runaway
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Deverbal from run away.
Inflected forms:
form: runaways
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: run-away
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: run-away
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
pos: noun
examples: Runaways are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.
Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled?
If any man of his owne heade and without leaue, walke out of his precint and boundes, taken without the princes letters, he is broughte againe for a fugitiue or a runaway with great shame and rebuke, and is sharpely punished.
gloss: A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
pos: noun
examples: On New Year's Day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is fearful to contemplate, was averted by the aid of the telegraph. A collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend; and the driver having leaped from his engine, the latter started alone at full speed to London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph to London and other stations; and while the line was kept clear, an engine and other arrangements were prepared as a buttress to receive the runaway.
Runaways are rendered impossible, as the machine can be instantly stopped by means of a double brake connected with the driver's seat
We hear many ideas advanced as to the cause of engines running away, more especially in electric stations, while the wonder is that the runaways are so few.
Just south of Wamphray Station, they overtook the runaway. The dim figure of Mitchell could be seen sitting huddled behind the stormboard. They shouted and whistled. He paid no attention.
The former Midland main lines out of Bristol were blocked for more than 18hr after a freight train runaway soon after midnight on February 7. "Jubilee" No. 45615 on the 4.20 p.m. Burton-Bristol freight, which conveyed a quantity of beer, lost control of its train on the 1 in 67 Fishponds incline and ran into the rear of empty stock [...].
gloss: An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
usually
examples: On the chart, the start of a runaway is marked by a box
An IS executive's worst nightmare, such runaways are a fact of life. Practically all large companies and organizations have experienced a runaway or are wrestling with a seriously botched project.
The standard X-ray binary Cyg Xl, with a massive BH candidate, is a runaway, This could suggest that a SN explosion occurred. Cluster ejection to make a runaway can not be excluded although in the case of Cyg Xl, the progenitor runaway must have been a binary
Where practicable, this passive measure reduces the consequences of a runaway.
gloss: The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
pos: noun
examples: The drivers were generally boys […] They would stop the team when other boats passed and at locks while waiting for the water to rise or fall. They could also be useful in preventing or stopping runaways. Horses were easily startled and might bolt off the tow path or into the canal itself.
gloss: An overwhelming victory.
pos: noun
examples: The home side won in a runaway.
gloss: Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a runaway thief
gloss: Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a runaway donkey
gloss: Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a runaway marriage
gloss: Easily won, as a contest.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a runaway victory at the polls
gloss: Accelerating out of control.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a runaway train
a runaway greenhouse effect
These epics nearly always had runaway trains, nincompoops floundering with the controls and a collapsed bridge just ahead!
gloss: Unchecked; rampant.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: runaway prices
gloss: Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: The runaway delegates nominated their own candidate.
Related words: run away
Derived words: nonrunaway
Fisherian runaway
Robin runaway
runaway backtracking
runaway bride
runaway diesel
runaway diesel engine
run-awayer
runaway selection
runaway shop
runaway star
runaway train
runaway truck ramp
zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: karannut juna
lang: Italian
word: fuori controllo
lang: Italian
word: impazzito
lang: Italian
word: inarrestabile
lang: Italian
word: ingovernabile
lang: Polish
word: niekontrolowany pociąg
lang: Portuguese
word: desgarrado
lang: Portuguese
word: desgovernado
lang: Romanian
word: scăpat de sub control
lang: Bengali
word: ফেরার
roman: ferar
lang: Bulgarian
word: избягал
roman: izbjagal
lang: Finnish
word: karannut
lang: German
word: entlaufen
lang: German
word: davongelaufen
lang: German
word: weggerannt
lang: German
word: davongerannt
lang: Hungarian
word: szökött
lang: Hungarian
word: elszökött
lang: Hungarian
word: szökésben lévő
lang: Italian
word: scappato
lang: Italian
word: fuggito
lang: Italian
word: sfuggito
lang: Latin
word: fugitīvus
lang: Polish
word: uciekający
lang: Portuguese
word: fugido
lang: Portuguese
word: fugitivo