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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Skylarking :: Skylarking (n.) The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing..
Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry)..
Steamboating :: Steamboating (n.) The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats..
Prune :: Prune (v. t.) To cut off or cut out, as useless parts..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail..
Brunette :: Brunette (a.) A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion.
Enchannel :: Enchannel (v. t.) To make run in a channel.
Thorax :: Thorax (n.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest..
Mahaled :: Mahaled (n.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared..
Runner :: Runner (n.) One who, or that which, runs; a racer..
Inlet :: Inlet (n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands..
Paddlewood :: Paddlewood (n.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks..
Grunt :: Grunt (n.) A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog..
Silt :: Silt (n.) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
Forerunner :: Forerunner (n.) A predecessor; an ancestor.
Jostle :: Jostle (v. t.) To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
Grosgrain :: Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Ecoute :: Ecoute (n.) One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.
Dart :: Dart (v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket..
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