Verb
- 1. run, travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
- usage: move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"
- 2. scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away, leave, go forth, go away
- usage: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
- 3. run, go, pass, lead, extend, be
- usage: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
- 4. operate, run, direct
- usage: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
- 5. run, go, be
- usage: have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."
- 6. run, flow, feed, course, move
- usage: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
- 7. function, work, operate, go, run
- usage: perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
- 8. range, run, be
- usage: change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull"
- 9. campaign, run, race, run
- usage: run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"
- 10. play, run
- usage: cause to emit recorded audio or video; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video"
- 11. run, travel, go, move, locomote
- usage: move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free"
- 12. tend, be given, lean, incline, run, be
- usage: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
- 13. run, function, work, operate, go, run
- usage: be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!"
- 14. run, become, go, get
- usage: change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"
- 15. run, process, treat
- usage: cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"
- 16. run, incur
- usage: be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk"
- 17. prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure, continue
- usage: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
- 18. run, occur
- usage: occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family"
- 19. run, execute, enforce, implement, apply
- usage: carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
- 20. carry, run, circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
- usage: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"
- 21. run, carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
- usage: carry out; "run an errand"
- 22. guide, run, draw, pass
- usage: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
- 23. run, lead, pass, make pass
- usage: cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet"
- 24. run, succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
- usage: make without a miss
- 25. run, black market, trade, merchandise
- usage: deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- 26. run, move, displace
- usage: cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"
- 27. run, bleed, diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
- usage: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
- 28. run, sail
- usage: sail before the wind
- 29. run, pass, go through, go across
- usage: cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day"
- 30. run, run for, last, endure
- usage: extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours"
- 31. run, free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
- usage: set animals loose to graze
- 32. run, consort, accompany
- usage: keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring"
- 33. run, run
- usage: run with the ball; in such sports as football
- 34. run, travel, go, move, locomote
- usage: travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
- 35. ply, run, travel, trip, jaunt
- usage: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"
- 36. hunt, run, hunt down, track down, capture, catch
- usage: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
- 37. race, run, compete, vie, contend
- usage: compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
- 38. move, go, run, change
- usage: progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
- 39. melt, run, melt down, dissolve, resolve, break up
- usage: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"
- 40. ladder, run, break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
- usage: come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running"
- 41. run, unravel, disintegrate
- usage: become undone; "the sweater unraveled"
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