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A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely The Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th Their first tally came in the 3rd inning |
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The act of testing something In the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately He called each flip of the coin a new trial |
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A race run on foot She broke the record for the half-mile run |
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An unbroken series of events Had a streak of bad luck Nicklaus had a run of birdies |
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(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team The defensive line braced to stop the run The coach put great emphasis on running |
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A regular trip The ship made its run in record time |
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The act of running Traveling on foot at a fast pace He broke into a run His daily run keeps him fit |
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The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation The assembly line was on a 12-hour run |
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Unrestricted freedom to use He has the run of the house |
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The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.) A daily run of 100 |
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000 gallons of paint |
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A small stream |
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A race between candidates for elective office I managed his campaign for governor He is raising money for a Senate run |
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A row of unravelled stitches She got a run in her stocking |
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The pouring forth of a fluid |
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An unbroken chronological sequence The play had a long run on Broadway The team enjoyed a brief run of victories |
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A short trip Take a run into town |
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Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time Don't run--you'll be out of breath The children ran to the store |
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Flee Take to one's heels Cut and run If you see this man |
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Run! The burglars escaped before the police showed up |
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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 His knowledge doesn't go very far My memory extends back to my fourth year of life The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets |
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Direct or control Projects, businesses, etc. She is running a relief operation in the Sudan |
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Have a particular form The story or argument runs as follows As the saying goes... |
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Move along, of liquids Water flowed into the cave The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi |
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Perform as expected when applied The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in Does this old car still run well? This old radio doesn't work anymore |
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Change or be different within limits Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals My students range from very bright to dull |
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Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position Who's running for treasurer this year? |
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Cause to emit recorded audio or video They ran the tapes over and over again I'll play you my favorite record He never tires of playing that video |
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Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way Who are these people running around in the building? She runs around telling everyone of her troubles Let the dogs run free |
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Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something Be inclined She tends to be nervous before her lectures These dresses run small He inclined to corpulence |
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Be operating, running or functioning The car is still running--turn it off! |
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Change from one state to another Run amok Run rogue Run riot |
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Cause to perform Run a subject Run a process |
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Be affected by Be subjected to Run a temperature Run a risk |
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Continue to exist These stories die hard The legend of Elvis endures |
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Occur persistently Musical talent runs in the family |
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Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine Run the dishwasher Run a new program on the Mac The computer executed the instruction |
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Include as the content Broadcast or publicize We ran the ad three times This paper carries a restaurant review All major networks carried the press conference |
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Carry out Run an errand |
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Pass over, across, or through He ran his eyes over her body She ran her fingers along the carved figurine He drew her hair through his fingers |
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Cause something to pass or lead somewhere Run the wire behind the cabinet |
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Make without a miss |
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Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor |
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Cause an animal to move fast Run the dogs |
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Be diffused These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run |
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Sail before the wind |
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Cover by running Run a certain distance She ran 10 miles that day |
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Extend or continue for a certain period of time The film runs 5 hours |
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Set animals loose to graze |
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Keep company The heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring |
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Run with the ball In such sports as football |
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Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means Run to the store! She always runs to Italy |
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Because she has a lover there |
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Travel a route regularly Ships ply the waters near the coast |
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Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland The dogs are running deer The Duke hunted in these woods |
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Compete in a race He is running the Marathon this year Let's race and see who gets there first |
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Progress by being changed The speech has to go through several more drafts Run through your presentation before the meeting |
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Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating Melt butter Melt down gold The wax melted in the sun |
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Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging Her nylons were running |
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Become undone The sweater unraveled |
| noun | tally, score |
| noun | test, trial, attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
| noun | footrace, foot race, race |
| noun | streak, succession |
| noun | running, running play, running game, football play
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| noun | trip |
| noun | running, locomotion, travel |
| noun | time period, period of time, period |
| noun | liberty |
| noun | indefinite quantity
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| noun | rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet, stream, watercourse |
| noun | political campaign, campaign, race |
| noun | ladder, ravel, damage, harm, impairment |
| noun | discharge, outpouring, flow, flowing |
| noun | sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession
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| noun | trip |
| verb | travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip, run around, run away
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| verb | scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away, leave, go forth, go away
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| verb | go, pass, lead, extend, be, run along
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| verb | operate, direct |
| verb | go, be |
| verb | flow, feed, course, move, run over
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| verb | function, work, operate, go |
| verb | range, be |
| verb | campaign, race |
| verb | play |
| verb | travel, go, move, locomote |
| verb | tend, be given, lean, incline, be |
| verb | execute, enforce, implement, apply |
| verb | function, work, operate, go |
| verb | become, go, get |
| verb | process, treat |
| verb | incur |
| verb | prevail, persist, die hard, endure, continue |
| verb | occur |
| verb | carry, circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
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| verb | carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil |
| verb | guide, draw, pass |
| verb | lead, pass, make pass
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| verb | succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
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| verb | black market, trade, merchandise |
| verb | move, displace |
| verb | bleed, diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
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| verb | sail |
| verb | pass, go through, go across
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| verb | run for, last, endure |
| verb | free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose |
| verb | consort, accompany |
| verb | travel, go, move, locomote |
| verb | ply, travel, trip, jaunt |
| verb | hunt, hunt down, track down, capture, catch |
| verb | race, compete, vie, contend, run off
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| verb | move, go, change |
| verb | melt, melt down, dissolve, resolve, break up
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| verb | ladder, break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
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| verb | unravel, disintegrate |