run

sense 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"
run

sense 2: escape or flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"
run scarper turn_tail lam run_away bunk break_away

sense 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"
run go pass lead extend

sense 4: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
operate run

sense 5: have a particular form; "the story or argument runs....", "as the saying goes..."
run go

sense 6: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"
run flow course

sense 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"
function work operate go run

sense 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"
range run

sense 9: run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"
campaign run

sense 10: cause to be emit recorded sounds; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "Can you play my favorite record?"
play run

sense 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"
run

sense 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"
tend be_given lean incline run

sense 13: execute a program or process, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"
run

sense 14: be operating, running or functioning, as of engines or machines; "The car is still running--turn it off!"
run

sense 15: change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"
run

sense 16: cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"
run

sense 17: be affected by; be subjected to; as in"run a temperature,"; "run a risk"
run

sense 18: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
prevail persist die_hard run endure

sense 19: occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family"
run

sense 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"
carry run

sense 21: carry out; "run an errand"
run

sense 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"
guide run draw pass

sense 23: cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet"
run lead

sense 24: make without a miss; in sports or games
run

sense 25: deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
run black_market

sense 26: cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"
run

sense 27: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
run bleed

sense 28: Nautical language: sail before the wind
run

sense 29: cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day"
run

sense 30: extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours"
run run_for

sense 31: set animals loose to graze
run

sense 32: keep company; of male animals
run consort

sense 33: run with the ball; in sports, such as football
run

sense 34: travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
run

sense 35: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"
ply run

sense 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"
hunt run hunt_down track_down

sense 37: compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
race run

sense 38: progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
move go run

sense 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"
melt run melt_down

sense 40: come unraveled or undone as if by snagging, of stockings; "Her nylons were running"
ladder run

sense 41: become undone, as of clothes such as knitted fabrics; "the sweater unraveled"
run unravel