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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) be well (be healthy; feel good) "She has not been well lately"
S: (v) suffer (feel unwell or uncomfortable) "She is suffering from the hot weather"
S: (v) feel (be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state) "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss"
S: (v) stay, remain, rest (stay the same; remain in a certain state) "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
S: (v) continue (exist over a prolonged period of time) "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
S: (v) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate (be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity) "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
S: (v) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly) "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
S: (v) rank (take or have a position relative to others) "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
S: (v) point (be positionable in a specified manner) "The gun points with ease"
S: (v) want, need, require (have need of) "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
S: (v) compact, pack (have the property of being packable or of compacting easily) "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
S: (v) look, appear, seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect) "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
S: (v) appear, seem (seem to be true, probable, or apparent) "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
S: (v) owe (be in debt) "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
S: (v) belong (be owned by; be in the possession of) "This book belongs to me"
S: (v) cover (be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of) "Is this enough to cover the check?"
S: (v) represent (be representative or typical for) "This period is represented by Beethoven"
S: (v) account (be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something) "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"
S: (v) cut across (be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations) "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
S: (v) begin, start (have a beginning characterized in some specified way) "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
S: (v) begin (have a beginning, of a temporal event) "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month"
S: (v) stand (be in some specified state or condition) "I stand corrected"
S: (v) consist, comprise (be composed of) "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?"
S: (v) prove, turn out, turn up (be shown or be found to be) "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
S: (v) account for (be the reason or explanation for) "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"
S: (v) remain (be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.) "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
S: (v) stand by, stick by, stick, adhere (be loyal to) "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
S: (v) incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate (represent in bodily form) "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
S: (v) contain, take, hold (be capable of holding or containing) "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
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, go (have a particular form) "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."
S: (v) figure, enter (be or play a part of or in) "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"
S: (v) press (be urgent) "This is a pressing problem"
S: (v) squat (be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide) "The building squatted low"
S: (v) hoodoo (bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune)
S: (v) impend (be imminent or about to happen) "Changes are impending"
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) stay, stay on, continue, remain (continue in a place, position, or situation) "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
S: (v) sell (be sold at a certain price or in a certain way) "These books sell like hot cakes"
S: (v) translate (be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way) "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
S: (v) head, head up (be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel) "This student heads the class"
S: (v) come in for (be subject to or the object of) "The governor came in for a lot of criticism"
S: (v) compare (be comparable) "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"
S: (v) fall, come (come under, be classified or included) "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
S: (v) gravitate (be attracted to) "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"
S: (v) pay (be worth it) "It pays to go through the trouble"
S: (v) diverge (have no limits as a mathematical series)
S: (v) shine (be distinguished or eminent) "His talent shines"
S: (v) iridesce (be iridescent) "The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water"
S: (v) lie (be and remain in a particular state or condition) "lie dormant"
S: (v) stand (occupy a place or location, also metaphorically) "We stand on common ground"
S: (v) hang (be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive) "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
S: (v) litter (strew) "Cigar butts littered the ground"
S: (v) suit (be agreeable or acceptable) "This time suits me"
S: (v) end, terminate (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of) "This sad scene ended the movie"
S: (v) fit (conform to some shape or size) "How does this shirt fit?"
S: (v) lend (have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to) "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"
S: (v) let go (be relaxed) "Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!"
S: (v) belong (be rightly classified in a class or category) "The whales belong among the mammals"
S: (v) connect (be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation) "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours"
S: (v) sell (be responsible for the sale of) "All her publicity sold the products"
S: (v) sell (be approved of or gain acceptance) "The new idea sold well in certain circles"
S: (v) consist (have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in) "The payment consists in food"; "What does love consist in?"
