Definition of run

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Run (a.) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week..

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Running :: Running (a.) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact..
Prunus :: Prunus (n.) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening..
Justle :: Justle (v. t.) To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle.
Feed :: Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones..
Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away..
Polygenism :: Polygenism (n.) The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair.
Division :: Division (n.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable..
Gong :: Gong (n.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell..
Lugger :: Lugger (n.) A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix..
Tosspot :: Tosspot (n.) A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard.
Pedestrian :: Pedestrian (n.) A walker; one who journeys on foot; a foot traveler; specif., a professional walker or runner..
Wizened :: Wizened (a.) Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man..
Jerkinhead :: "Jerkinhead (n.) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable..
Sarmentaceous :: Sarmentaceous (a.) Bearing sarments, or runners, as the strawberry..
Ground :: Ground (v. i.) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar..
Prunelle :: Prunelle (n.) A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.
Truncate :: Truncate (a.) Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather..
Amputate :: Amputate (v. t.) To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils..
Justle :: Justle (v. i.) To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle.
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