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Antonyms for run

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ruhn
Phonetic Transcription : rÊŒn

Definition of run

Origin :
  • the modern verb is a merger of two related Old English words, in both of which the first letters sometimes switched places. The first is intransitive rinnan, irnan "to run, flow, run together" (past tense ran, past participle runnen), cognate with (cf. Middle Dutch runnen, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic rinnan, German rinnen "to flow, run").
  • The second is Old English transitive weak verb ærnan, earnan "ride, run to, reach, gain by running" (probably a metathesis of *rennan), from Proto-Germanic *rannjanan, causative of the root *ren- "to run." This is cognate with Old Saxon renian, Old High German rennen, German rennen, Gothic rannjan.
  • Both are from PIE *ri-ne-a-, nasalized form of root *reie- "to flow, run" (see Rhine).
  • Of streams, etc., from c.1200; of machinery, from 1560s. Meaning "be in charge of" is first attested 1861, originally American English. Meaning "seek office in an election" is from 1826, American English. Phrase run for it "take flight" is attested from 1640s. Many figurative uses are from horseracing or hunting (e.g. to run (something) into the ground, 1836, American English).
  • To run across "meet" is attested from 1855, American English. To run short "exhaust one's supply" is from 1752; to run out of in the same sense is from 1713. To run around with "consort with" is from 1887. Run away "flee in the face of danger" is from late 14c. To run late is from 1954.
  • noun fast moving on foot
  • noun journey
  • noun sequence, course
  • verb move fast on foot
  • verb move rapidly, flowingly
  • verb operate, drive
  • verb manage, supervise
  • verb continue, range
  • verb attempt to be elected to public office
Example sentences :
  • Tell Mrs. Van Geist if she can't come down, I'll run up to her.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He ain't been run over—he's gone broke-lost all our money; every last cent.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Twas a wild goose chase, and I wot not what moved me to run after it.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Gray Peter had been fresher than Sally at the end of the run of the day before.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • But here, run away with my pen, I suffer my mother to be angry with me on her own account.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • And I've got enough to run the show, if you'll keep me from chucking it away as I'm doing.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • To you, she's just the same little girl that used to run about here in short frocks.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • He turned and began to run homewards, like a hunted man in desperate flight.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • A year later, Harriett, run down, was ordered to the seaside.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • She had always paid him generously for the numerous errands he had run for her.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

Synonyms for run

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