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(v)
(intransitive) To depart quickly; to escape, to flee, to run away.
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To flee by running.
(idiomatic) To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee.
To become separated, literally or figuratively.
(idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.
(intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
(intransitive, dated, slang) To flee or run away.
To change place.
(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
To be slow in changing or disappearing. (of a custom, idea etc)
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
(n)
Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
To operate a vehicle:
A challenge, trial.
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
Trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing, or price controls.
The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.
(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
A race run on foot.
(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
(with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
Alternative form of footrace. [A race run on foot.]
(uncountable) Employment.
What something does or is used for.
A continuous series of like events.
An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
A layer of material.
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
A sequence of events.
(by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
(transitive, colloquial) To find with difficulty.
A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
A small stream, a rivulet.
A small stream.
(intransitive, figuratively) To have a breakdown; to collapse or fail utterly.
A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
(ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
A husband, wife, companion or partner.
(zoology, agriculture) A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
extend or continue for a certain period of time
Any tables game in which there is no hitting or pinning, and players race around the board in the same direction.
(american football) a play in which a player runs with the ball
A short race at top speed.
A fierce attack.
(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
(adj)
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
(intransitive) To do things quickly.
To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
(intransitive) To run away; to escape.
(transitive, of food ingredients, usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
(informal) A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
To travel an easy pace with long strides.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
An instance in which someone absconds.
(transitive) To run faster than.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
Alternative spelling of run time. [(computing) The stage during which a program is executing.]
Experienced in travel.
To move about rapidly and nimbly.
(transitive) To beat in a competition of wits.
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
(British spelling) Standard spelling of traveled.
A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
Away, having left.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
To position or be positioned physically:
(adv)
In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
Alternative spelling of startup. [The act or process of starting a process or machine.]
(transitive) To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
(intransitive) To cease moving.