Verb
Synonyms by this part of speech
Rapid movement achieved by using one's feet
- dash
- race
- rush
- hurry
- sprint
- bolt
- career
- speed
- dart
- gallop
Escaping from a frightening or hazardous situation
- flee
- bolt
- escape
- skedaddle
- run away
- run off
- take off
- depart
- make off
- take flight
Pursuing a person, animal, or object
- chase
- pursue
- follow
- hound
- shadow
- tag
- tail
- track
- trail
- course
Definitions of run
adjective
- Physically melted and existing as fluid rather than solid matter.
- Formed by pouring material into a shaped mold.
- Completely exhausted, depleted, or lacking a needed supply.
- Describing fish that have already migrated or completed a spawning journey.
noun
- An occurrence of rapid travel supported primarily by the feet.
- A hurried journey or errand, whether made on foot or otherwise.
- A brief recreational journey undertaken mainly for personal enjoyment.
- An episode spent escaping, fleeing, or avoiding capture.
- A seasonal migration undertaken by fish toward breeding grounds.
- Fish traveling together upstream toward their spawning grounds.
verb
- To travel rapidly by using the legs or another natural means of locomotion.
- For liquid, to proceed continuously along an available channel.
- For ships, to sail with wind arriving directly from astern.
- To undertake some social activity alongside other participants.
- To remain present or extend throughout distance, duration, or both.
- To place an intended procedure, scheme, or software program into operation.