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Sounds | rah'n |
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Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely. |
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Examples | "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th" |
Synonyms | tally |
Narrower | earned run; unearned run; run batted in, rbi |
Broader | score |
Verbs | run |
Meaning | The act of testing something. |
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Synonyms | test, trial |
Narrower | assay; clinical trial, clinical test; double blind; preclinical trial, preclinical test, preclinical phase; audition, tryout; field trial; fitting, try-on, trying on; MOT, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test; pilot project, pilot program; Snellen test |
Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
Verbs | run |
Meaning | A race run on foot. |
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Examples | "she broke the record for the half-mile run" |
Synonyms | footrace, foot race |
Narrower | funrun, fun run; marathon; obstacle race; steeplechase; track event |
Broader | race |
Verbs | run; run; run; run |
Meaning | An unbroken series of events. |
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Examples | "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" |
Synonyms | streak |
Narrower | losing streak; winning streak |
Broader | succession |
Meaning | (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball. |
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Examples | "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" |
Synonyms | running, running play, running game |
Category | American football, American football game |
Narrower | draw, draw play; end run, sweep; return; reverse; rush, rushing |
Broader | football play |
Verbs | run; run |
Meaning | A regular trip. |
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Examples | "the ship made its run in record time" |
Broader | trip |
Verbs | run; run |
Meaning | The act of running. Traveling on foot at a fast pace. |
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Examples | "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" |
Synonyms | running |
Narrower | dash, sprint |
Broader | locomotion, travel |
Verbs | run; run; run; run |
Meaning | The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation. |
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Examples | "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run" |
Narrower | print run, press run; run-time |
Broader | time period, period of time, period |
Meaning | Unrestricted freedom to use. |
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Examples | "he has the run of the house" |
Broader | liberty |
Verbs | run |
Meaning | The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.). |
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Examples | "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint" |
Broader | indefinite quantity |
Meaning | A small stream. |
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Synonyms | rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet |
Broader | stream, watercourse |
Verbs | run |
Meaning | A race between candidates for elective office. |
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Examples | "he is raising money for a Senate run" |
Synonyms | political campaign, campaign |
Narrower | governor's race, campaign for governor; senate campaign, senate race |
Broader | race |
Verbs | run |
Meaning | A row of unravelled stitches. |
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Examples | "she got a run in her stocking" |
Synonyms | ladder, ravel |
Broader | damage, harm, impairment |
Verbs | run |
Meaning | The pouring forth of a fluid. |
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Synonyms | discharge, outpouring |
Narrower | jet, squirt, spurt, spirt; escape, leak, leakage, outflow |
Broader | flow, flowing |
Verbs | run |
Meaning | An unbroken chronological sequence. |
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Examples | "the play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories" |
Broader | sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession |
Meaning | A short trip. |
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Examples | "take a run into town" |
Broader | trip |
Verbs | run |
Meaning | Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Model | The horses run across the field |
Examples | "Don't run--you'll be out of breath" |
Entailed by | stampede |
Narrower | trot, jog, clip; scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle; romp; run bases; streak; run; outrun; jog; sprint; lope; rush; hare |
Broader | travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip |
Similar to | run |
See also | run away; run around |
Nouns | run, running; runner; run |
Meaning | Flee. Take to one's heels. Cut and run. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "If you see this man, run!" |
Synonyms | scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away |
Narrower | flee, fly, take flight; skedaddle |
Broader | leave, go forth, go away |
Meaning | Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope. Run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "Service runs all the way to Cranbury" |
Synonyms | go, pass, lead, extend |
Narrower | come; radiate, ray; go far, go deep |
Broader | be |
Similar to | range, run |
See also | run along |
Meaning | Direct or control. Projects, businesses, etc. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" |
Synonyms | operate |
Narrower | financier; work; block; warm up |
Broader | direct |
Nouns | running |
Meaning | Have a particular form. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "the story or argument runs as follows" |
Synonyms | go |
Broader | be |
Meaning | Move along, of liquids. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Model | Water and oil run into the bowl |
Synonyms | flow, feed, course |
Caused by | flush; flow; pour |
Entailed by | overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over |
Narrower | flush; jet, gush; tide, surge; circulate; eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl; waste, run off; run down; pour; spill, run out; stream, well out; trickle, dribble, filter; drain, run out; seep, ooze; gutter |
Broader | move |
See also | run over |
Nouns | run; run |
Meaning | Perform as expected when applied. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Model | These cars won't run |
Examples | "Does this old car still run well?" |
Synonyms | function, work, operate, go |
Narrower | double; roll; run; cut; service, serve |
Contrary | malfunction, misfunction |
Similar to | run; work |
