- run
- In.course
1) a ski run
freedom of movement2) to have free run of the house
race3) a cross-country run; the mile run
series of demands4) a run on a bank
running away5) on the run
trial6) a dry, dummy (BE) run
flight7) to make a run (over a target)
8) a bombing run
point scored(baseball, cricket)
9) to score a run
10) (baseball) a home run
unraveled stitches in a stocking(BE often has ladder)
11) to get, have a run (in a stocking)
duration12) in the long; short run
IIv.1) (C) ('to fill') run a bath for me; or run me a bath
2) (d; intr.) to run across ('to meet by chance') (to run across an old friend)
3) (d; intr.) to run after ('to chase') (to run after a bus)
4) (esp. AE) (d; intr.) to run against ('to oppose') (I would not like to run against her in the senatorial race; popular feeling was running against the president)
5) (d; intr.) ('to ply') to run between (this train runs between New York and Philadelphia)
6) (d; intr.) to run down ('to descend quickly'); ('to pour') (to run down the stairs; tears ran down her face)
7) (esp. AE; BE has stand) (D; intr.) ('to be a candidate') to run for (to run for office; to run for Congress)
8) (d; intr.) ('to extend') to run from; to (the sale will run from the first of the month to the tenth; the fence runs from the house to the road)
9) (d; intr.) to run in ('to be present') (ability for languages runs in their blood; talent runs in the family)
10) (d; intr.) to run into ('to meet') (to run into an old friend; to run into trouble)
11) (d; intr.) to run into ('to hit') (he ran into a pole)
12) (d; intr.) to run into ('to enter quickly') (to run into the house)
13) (d; intr.) to run into ('to amount to') (the expenses will run into thousands of dollars)
14) (d; intr.) ('to move quickly') to run off (the car ran off the road)
15) (d; tr.) ('to force') to run off (she ran the other car off the road)
16) (d; intr., tr.) to run on ('to operate') (the engine runs on diesel oil; they ran the business on borrowed money)
17) (d; intr.) to run out of ('to use up') (she ran out of money)
18) (d; intr.) to run out of ('to leave quickly') (to run out of the room)
19) (d; intr.) ('to pass') to run through (a blue thread runs through the cloth; a strange thought ran through her mind)
20) (d; intr.) to run through ('to examine') (let's run through the material again)
21) (d; tr.) to run through ('to process') (run the data through the computer again)
22) (d; intr.) ('to go quickly') to run to (she ran to the doctor)
23) (d; intr.) to run to ('to seek help from') (he keeps running to his mother; don't run to the police)
24) (d, intr.) to run to ('to amount') (the dictionary runs to a thousand pages)
25) (d; tr.) ('to drive') to run to (I'll run you to the station)
26) (d; intr.) to run up ('to ascend quickly') (to run up the stairs)
27) (P; intr.) ('to go') the road runs south
28) (s) supplies are running low; the differences run deep
29) (misc.) to run rampant ('to run wild'); (colloq.) run that by me again ('repeat that for me')
* * *[rʌn]dummy (BE) runthe mile runhave a run (in a stocking)(baseball) a home run['course'] a ski run['duration'] in the long['freedom of movement'] to have free run of the house['point scored'] (baseball, cricket) to score a run['race'] a cross-country run['running away'] on the run['series of demands'] a run on a bank['trial'] a dry['unraveled stitches in a stocking'] (BE often has ladder) to geta bombing run['flight'] to make a run (over a target)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
