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We have spotted RUN (3 Letters) a total of 189 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with RUN and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
• | of Run |
• | of Run |
• | To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog. |
• | To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. |
• | To flee, as from fear or danger. |
• | To steal off; to depart secretly. |
• | To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress. |
• | To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt. |
• | To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle. |
• | To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another. |
• | To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on. |
• | To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on. |
• | To creep, as serpents. |
• | To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold. |
• | To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread. |
• | To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. |
• | To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round. |
• | To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago. |
• | To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. |
• | To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station. |
• | To make progress; to proceed; to pass. |
• | To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week. |
• | To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west. |
• | To be in form thus, as a combination of words. |
• | To be popularly known; to be generally received. |
• | To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. |
• | To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. |
• | To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing. |
• | To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land. |
• | To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run. |
• | To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs. |
• | To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months. |
• | To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels. |
• | Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body. |
• | To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition. |
• | To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block. |
• | To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. |
• | To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot. |
• | To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven. |
• | To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like. |
• | To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line. |
• | To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods. |
• | To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career. |
• | To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress. |
• | To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below. |
• | To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. |
• | To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water. |
• | To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood. |
• | To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel. |
• | To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. |
• | To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time. |
• | To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn. |
• | The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. |
• | A small stream; a brook; a creek. |
• | That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard. |
• | A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck. |
• | State of being current; currency; popularity. |
• | Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights. |
• | A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes. |
• | A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run. |
• | The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter. |
• | The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles. |
• | A voyage; as, a run to China. |
• | A pleasure excursion; a trip. |
• | The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes. |
• | A roulade, or series of running tones. |
• | The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed. |
• | The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning. |
• | In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs. |
• | A pair or set of millstones. |
• | Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead. |
• | Smuggled; as, run goods. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
- Rise over ___ (algebra concept)
- Skiers’ spot
- Participate in a track meet
- Seek political office
- Make a break for it
- Compete in a 50K
- Operate as a program
- Bolt say
- Compete like Sha'Carri Richardson
- Train for a 5K
- Homecoming of a sort?
- Join the relay
- Bolt
- Scoot
- Manage
- Dry __
- Seek office
- Baseball score
- Air ... or chair
- Winning streak
- Flow like water
- Skier’s spot
- Skier's spot
- With 2-Down go wild
- Train for a marathon
- Hurry away on foot
- Result of coming home
- Use the track
- Do the last part of a triathlon e.g.
- Jog
- Try for office
- Operate
- Scamper
- Train for a relay say
- Sprint
- Preside over
- Diamond score
- Lets get out of here!
- Enter the race
- Take off
- Fun ___ (friendly race)
- Its worth one point in cricket
- Gallop
- Enter the marathon
- What feet and noses can both do
- Appear in print
- With 55-Down gamble
- Cry in an emergency
- Get out of here!
- Series of theater performances
Usage among publishers:
- Universal: Dec 22, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Dec 7, 2024
- Universal: Oct 23, 2024
- Universal: Oct 22, 2024
- New York Times: Sep 22, 2024
- USA Today: Sep 10, 2024
- New York Times: Sep 4, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Aug 29, 2024
- New York Times: Jul 29, 2024
- USA Today: Jun 25, 2024
- New York Times: Jun 20, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Jun 10, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Apr 23, 2024
- Eugene Sheffer: Apr 11, 2024
- Universal: Apr 4, 2024
- Newsday: Mar 30, 2024
- USA Today: Feb 17, 2024
- Thomas Joseph: Jan 1, 2024
- New York Times: Dec 17, 2023
- Newsday: Dec 7, 2023
- Newsday: Dec 1, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Nov 25, 2023
- Universal: Nov 23, 2023
- USA Today: Nov 19, 2023
- Newsday: Nov 1, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Oct 5, 2023
- Thomas Joseph: Sep 8, 2023
- LA Times: Sep 5, 2023
- LA Times: Sep 1, 2023
- New York Times: Feb 11, 2023