runs

Meanings

Noun

• a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
  • "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"
• the act of testing something
• a race run on foot
• an unbroken series of events
• (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
• a regular trip
• the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
• the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
• unrestricted freedom to use
• the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
• a small stream
• a race between candidates for elective office
• a row of unravelled stitches
• the pouring forth of a fluid
• an unbroken chronological sequence
• a short trip
• plural of run
• Diarrhea/diarrhoea.

Verb

• move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
  • "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"
• direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
• have a particular form
  • "the story or argument runs as follows"
• move along, of liquids
• perform as expected when applied
• change or be different within limits
• run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
• cause to emit recorded audio or video
• move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
  • "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"
• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
• be operating, running or functioning
• change from one state to another
• cause to perform
• be affected by; be subjected to
• continue to exist
• occur persistently
  • "Musical talent runs in the family"
• carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
• include as the content; broadcast or publicize
• carry out
• pass over, across, or through
• cause something to pass or lead somewhere
• make without a miss
• deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
• cause an animal to move fast
• be diffused
• sail before the wind
• cover by running; run a certain distance
• extend or continue for a certain period of time
  • "The film runs 5 hours"
• set animals loose to graze
• keep company
• run with the ball; in such sports as football
• travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
  • "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
• travel a route regularly
• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
• compete in a race
• progress by being changed
• reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
• come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
• become undone
• third-person singular simple present indicative of run

Synonyms

be given, black market, bleed, break away, bunk, campaign, carry, consort, course, diarrh(o)ea, die hard, discharge, draw, endure, escape, execute, extend, feed, flow, fly the coop, foot race, footrace, function, go, guide, head for the hills, hightail it, hunt, hunt down, incline, ladder, lam, lead, lean, melt, melt down, move, operate, outpouring, pass, persist, play, ply, political campaign, prevail, race, range, ravel, rill, rivulet, run, run away, run for, runnel, running, running game, running play, scarper, scat, streak, streamlet, take to the woods, tally, tend, test, the shits, track down, trial, turn tail, unravel, work

Antonyms

idle, malfunction