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run

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Verb

  1. To move swiftly.
  2. {{lb|en|nautical|of a vessel}} To sail before the wind, in distinction from [[reach]]ing or sailing [[close-hauled]].
  3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[control]] or [[manage]]; to be in [[charge]] of.
  4. {{senseid|en|be candidate}}{{lb|en|intransitive}} To be a [[candidate]] in an [[election]].
  5. To make participate in certain kinds of competitions.
  6. To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
  7. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be [[present]]ed in the [[media]].
  8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[print]] or [[broadcast]] in the media.
  9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[smuggle]] ([[illegal]] goods).
  10. {{lb|en|transitive|agriculture}} To [[sort]] through a large volume of [[produce]] in [[quality control]].
  11. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
  12. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[execute]] or [[carry out]] a [[plan]], [[procedure]]{{,}} or [[program]].

Noun

  1. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
  2. Act or instance of [[hurry]]ing (to or from a place) {{qualifier|not necessarily on foot}}; [[dash]] or [[errand]], [[trip]].
  3. A pleasure trip.
  4. [[flight|Flight]], instance or [[period]] of [[flee]]ing.
  5. [[migration|Migration]] of [[fish]].
  6. {{lb|en|collective}} A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
  7. A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
  8. Unrestricted use. {{only used in|en|have the run of}}. <!--and "given" the run of, etc.-->
  9. An [[enclosure]] for an animal; a [[track]] or [[path]] along which something can travel.
  10. {{senseid|en|landholding}}{{lb|en|Australia|New Zealand}} A [[rural#Adjective|rural]] [[landholding]] for [[farm#Verb|farming]], usually for [[run#Verb|running]] [[sheep]], and [[operate]]d by a [[runholder]].
  11. State of being current; currency; popularity.
  12. Something continuous or sequential.

Adjective

  1. In a [[liquid]] state; [[melted]] or [[molten]].
  2. [[cast|Cast]] in a [[mould]].
  3. [[exhaust|Exhausted]]; [[deplete]]d {{qualifier|especially with "down" or "out"}}.
  4. {{lb|en|of a|fish}} [[travelled|Travelled]], [[migrated]]; having made a [[migration]] or a spawning [[#Noun|run]].
  5. [[smuggled|Smuggled]].

Verb

  1. {{past participle of|en|rin}}

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