English word
Run
Definitions
verb
- to go faster than a walk
- to go in urgency or distress : resort
- to go steadily by springing steps so that both feet leave the ground for an instant in each stepspecifically
- to make a quick, easy, or casual trip or visit
- to contend in a race
- to enter into an election contest
- to move on or as if on wheels : glide
- to roll forward rapidly or freely
- to pass or slide freely
- to ravel lengthwise
- to sing or play a musical passage quickly
- to go back and forth : ply
- to move at a fast gallopof a horse
- to migrate or move in considerable numbersof fish
- to move up or down a river to spawnespecially
- turn, rotate
- function, operate
- to continue in force, operation, or production
- to have a specified duration, extent, or length
- to accompany as a valid obligation or right
- to continue to accrue or become payable
- to pass from one state to another
- to flow rapidly or under pressure
- melt, fuse
- flee, retreat, escape
- spread, dissolve
- to discharge liquid (such as pus or serum)
- to develop rapidly in some specific direction
- to throw out an elongated shoot of growthespecially
- to tend to produce or develop a specified quality or feature
- to lie in or take a certain direction
- to lie or extend in relation to something
- to go back : reach
- to be in a certain form or expression
- to be in a certain order of succession
- to occur persistently
- to utilize a running play on offense
- to remain of a specified size, amount, character, or quality
- to have or maintain a relative position or condition (as in a race)
- to exist or occur in a continuous range of variation
- to spread or pass quickly from point to point
- to be current : circulate
- to cause (an animal) to go rapidly : ride or drive fast
- to bring to a specified condition by or as if by running
- to go in pursuit of : hunt, chase
- to follow the trail of backward : trace
- to enter, register, or enroll as a contestant in a race
- to go without restraint : move freely about at will
- to put forward as a candidate for office
- to carry (the football) on a running play
- to drive (livestock) especially to a grazing place
- to provide pasturage for (livestock)
- to keep or maintain (livestock) on or as if on pasturage
- to pass over or traverse with speed
- to run on or over in athletic competition
- to accomplish or perform by or as if by running
- to slip or go through or past
- to travel on in a boat
- to keep company : consort
- to cause to penetrate or enter : thrust
- stitch
- to cause to pass : lead
- to cause to collide
- smuggle
- to cause to pass lightly or quickly over, along, or into something
- to cause or allow (a vehicle or a vessel) to go in a specified manner or direction
- to drive past or through illegally without stopping
- operate
- to put into operation
- to sail before the wind in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled
- to direct the business or activities of : manage, conduct
- to do (a test or check) on
- to employ or supervise in espionage
- to be full of or drenched with
- contain, assay
- to cause to move or flow in a specified way or into a specified position
- to cause to produce a flow (as of water)
- to prepare by running a faucetalso
- to melt and cast in a mold
- treat, process, refine
- to make oneself liable to : incur
- roam, rove
- to mark out : draw
- to permit (charges) to accumulate before settling
- cost sense 1
- to produce by or as if by printing
- to carry in a printed or broadcast medium
- to appear in print or a broadcast medium
- to make (a series of counts) without a miss
- to lead winning cards of (a suit) successively
- to alter by addition
- to make (a golf ball) roll forward after alighting
- to go rapidly or hurriedly : hasten
- to eject (a player, coach, or manager) from a gamebaseball
Synonyms for run
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Synonyms by context
To move at a fast speed on foot
verb
- career
- gallop
To retreat from something frightening or dangerous
verb
- escape
- run away
- run off
- take off
- depart
- make off
- take flight
To chase after (something)
verb
- chase
- pursue
- follow
- hound
- shadow
- tag
- tail
- track
- trail
An act or spell of running
noun
- spurt
- amble
- canter
A continuous period of a particular situation or condition
noun
- period
- stretch
- spell
- time
- continuance
- continuation
- continuity
- date
- duration
A continuous sequence of a particular situation or condition
noun
- sequence
- series
- chain
- spate
- streak
- string
- bout
- succession
- array
Antonyms for run
(walk) Opposite of to move at a fast speed on foot
- walk
- tread
- dawdle
- step
- lumber
- plod
- saunter
- stroll
- trudge
- advance
(stop) Opposite of to move at a fast speed on foot
- stop
- linger
- wait
- halt
- hesitate
- procrastinate
- remain
- rest
- stall
- tarry
Opposite of to retreat from something frightening or dangerous
- stay
- sojourn
- abide
- bide
- delay
Opposite of an act or spell of running
Opposite of a continuous period of a particular situation or condition
- brief spurt
Opposite of a continuous sequence of a particular situation or condition
- cessation
- end
- finish
- idleness
- inaction
- indifference
- standing
- stoppage
Phrases
- barrel along
- beat it
- belt along
- be off like a shot
- be quick
- bomb along
- book it
- bowl along
- bowl over
- break out
- bug out
- burn rubber
- cause to move
- chuck it down
- clear out
- come back
- cover ground
- crack on
- cut along
- drive fast