Definition of run

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Run (a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog..

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Slewed :: Slewed (a.) Somewhat drunk.
Sot :: Sot (n.) A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard.
Rundle :: Rundle (n.) A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
Brun :: Brun (n.) Same as Brun, a brook..
Run :: Run (a.) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven..
Brunette :: Brunette (a.) A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion.
Purl :: Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook..
Gerund :: Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, Ic haebbe mete to etanne (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone..
Vinolency :: Vinolency (n.) Drunkennes.
Gerundial :: Gerundial (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use..
Crook :: Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..
Runcinate :: Runcinate (a.) Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion..
Tag :: Tag (v.) A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched..
Uprun :: Uprun (v. i.) To run up; to ascend.
Gerundive :: Gerundive (a.) Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial..
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear..
Trundlehead :: Trundlehead (n.) The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on the sane axis..
Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
Concourse :: Concourse (n.) A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence..
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