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To move swiftly.

Run, and you might still catch the train!

Through the open front door ran Jessamy, down the steps to where Kitto was sitting at the bottom with the pram beside him.

To move swiftly.

I have been running all over the building looking for him.

Sorry, I've got to run; my house is on fire!

To move swiftly.

I can run a mile, but I can't run the cross-country course.

To move swiftly.

I was hoping to make the team, but I didn't run the qualifying time.

To move swiftly.

The shuttle runs back and forth on these rollers.

As its name suggests, the monorail runs on a single rail.

Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.

I just got back from my morning run.

Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes.

Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.

I need to make a run to the store.

[…] and on the 18th of January this squadron put to sea. The first place of rendezvous was the boy of port St. Julian, upon the coast of Patagonia, and all accidents were provided against with admirable foresight. Their run to port St. Julian was dangerous […]

A pleasure trip.

Let's go for a run in the car.

And I think of giving her a run in London for a change.

Flight, instance or period of fleeing.

During his run from the police, he claimed to have a metaphysical experience which can only be described as “having passed through an abyss.”

Migration of fish.

In a liquid state; melted or molten.

Put some run butter on the vegetables.

Samples of the regular run butter were sealed in 1 pound tins and sent to Washington, where the butter was scored and examined.

Cast in a mould.

[...] the Sides are generally made of Holland's Tiles, or Plates of run Iron, ornamented variously as Fancy dictates, [...]

Vast quantities are cast in sand moulds, with that kind of run steel which is so largely used in the production of common table-knives and forks.

Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").

Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

The temperature of the water is consequently much higher than in either England or Scotland, and many newly run salmon will be found in early spring in the upper waters of Irish rivers where obstructions exist.

It may be very much a metallic appearance as opposed to the silver freshness of a recently run salmon.

Smuggled.

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