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run

English

  1. 🔊 a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
    “the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th”
  2. 🔊 the act of running
    “he broke into a run”
  3. 🔊 a regular trip
    “the ship made its run in record time”
  4. 🔊 a short trip
    “take a run into town”
  5. 🔊 (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
    “the defensive line braced to stop the run”
  6. 🔊 an unbroken chronological sequence
    “the play had a long run on Broadway”
  7. 🔊 a row of unravelled stitches
    “she got a run in her stocking”
  8. 🔊 the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
    “a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint”
  9. 🔊 unrestricted freedom to use
    “he has the run of the house”
  10. 🔊 the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
    “the assembly line was on a 12-hour run”
  11. 🔊 an unbroken series of events
    “had a streak of bad luck”
  12. 🔊 the act of testing something
    “in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately”
  13. 🔊 the pouring forth of a fluid
  14. 🔊 a race run on foot
    “she broke the record for the half-mile run”
  15. 🔊 a race between candidates for elective office
    “I managed his campaign for governor”
  16. 🔊 a small stream
  17. 🔊 become undone
    “the sweater unraveled”
  18. 🔊 cause to perform
    “run a subject”
  19. 🔊 change from one state to another
    “run amok”
  20. 🔊 be operating, running or functioning
    “The car is still running--turn it off!”
  21. 🔊 carry out
    “run an errand”
  22. 🔊 cover by running
    “She ran 10 miles that day”
  23. 🔊 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”
  24. 🔊 travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
    “Run to the store!”
  25. 🔊 run with the ball
  26. 🔊 keep company
    “the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring”
  27. 🔊 sail before the wind
  28. 🔊 be diffused
    “These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run”
  29. 🔊 move along, of liquids
    “Water flowed into the cave”
  30. 🔊 cause an animal to move fast
    “run the dogs”
  31. 🔊 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?”
  32. 🔊 deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
  33. 🔊 set animals loose to graze
  34. 🔊 make without a miss
  35. 🔊 carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
    “Run the dishwasher”
  36. 🔊 occur persistently
    “Musical talent runs in the family”
  37. 🔊 extend or continue for a certain period of time
    “The film runs 5 hours”
  38. 🔊 stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope
    “Service runs all the way to Cranbury”
  39. 🔊 cause something to pass or lead somewhere
    “Run the wire behind the cabinet”
  40. 🔊 be affected by
    “run a temperature”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 carrera run
  2. 🔊 barajustar to run
  3. 🔊 carrerear to run
  4. 🔊 moquear to run
  5. 🔊 correr to run, to jog
  6. 🔊 juida run, hurry, lam
  7. 🔊 descorrer to run, flow, drain
  8. 🔊 resbalar to run, roll, trickle (e.g. tears, rain, water)

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