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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ran \Ran\, noun (Naut.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ran \Ran\ (r[a^]n), imp. of {Run}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ran \Ran\, noun [AS. r[=a]n.] Open robbery. [Obs.] --Lambarde.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Run \Run\, verb (used without an object) [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D. runnen, rennen, OS. & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen, rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw. rinna, r["a]nna, Dan. rinde, rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr. ? to stir up, rouse, Skr. ? (cf. {Origin}), or perh. to L. rivus brook (cf. {Rival}). [root]11. Cf. {Ember}, adjective, {Rennet}.]
1. To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog. Specifically:
2. Of voluntary or personal action: (a) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
''Ha, ha, the fox!'' and after him they ran. --Chaucer. (b) To flee, as from fear or danger.
As from a bear a man would run for life. --Shak. (c) To steal off; to depart secretly. (d) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. --1 Cor. ix. 24. (e) To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.
Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted? --Addison. (f) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle. (g) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.
Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject. --Addison. (h) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on. (i) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on. (j) To creep, as serpents.
3. Of involuntary motion: (a) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold. (b) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23. (c) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run. --Addison.
Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire. --Woodward. (d) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round. (e) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago. (f) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son. --Pope. (g) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station. (h) To make progress; to proceed; to pass.
As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster. --Addison. (i) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.
When we desire anything, our minds run wholly on the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones. --Swift. (j) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.
Where the generally allowed practice runs counter to it. --Locke.
Little is the wisdom, where the flight So runs against all reason. --Shak. (k) To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
The king's ordinary style runneth, ''Our sovereign lord the king.'' --Bp. Sanderson. (l) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome. --Sir W. Temple.
Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself. --Knolles. (m) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.
If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. --Mortimer. (n) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds. --Bacon.
Temperate climates run into moderate governments. --Swift. (o) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.
In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another. --I. Watts. (p) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.
Customs run only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid. --Sir J. Child. (q) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run. (r) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs. (s) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months. (t) (Naut.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.
4. Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body. --Stillman (The Horse in Motion).
5. (Athletics) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
{As things run}, according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or specification.
{To let run} (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen.
{To run after}, to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as, to run after similes. --Locke.
{To run away}, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance.
{To run away with}. (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage.
{To run down}. (a) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks, watches, etc. (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
{To run down a coast}, to sail along it.
{To run for an office}, to stand as a candidate for an office.
{To run in} or {To run into}. (a) To enter; to step in. (b) To come in collision with.
{To run into} To meet, by chance; as, I ran into my brother at the grocery store.
{To run in trust}, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
{To run in with}. (a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker. (b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in with the land.
{To run mad}, {To run mad after} or {To run mad on}. See under {Mad}.
{To run on}. (a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a year or two without a settlement. (b) To talk incessantly. (c) To continue a course. (d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on. (e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
{To run out}. (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out at Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread. ''Insectile animals . . . run all out into legs.'' --Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. --Dryden.
{To run over}. (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over. (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily. (c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
{To run riot}, to go to excess.
{To run through}. (a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book. (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
{To run to seed}, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
{To run up}, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees. --Sir W. Scott.
{To run with}. (a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the streets ran with blood. (b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance. ''Its rivers ran with gold.'' --J. H. Newman.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
run
noun
1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: {tally}]
2: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial" [syn: {test}, {trial}]
3: a race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile run" [syn: {footrace}, {foot race}]
4: an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" [syn: {streak}]
5: (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" [syn: {running}, {running play}, {running game}]
6: a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"
7: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: {running}]
8: the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation; "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run"
9: unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house"
10: the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"
11: a small stream [syn: {rivulet}, {rill}, {runnel}, {streamlet}]
12: a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run" [syn: {political campaign}, {campaign}]
13: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" [syn: {ladder}, {ravel}]
14: the pouring forth of a fluid [syn: {discharge}, {outpouring}]
15: an unbroken chronological sequence; "the play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories"
16: a short trip; "take a run into town"
verb
1: move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"
2: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: {scarper}, {turn tail}, {lam}, {run away}, {hightail it}, {bunk}, {head for the hills}, {take to the woods}, {escape}, {fly the coop}, {break away}]
3: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" [syn: {go}, {pass}, {lead}, {extend}]
4: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" [syn: {operate}]
5: have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..." [syn: {go}]
6: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: {flow}, {feed}, {course}]
7: perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" [syn: {function}, {work}, {operate}, {go}] [ant: {malfunction}]
8: change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" [syn: {range}]
9: run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?" [syn: {campaign}]
10: cause to emit recorded sounds; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "Can you play my favorite record?" [syn: {play}]
11: move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free"
12: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: {tend}, {be given}, {lean}, {incline}]
13: carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction" [syn: {execute}]
14: be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!" [ant: {idle}]
15: change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"
16: cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"
17: be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk"
18: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: {prevail}, {persist}, {die hard}, {endure}]
19: occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family"
20: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" [syn: {carry}]
21: carry out; "run an errand"
22: guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: {guide}, {draw}, {pass}]
23: cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" [syn: {lead}]
24: make without a miss
25: deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor [syn: {black market}]
26: cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"
27: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" [syn: {bleed}]
28: sail before the wind
29: cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day"
30: extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours" [syn: {run for}]
31: set animals loose to graze
32: keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring" [syn: {consort}]
33: run with the ball; in such sports as football
34: travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
35: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast" [syn: {ply}]
36: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" [syn: {hunt}, {hunt down}, {track down}]
37: compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" [syn: {race}]
38: progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" [syn: {move}, {go}]
39: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" [syn: {melt}, {melt down}]
40: come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" [syn: {ladder}]
41: become undone; "the sweater unraveled" [syn: {unravel}] [also: {running}, {ran}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ran See {run}
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