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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Trundletail :: Trundletail (n.) A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail..
Say :: Say (v. t.) To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles..
Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..
Range :: Range (v. i.) To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast..
Prune :: Prune (n.) A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes..
Detruncating :: Detruncating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detuncat.
Run :: Run (a.) Smuggled; as, run goods..
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Walk :: Walk (v. i.) To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground..
Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) A lantern wheel. See under Lantern.
Emarginated :: Emarginated (a.) Having the edges truncated.
Cote :: Cote (v. t.) To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare..
Runnion :: Runnion (n.) See Ronion.
Arborator :: Arborator (n.) One who plants or who prunes trees.
Cross-birth :: Cross-birth (n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3..
Vinolency :: Vinolency (n.) Drunkennes.
Run :: Run (v. i.) To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel..
Run :: Run (n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights..
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