run

Pronunciation: /ɹʌn/

The English word “run” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
To cause to move quickly or lightly.
To compete in a race.
To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
To flee from a danger or towards help.
To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
To move or spread quickly.
Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.

Etymology

From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen, yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”). Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”),…

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