Definition of run

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Run (n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning..

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Snively :: Snively (a.) Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.
Curl :: Curl (v.) A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken..
Wind-broken :: Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse..
Timber :: Timber (n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree..
Handbill :: Handbill (n.) A pruning hook.
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler..
Retrieve :: Retrieve (n.) The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) A lantern wheel. See under Lantern.
Rounce :: Rounce (n.) The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen..
Irrigate :: Irrigate (v. t.) To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.
Sweater :: Sweat (v. i.) A short run by a race horse in exercise.
Course :: Course (v. t.) To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue..
Elephant :: Elephant (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing..
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..
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc..
Propagulum :: Propagulum (n.) A runner terminated by a germinating bud.
Prune :: Prune (v. i.) To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.
Acrolith :: Acrolith (n.) A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood..
Drunkenness :: Drunkenness (n.) Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage..
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