Definition of run

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Run (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.

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Run :: Run (n.) A small stream; a brook; a creek.
Run :: Run (a.) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week..
Union :: Union (n.) A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on..
Sleighing :: Sleighing (n.) The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.
Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork..
Drinkable :: Drinkable (a.) Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural..
Grunter :: Grunter (n.) One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog..
Shrunk :: Shrunk () of Shrin.
Right-running :: Right-running (a.) Straight; direct.
Run :: Run (a.) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs..
Run :: Run (n.) A roulade, or series of running tones..
Cursitor :: Cursitor (n.) A courier or runner.
Run :: Run (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body..
Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast..
Gerundively :: Gerundively (adv.) In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund..
Hand :: Hand (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature..
Trundlehead :: Trundlehead (n.) One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.
Rundlet :: Rundlet (n.) A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons..
Skedaddle :: Skedaddle (v. i.) To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away..
Stud :: Stud (n.) A stem; a trunk.
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