S: (v) work (behave in a certain way when handled) "This dough does not work easily"; "The soft metal works well"
S: (v) lubricate (have lubricating properties) "the liquid in this can lubricates well"
S: (v) breathe (allow the passage of air through) "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"
S: (v) trim (be in equilibrium during a flight) "The airplane trimmed"
S: (v) swing (have a certain musical rhythm) "The music has to swing"
S: (v) osculate (be intermediate between two taxonomic groups) "These species osculate"
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) travel, go, move, locomote (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically) "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
S: (v) go around, spread, circulate (become widely known and passed on) "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
S: (v) carry (cover a certain distance or advance beyond) "The drive carried to the green"
S: (v) ease (move gently or carefully) "He eased himself into the chair"
S: (v) whish (move with a whishing sound) "The car whished past her"
S: (v) float (move lightly, as if suspended) "The dancer floated across the stage"
S: (v) swap (move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science)
S: (v) seek (go to or towards) "a liquid seeks its own level"
S: (v) whine (move with a whining sound) "The bullets were whining past us"
S: (v) fly (be dispersed or disseminated) "Rumors and accusations are flying"
S: (v) ride (move like a floating object) "The moon rode high in the night sky"
S: (v) come (cover a certain distance) "She came a long way"
S: (v) ghost (move like a ghost) "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"
S: (v) come, come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody) "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
S: (v) round (wind around; move along a circular course) "round the bend"
S: (v) trundle (move heavily) "the streetcar trundled down the avenue"
S: (v) push (move strenuously and with effort) "The crowd pushed forward"
S: (v) swing (change direction with a swinging motion; turn) "swing back"; "swing forward"
S: (v) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment) "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
S: (v) walk, take the air (take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure) "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday"
S: (v) weave, wind, thread, meander, wander (to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course) "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
S: (v) float, drift, be adrift, blow (be in motion due to some air or water current) "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
S: (v) play (move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly) "The spotlights played on the politicians"
S: (v) float, swim (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)
S: (v) swim (move as if gliding through water) "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"
S: (v) walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps) "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
S: (v) turn, move around (pass to the other side of) "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle"
S: (v) circle (travel around something) "circle the globe"
S: (v) slice into, slice through (move through a body or an object with a slicing motion) "His hand sliced through the air"
S: (v) stray, err, drift (wander from a direct course or at random) "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
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) step (shift or move by taking a step) "step back"
S: (v) drive, motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle) "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
S: (v) ride, sit (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions) "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"
S: (v) prance (spring forward on the hind legs) "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"
S: (v) swim (travel through water) "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
S: (v) ascend, go up (travel up) "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
S: (v) descend, fall, go down, come down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way) "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
S: (v) retrograde (move in a direction contrary to the usual one) "retrograding planets"
S: (v) proceed, go forward, continue (move ahead; travel onward in time or space) "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
S: (v) back (travel backward) "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
S: (v) pan (make a sweeping movement) "The camera panned across the room"
S: (v) follow (to travel behind, go after, come after) "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"
S: (v) pursue, follow (follow in or as if in pursuit) "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
S: (v) return (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before) "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
S: (v) derail, jump (run off or leave the rails) "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
S: (v) flock (move as a crowd or in a group) "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
S: (v) accompany (go or travel along with) "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"
S: (v) billow (move with great difficulty) "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"
S: (v) circulate (move around freely from person to person or from place to place) "She circulates among royalty"
S: (v) circle (move in a circular path above (someone or something)) "the plane circled, looking for a landing spot"
S: (v) angle (move or proceed at an angle) "he angled his way into the room"
S: (v) pass (go across or through) "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
S: (v) travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass (move past) "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"
S: (v) step, tread (put down or press the foot, place the foot) "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
S: (v) step (move with one's feet in a specific manner) "step lively"
S: (v) hurtle (move with or as if with a rushing sound) "The cars hurtled by"
S: (v) retreat (move away, as for privacy) "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
S: (v) whistle (move with, or as with, a whistling sound) "The bullets whistled past him"
S: (v) island hop (travel from one island to the next) "on the cruise, we did some island-hopping"
S: (v) plow, plough (move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil) "The ship plowed through the water"
S: (v) lurch (move slowly and unsteadily) "The truck lurched down the road"
S: (v) sift (move as if through a sieve) "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
S: (v) fall (move in a specified direction) "The line of men fall forward"
S: (v) drag (move slowly and as if with great effort)
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) bang (move noisily) "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"
S: (v) precess (move in a gyrating fashion) "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied"
S: (v) travel, move around (travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge)
S: (v) ride (sit on and control a vehicle) "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town"
S: (v) snowshoe (travel on snowshoes) "After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store"
S: (v) beetle (fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle) "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
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) 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) 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"