ran

to move quickly to a place using your legs and feet; to run in a race; to have a race in a particular place or at a particular time; to run a particular distance

to control and organize something such as a business, organization, or event; to organize and provide something such as a service or class

if a machine or engine runs, or if you run it, it is working; to start or to use a computer program

if a liquid runs somewhere, it flows there; if a river runs somewhere, it flows there; if a faucet runs, or if you run it, water comes out of it; if something is running with a liquid, the liquid is flowing down it; to fill a bath or other container with water from a faucet

to try to be elected to an official job or position

if a bus, train, etc. runs, it travels somewhere at regular times; to take someone somewhere in your car; if a vehicle runs somewhere, it moves there because the driver is not controlling it properly

if a play, movie, or television program runs, it continues to be performed or shown; if an official agreement or document runs until a particular time, you can continue to use it until that date

to reach a particular amount or rate

to move or rub something along something else

if something such as a road or wall runs somewhere, it exists in that place

to put something such as a wire or thread somewhere

if a feeling runs through you, you experience it; to have a particular thought

if newspapers run an article, advertisement, or photograph, they print it

if a piece of clothing or a color runs, the color spreads when you wash it; if something such as paint or ink runs, it spreads to where it should not be; if something such as butter runs, it becomes liquid and spreads because it is warm

to bring someone or something illegally into a country

to grow in a particular direction

to move smoothly

if a story, argument, etc. runs in a particular way, this is what happens or what someone says

if tights or pantyhose run, a hole in them becomes longer

the action of running for pleasure or in a sport; a race in which you must run a long distance

a period of time when you continue to succeed or fail, especially in a sport or business; a period of time when a play or television program is performed or shown regularly

an attempt to be elected to an official job or position

the amount of something that a company or factory produces at one time

one point in the game of baseball; one point in the game of cricket

a trip that a train, ship, etc. does regularly; a short trip that you do in a car for pleasure

a small area with a fence around it where animals such as chickens or rabbits can run around

a slope that you can slide down, usually on skis; a shaped object for sliding or rolling something down

in card games, a group of cards whose numbers are in a series, for example a 4, 5, and 6

a long thin hole in stockings or pantyhose

The past participle of run