Conjugation of the verb: run
Meanings
- To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off of either foot, compare: walk.
- To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.
- To move or spread quickly.
- To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
- Of a liquid, to flow.
- Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.
- To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- To make something extend in space.
- Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operate|operating or working normally.
- To make a machine operate.
- To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
- To compete in a race.
- To be a candidate in an election.
- To make run in a race or an election.
- To be presented in one of the media.
- To print or broadcast in the media.
- To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion , to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To go through without stopping, usually illegally.
- To transport someone or something.
- To smuggle illegal goods.
- To cost a large amount of money.
- Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To carry a football down the field.
- Of stitches, to unravel.
- To flee away from a danger or towards help.
- To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
Examples
- Run, Sarah, run!
- The horse ran the length of the track.
- I have been running all over the building looking for him.
- Sorry, Ive got to run; my house is on fire.
- Theres a strange story running around the neighborhood.
- The flu is running through my daughters kindergarten.
- Every day I run my dog across the field and back.
- Ill just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.
- Run your fingers through my hair.
- Can you run these data through the program for me and tell me whether it gives an error?
- My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.
- She runs the fundraising.
- My parents think they run my life.
- The river runs through the forest.
- Theres blood running down your leg.
- Your nose is running.
- Why is the hose still running?
- My cup runneth over.
- Youll have to run the water a while before it gets hot.
- Run the tap until the water gets hot.
- The border runs for 3000 miles.
- The leash runs along a wire.
- The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.
- It ran in quality from excellent to substandard.
- The sale will run for ten days.
- The contract runs through 2008.
- The meeting ran late.
- The book runs 655 pages.
- The speech runs as follows:...
- I need to run this wire along the wall.
- My car stopped running.
- That computer runs twenty-four hours a day.
- Buses dont run here on Sunday.
- Its full. You can run the dishwasher now.
- Dont run the engine so fast.
- They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still dont know whats wrong.
- Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice.
- I will run the sample.
- Dont run that software unless you have permission.
- My computer is too old to run the new OS.
- The horse will run the Preakness next year.
- Im not ready to run a marathon.
- I have decided to run for governor of California.
- Were trying to find somebody to run against him next year.
- He ran his best horse in the Derby.
- The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.
- The story will run on the 6-oclock news.
- The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre.
- Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.
- run a story
- run an ad
- He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet, staining it pink.
- Our supplies are running low.
- run a red light or stop sign
- run a blockade
- Could you run me over to the store?
- Please run this report upstairs to directors office.
- run guns
- run rum
- Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.
- Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece.
- My stocking is running.
- Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.
- When hes broke, he runs to me for money.
- Looks like were gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
- Every three or four hands he would run the table.
Translations
ES
- correr
- fluir
- corrido
PT
- correr
- corrido
FR
- courir
