ran
verb
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To run.
verb
- 1
To move swiftly.
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(fluids) To flow.
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(of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
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To control or manage, be in charge of.
“He is running the candidate's expensive campaign.”
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To be a candidate in an election.
“I have decided to run for governor of California.”
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To make run in a race or an election.
“He ran his best horse in the Derby.”
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To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
“to run through life; to run in a circle”
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To be presented in the media.
“Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.”
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To print or broadcast in the media.
“run a story; run an ad”
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To smuggle (illegal goods).
“to run guns; to run rum”
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To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
“Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.”
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To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
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To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
“Don't run that software unless you have permission.”
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To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
“to run from one subject to another”
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To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
“Our supplies are running low.”
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To cost a large amount of money.
“Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.”
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Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
“My stocking is running.”
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To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
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To cause to enter; to thrust.
“to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot”
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To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
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To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
“to run a line”
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To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
“to run the risk of losing one's life”
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To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
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To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
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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.
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To control or have precedence in a card game.
“Every three or four hands he would run the table.”
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To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
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To be popularly known; to be generally received.
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To have growth or development.
“Boys and girls run up rapidly.”
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To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
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To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
“Certain covenants run with the land.”
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To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
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To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
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To speedrun.
noun
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Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
noun
- 1
Open robbery.
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