(of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
To control or manage, be in charge of. Example: He is running the candidate's expensive campaign.
To be a candidate in an election. Example: I have decided to run for governor of California.
To make run in a race or an election. Example: He ran his best horse in the Derby.
To exert continuous activity; to proceed. Example: to run through life; to run in a circle
To be presented in the media. Example: Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.
To print or broadcast in the media. Example: run a story; run an ad
To smuggle (illegal goods). Example: to run guns; to run rum
To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control. Example: Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program. Example: Don't run that software unless you have permission.
To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation. Example: to run from one subject to another
To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse). Example: Our supplies are running low.
To cost a large amount of money. Example: Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.
Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel. Example: My stocking is running.
To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
To cause to enter; to thrust. Example: to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine. Example: to run a line
To encounter or incur (a danger or risk). Example: to run the risk of losing one's life
To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
To sew (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 control or have precedence in a card game. Example: Every three or four hands he would run the table.
To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
To be popularly known; to be generally received.
To have growth or development. Example: Boys and girls run up rapidly.
To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company. Example: Certain covenants run with the land.
To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
To speedrun.
The action of the verb to run. Example: His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason Example: Running is good exercise.
That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation. Example: the first running of a still
Crossword Answers