Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) run, tally (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"
S: (n) test, trial, run (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"
S: (n) footrace, foot race, run (a race run on foot) "she broke the record for the half-mile run"
S: (n) streak, run (an unbroken series of events) "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"
S: (n) run, running, running play, running game ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team) "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running"
S: (n) run (a regular trip) "the ship made its run in record time"
S: (n) run, running (the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace) "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"
S: (n) run (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"
S: (n) run (unrestricted freedom to use) "he has the run of the house"
S: (n) run (the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)) "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"
S: (n) political campaign, campaign, run (a race between candidates for elective office) "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run"
S: (n) run, ladder, ravel (a row of unravelled stitches) "she got a run in her stocking"
S: (v) run (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"
S: (v) run, go, pass, lead, extend (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"
S: (v) operate, run (direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.) "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
S: (v) run, go (have a particular form) "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."
S: (v) run, flow, feed, course (move along, of liquids) "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
S: (v) function, work, operate, go, run (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"
S: (v) range, run (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"
S: (v) campaign, run (run, stand, or compete for an office or a position) "Who's running for treasurer this year?"
S: (v) play, run (cause to emit recorded audio or video) "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video"
S: (v) run (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"
S: (v) tend, be given, lean, incline, run (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"
S: (v) run (be operating, running or functioning) "The car is still running--turn it off!"
S: (v) run (change from one state to another) "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"
S: (v) run (cause to perform) "run a subject"; "run a process"
S: (v) run (be affected by; be subjected to) "run a temperature"; "run a risk"
S: (v) run (occur persistently) "Musical talent runs in the family"
S: (v) run, execute (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"
S: (v) carry, run (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"
S: (v) guide, run, draw, pass (pass over, across, or through) "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
S: (v) string, thread, draw (thread on or as if on a string) "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
S: (v) run, lead (cause something to pass or lead somewhere) "Run the wire behind the cabinet"
S: (v) run, consort (keep company) "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring"
S: (v) run (run with the ball; in such sports as football)
S: (v) run (travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means) "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
S: (v) ply, run (travel a route regularly) "Ships ply the waters near the coast"
S: (v) hunt, run, hunt down, track down (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"
S: (v) race, run (compete in a race) "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
S: (v) move, go, run (progress by being changed) "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
S: (v) dress, get dressed (put on clothes) "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"
S: (v) grow, develop, produce, get, acquire (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)) "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
S: (v) change by reversal, turn, reverse (change to the contrary) "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
S: (v) form (assume a form or shape) "the water formed little beads"
S: (v) change state, turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action) "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
S: (v) rise, jump, climb up (rise in rank or status) "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
S: (v) assimilate (become similar in sound) "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
S: (v) dissimilate (become dissimilar or less similar) "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"
S: (v) dissimilate (become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities) "These consonants dissimilate"
S: (v) modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme) "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
S: (v) deaden (become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor)
S: (v) break (be broken in) "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
S: (v) deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons)
S: (v) crack (break into simpler molecules by means of heat) "The petroleum cracked"
S: (v) warm up (become more friendly or open) "She warmed up after we had lunch together"
S: (v) warm, warm up (get warm or warmer) "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
S: (v) transform, transmute, metamorphose (change in outward structure or looks) "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
S: (v) convert (change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief) "She converted to Buddhism"
S: (v) dull (become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness) "the varnished table top dulled with time"
S: (v) get used to (get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience) "I finally got used to my husband's odd habits"
S: (v) complexify, ramify (have or develop complicating consequences) "These actions will ramify"
S: (v) modernize, modernise, develop (become technologically advanced) "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
S: (v) stiffen (become stiff or stiffer) "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
S: (v) tighten (become tight or tighter) "The rope tightened"
S: (v) fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down (stop operating or functioning) "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
S: (v) give way, yield (end resistance, as under pressure or force) "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
S: (v) industrialize, industrialise (develop industry; become industrial) "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West"
S: (v) receive, get, find, obtain, incur (receive a specified treatment (abstract)) "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
S: (v) assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take (take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect) "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
S: (v) prim (assume a prim appearance) "They mince and prim"
S: (v) capacitate (cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg)
S: (v) saponify (become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali) "the oil saponified"
S: (v) move, go, run (progress by being changed) "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
S: (v) come (reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position) "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"
S: (v) catch (be struck or affected by) "catch fire"; "catch the mood"
S: (v) catch on (become popular) "This fashion caught on in Paris"
S: (v) develop, grow (grow emotionally or mature) "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
S: (v) fly (change quickly from one emotional state to another) "fly into a rage"
S: (v) develop, acquire, evolve (gain through experience) "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
S: (v) assibilate (change into a sibilant) "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"
S: (v) turn on (become hostile towards) "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman"
S: (v) drop (change from one level to another) "She dropped into army jargon"
S: (v) break into (change pace) "The dancers broke into a cha-cha"; "The horse broke into a gallop"
S: (v) deepen, change (become deeper in tone) "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
S: (v) opacify (become opaque) "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind"
S: (v) mature (become due for repayment) "These bonds mature in 2005"
S: (v) rejuvenate (develop youthful topographical features) "the land rejuvenated"
S: (v) sequester (undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion) "The cations were sequestered"
S: (v) transaminate (undergo transfer from one compound to another) "amino groups can transaminate"
S: (v) vesiculate (become vesicular or full of air cells) "The organs vesiculated"
S: (v) undulate (increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves) "The singer's voice undulated"
S: (v) vascularize, vascularise (become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids) "The egg yolk vascularized"
S: (v) crash (undergo a sudden and severe downturn) "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
S: (v) professionalize, professionalise (become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)
S: (v) shift (change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change) "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
S: (v) flip, flip out (go mad, go crazy) "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
S: (v) settle (become clear by the sinking of particles) "the liquid gradually settled"
S: (v) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder (break down, literally or metaphorically) "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
S: (v) undergo (pass through) "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
S: (v) occult (become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished) "The beam of light occults every so often"
S: (v) pass (transfer to another; of rights or property) "Our house passed under his official control"
S: (v) leave, depart, pull up stakes (remove oneself from an association with or participation in) "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
S: (v) go out (go out of fashion; become unfashionable)
S: (v) stagnate (cause to stagnate) "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
S: (v) make (undergo fabrication or creation) "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
S: (v) ice up, frost over, ice over (become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window) "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane"
S: (v) melt, run, melt down (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"
S: (v) ladder, run (come unraveled or undone as if by snagging) "Her nylons were running"
S: (v) run, unravel (become undone) "the sweater unraveled"