Definition of run

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Run (v. i.) To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress..

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Prunella :: Prunella (n.) Alt. of Prunell.
Gerundive :: Gerundive (n.) The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved..
Trot :: Trot (n.) Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
Runner :: Runner (n.) One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc..
Frogbit :: Frogbit (n.) A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers..
Stonesmickle :: Stonerunner (n.) The dotterel.
Leg :: Leg (n.) A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot..
Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out..
Overrunner :: Overrunner (n.) One that overruns.
Phaseolus :: Phaseolus (n.) A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean..
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..
Wildering :: Wildering (n.) A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation..
Slaver :: Slaver (v. i.) To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. i.) To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body..
Beslobber :: Beslobber (v. t.) To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise..
Sandglass :: Sandglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.
Lid :: Lid (n.) That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk..
Trunkback :: Trunkback (n.) The leatherback.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour..
Skylarking :: Skylarking (n.) The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing..
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