Definition of run

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Run (a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels..

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Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger..
Run :: Run (v. t.) To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block..
Carronade :: Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side..
Untrunked :: Untrunked (a.) Separated from its trunk or stock.
Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop..
Concur :: Concur (v. i.) To run together; to meet.
Tray :: Tray (n.) A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles..
Sleigh :: Sleigh (n.) A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge..
Slue :: Slue (n.) A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2..
Elopement :: Elopement (n.) The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation..
Crunch :: Crunch (v. i.) To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
Brunion :: Brunion (n.) A nectarine.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely..
Spray :: Spray (n.) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
Sea Room :: Sea room () Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground..
Run :: Run (a.) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
Arrowroot :: Arrowroot (n.) A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma..
Billhook :: Billhook (n.) A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter..
Render :: Render (v. i.) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way..
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
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