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Word of the Day: Run

run / rən

verb

  1. to go in a quick manner by moving the legs rapidly so at some points all or both feet are off the ground

If one window closes, run to the next window – or break down a door.

Brooke Shields, 1965-

 

  1. to move rapidly

Wherever the crowd goes, run in the other direction.

Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994

 

  1. to flee

You don’t run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

Randeep Hooda, 1976-

 

  1. to turn to for aid or support

If you don’t quit, and don’t cheat, and don’t run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

Shelley Long, 1949-

 

  1. to be a candidate campaigning for election

If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost.

Barack Obama, 1961-

 

  1. to go between places, usually as a vessel for transport

Crossrail is the new railway which will run from West to East right across London.

Evan Davis, 1962-

 

  1. of liquid, to flow

If you pray hard enough, water will run uphill.

Robert A. Heinlein, 1907-1988

 

  1. to transfer

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.

King Solomon, ?-931 BC

 

  1. to drip

Candles tend to drip and run down candle sticks as they burn.

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  1. to spread over something when made moist

Be careful when washing new clothes that the colors don’t run onto other items.

 

  1. to operate via mechanism

My friends always joke that I run on batteries.

Alexander Wang, 1983-

 

  1. to meet with a certain state or situation

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age, difficulties run into us.

Josh Billings, 1818-1885

 

  1. to go or continue

The course of true love never did run smooth.

William Shakespeare, 1564-1616

 

  1. to extend over an area or through something

Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.

J.C. Ryle, 1816-1900

 

  1. to occur or last a certain period of continuous time

Hollywood movies typically run about 1.5 to 2 hours.

Ann Casano, ?-

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  1. to go freely

Thirty years ago, parents had little problem letting their children run the streets on their own.

 

  1. to accomplish or perform something, i.e., “ an errand

Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.

Red Skelton, 1913-1997

 

  1. to cause someone or something to move quickly

It’s up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.

Ingrid Newkirk, 1949-

 

  1. to track, pursue, or hunt

They are brothers to the fox who boasted that he had made the hounds run…

  1. L. Mencken, 1880-1956

 

  1. to pass through quickly, i.e., “ a comb through it

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

Audrey Hepburn, 1929-1993

 

  1. to operate manually

Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil.

Jonathan Haidt, 1963-

 

  1. to manage

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Jim Rohn, 1930-2009

 

  1. to fill a bath with water

This person wants to run a bath and then read in bed.

Miranda July, 1974-

 

  1. to be in danger of exposing oneself to something

Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it.

Isabel Allende, 1942-

 

  1. to come to the end of something; to have no more

People don’t run out of dreams – people just run out of time.

from ‘River of Dreams’ by Glenn Frey, 1948-2016

 

noun

 

  1. a period of rapid leg movement

Writing is a workout, just like going for a run!

Meg Cabot, 1967-

 

  1. a fast trip somewhere to complete a task

Last night Allison and I took a quick run to the store to get dinner.

www.benspark.com/quick-run-to-the-store.html

 

  1. a fast pace

It takes a step to break into a run.

Tama J. Kieves, 1961-

 

  1. a place in fabric where the stitching has come undone

Lost time is like a run in a stocking.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1906-2001

 

  1. in music, a rapid succession of notes up and down a scale in a particular pattern

It’s impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I’ve never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.

Robin Trower, 1945-

 

  1. a continuous period during which a live performance occupies a certain theater

A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.

Harold Prince, 1928-

 

  1. the act of pursuing an animal for the hunt

I would feel no pleasure it being given to me, any more than a huntsman would take pleasure being made a present of a dead fox, in place of getting a run across country after it.

Lady Gregory, 1852-1932

 

  1. an area for the recreation of animals

The building did, however, have one thing they hadn’t seen before: a dog run.

Joyce Cohen, ?-

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/realestate/the-all-important-dog-run.html