on a 8-0 run to get back in the game. 37. In sports: Labels: slang Example: I’m coming up next month to work for the summer and wanna know where I can get some run or any intel on indoor and outdoor courts. Example: I used to see homies getting some run in regularly at Pomeroy but it died down this summer for some reason... dunno why.. them runs was fireeeeeee 38. In sports: 39. In sports: 40. In sports: Example: … one of the greatest runs of all time. Example: Aaron Roberts added an insurance touchdown on a one-yard run. 41. In sports: 42. In sports: 43. The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling. Example: 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. 44. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking. Example: I have a run in my stocking. Example: 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 45. The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward. 46. 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. 47. A pair or set of millstones. 48. One’s gait while running; the way one runs. Example: I think they only have a weird run because their leg hurts.