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run - noun

  • a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
  • the act of testing something
  • a race run on foot
  • an unbroken series of events
  • (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
  • a regular trip
  • the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
  • the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
  • unrestricted freedom to use
  • the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
  • a small stream
  • a race between candidates for elective office
  • a row of unravelled stitches
  • the pouring forth of a fluid
  • an unbroken chronological sequence
  • a short trip

    • run - verb

    • move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
    • flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
    • stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
    • direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
    • have a particular form
    • move along, of liquids
    • perform as expected when applied
    • change or be different within limits
    • run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
    • cause to emit recorded audio or video
    • move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
    • have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
    • be operating, running or functioning
    • change from one state to another
    • cause to perform
    • be affected by; be subjected to
    • continue to exist
    • occur persistently
    • carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
    • include as the content; broadcast or publicize
    • carry out
    • pass over, across, or through
    • cause something to pass or lead somewhere
    • make without a miss
    • cause an animal to move fast
    • be diffused
    • sail before the wind
    • cover by running; run a certain distance
    • extend or continue for a certain period of time
    • set animals loose to graze
    • keep company
    • run with the ball; in such sports as football
    • travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
    • travel a route regularly
    • pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
    • compete in a race
    • progress by being changed
    • reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
    • come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
    • become undone

    run - thesaurus

    bleed   bunk   campaign   carry   consort   course   discharge   draw   endure   escape   execute   extend   feed   flow   footrace   function   go   guide   hunt   incline   ladder   lam   lead   lean   melt   move   operate   outpouring   pass   persist   play   ply   prevail   race   range   ravel   rill   rivulet   runnel   running   scarper   scat   streak   streamlet   tally   tend   test   trial   unravel   work  

    Scrabble score for run

    r is 1 u is 1 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 3

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