Definition of run

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Run (a.) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary..

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Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (n.) A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
Hound :: Hound (n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
Tag :: Tag (v.) A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched..
Running :: Running (n.) The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow..
Inrunning :: Inrunning (n.) The act or the place of entrance; an inlet.
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..
Overrun :: Overrun (v. i.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee..
Gallop :: Gallop (v. i.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds..
Race :: Race (n.) Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races..
Cassowary :: Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc..
Marble :: Marble (n.) A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles..
Run :: Run (n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights..
Caruncula :: Caruncula (n.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
Corindon :: Corindon (n.) See Corrundum.
Margosa :: Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic..
Venantes :: Venantes (n. pl.) The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey..
Cultriform :: Cultriform (a.) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
Quarterhung :: Quarterhung (a.) Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.
Purl :: Purl (v. i.) To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions..
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