Definition of run

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Run (v. i.) To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress..

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Run :: Run (a.) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle..
Befoul :: Befoul (a.) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
Gad :: Gad (n.) To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line..
Trunkfish :: Trunkfish (n.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish..
Run :: Run (n.) A pleasure excursion; a trip.
Corindon :: Corindon (n.) See Corrundum.
Runcation :: Runcation (n.) A weeding.
Hurt :: Hurt (n.) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions..
Confluent :: Confluent (a.) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox..
Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming..
Serpette :: Serpette (n.) A pruning knife with a curved blade.
Runner :: Runner (n.) A messenger.
Drunkenhead :: Drunkenhead (n.) Drunkenness.
Sandglass :: Sandglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.
Wrung :: Wrung (imp. & p. p.) of Wrin.
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction..
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column..
Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
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