#1 run v. 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". wn
#2 run v. [scat, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away] flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up". wn
#3 run v. [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 ext. wn
#4 run v. [operate] direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan". wn
#5 run n. [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". wn
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