Meaning | Change or be different within limits. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent" |
Synonyms | range |
Broader | be |
Similar to | run, go, pass, lead, extend; run, lead |
Meaning | Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "Who's running for treasurer this year?" |
Synonyms | campaign |
Narrower | stump; rerun; whistlestop; cross-file, register |
Broader | race, run |
Nouns | run |
Meaning | Cause to emit recorded sounds. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | Sam and Sue run the movie |
Synonyms | play |
Similar to | run; play; run, execute |
Meaning | Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free" |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Similar to | run; run |
Nouns | run |
Meaning | Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something. Be inclined. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
Examples | "These dresses run small" |
Synonyms | tend, be given, lean, incline |
Narrower | take kindly to; suffer; gravitate |
Broader | be |
Meaning | Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac" |
Synonyms | execute |
Narrower | step |
Broader | enforce, implement, apply |
Similar to | play, run |
Meaning | Be operating, running or functioning. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "The car is still running--turn it off!" |
Broader | function, work, operate, go, run |
Contrary | idle, tick over |
Similar to | function, work, operate, go, run |
Nouns | running |
Meaning | Change from one state to another. |
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Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot" |
Broader | become, go, get |
Meaning | Cause to perform. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "run a subject"; "run a process" |
Narrower | rerun |
Broader | process, treat |
Similar to | play, run |
Meaning | Be affected by. Be subjected to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "run a temperature"; "run a risk" |
Broader | incur |
Meaning | Continue to exist. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | prevail, persist, die hard, endure |
Narrower | carry over; reverberate |
Broader | continue |
Similar to | run |
Meaning | Occur persistently. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "Musical talent runs in the family" |
Broader | occur |
Similar to | prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure |
Meaning | Include as the content. Broadcast or publicize. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | carry |
Broader | circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around |
Meaning | Carry out. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "run an errand" |
Broader | carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil |
Meaning | Guide or pass over something. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | guide, draw, pass |
Narrower | rub; thread; thread |
Similar to | string, thread, draw; run, lead |
Meaning | Cause something to pass or lead somewhere. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "Run the wire behind the cabinet" |
Synonyms | lead |
Broader | pass, make pass |
Similar to | guide, run, draw, pass; range, run |
Meaning | Make without a miss. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Category | sport, athletics |
Broader | succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods |
Nouns | run; run |
Meaning | Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | black market |
Category | crime, law-breaking |
Broader | trade, merchandise |
Similar to | ply, run |
Nouns | run |
Meaning | Cause an animal to move fast. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | The men run the horses across the field |
Examples | "run the dogs" |
Broader | move, displace |
Similar to | hunt, run, hunt down, track down |
Nouns | run; run |
Meaning | Be diffused. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" |
Synonyms | bleed |
Narrower | crock |
Broader | diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out |
Similar to | melt, run, melt down |
Meaning | Sail before the wind. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Broader | sail |
Meaning | Cover by running. Run a certain distance. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | pass, go through, go across |
Similar to | run |
Nouns | run; run |
Meaning | Extend or continue for a certain period of time. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "The film runs 5 hours" |
Synonyms | run for |
Broader | last, endure |
Meaning | Set animals loose to graze. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose |
Similar to | run |
Meaning | Keep company. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "the heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring" |
Synonyms | consort |
Broader | accompany |
Meaning | Run with the ball. In such sports as football. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Category | sport, athletics |
Broader | run |
Nouns | run, running |
Meaning | Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there" |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Similar to | run |
Nouns | run |
Meaning | Travel a route regularly. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | ply |
Broader | travel, trip, jaunt |
Similar to | run, black market |
Nouns | run |
Meaning | Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "The dogs are running deer" |
Synonyms | hunt, hunt down, track down |
Narrower | snipe; whale; still-hunt, ambush; turtle; drive; drive; rabbit; fowl; poach; seal; ferret; course; foxhunt; tree; jacklight, jack; hawk; falcon; fowl; scrounge, forage |
Broader | capture, catch |
Similar to | hunt; run |
Meaning | Compete in a race. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Model | These cars won't run |
Examples | "he is running the Marathon this year" |
Synonyms | race |
Narrower | show; place; boat-race; horse-race; campaign, run; speed skate |
Broader | compete, vie, contend |
See also | run off |
Nouns | running; runner; run |
Meaning | Progress by being changed. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "run through your presentation before the meeting" |
Synonyms | move, go |
Broader | change |
Nouns | run |
Meaning | Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | melt, melt down |
Narrower | fuse; try, render |
Broader | dissolve, resolve, break up |
Similar to | run, bleed |
Meaning | Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "Her nylons were running" |
Synonyms | ladder |
Broader | break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart |
Similar to | run, unravel |
Nouns | run |
Meaning | Become undone. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | unravel |
Broader | disintegrate |
Similar to | ladder, run |
Nouns | run |