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| NOUN: | 1. Chiefly Regional. A small stream: brook1, creek. Chiefly Regional : branch, kill2. See DRY. 2. A trip in a motor vehicle: drive, ride. Informal : spin, whirl. See MOVE. 3. A number of things placed or occurring one after the other: chain, consecution, course, order, procession, progression, round, sequence, series, string, succession, suite, train. Informal : streak. See ORDER. 4. A hole made by tearing: rent2, rip, tear1. See HELP. | | VERB: | 1. To have charge of (the affairs of others): administer, administrate, direct, govern, head, manage, superintend, supervise. See OVER. 2. To be with as a companion. Also used with around: associate, consort, fraternize, hang around, hobnob, troop. Slang : hang out. Idioms: rub elbows (or shoulders) . See NEAR. 3. To control the course of (an activity): carry on, conduct, direct, manage, operate, steer. See OVER. 4. To set or keep going: actuate, drive, impel, mobilize, move, propel. See MOVE. 5. To urge to move along: drive, herd. See MOVE. 6. To proceed on a certain course or for a certain distance: carry, extend, go, lead, reach, stretch. See REACH. 7. To come forth or emit in abundance: flow, gush, pour, rush, stream, surge, well1. See MOVE. 8. To move freely as a liquid: circulate, course, flow, stream. See MOVE. 9. To change or fluctuate within limits: extend, go, range, vary. See CHANGE. 10. To move or proceed away from a place. Also used with along: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, withdraw. Informal : cut out, push off, shove off. Slang : blow1, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See APPROACH. 11. To look for and pursue (game) in order to capture or kill it: chase, drive, hunt, stalk. See SEEK. 12. To change from a solid to a liquid: deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, thaw. See SOLID. 13. To control or direct the functioning of: manage, operate, use, work. See CONTROL. 14. To be performed: play, show. See PERFORMING ARTS. 15. To cause to penetrate with force: dig, drive, plunge, ram, sink, stab, stick, thrust. See PUT IN. 16. To look to when in need: apply, go, refer, repair2, resort, turn. Idioms: fall back on (or upon) , have recourse to. See USED. 17. To complete a race or competition in a specified position: come in, finish, place. See BE. 18. To leave hastily: bolt, get out. Informal : clear out, get, hotfoot, skedaddle. Slang : hightail, scram, vamoose. Idioms: beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it , make tracks. See APPROACH. 19. To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride: scamper, scurry, sprint. See MOVE. 20. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal : hotfoot, rip. Slang : barrel, highball. Chiefly British : nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See MOVE. 21. To import or export secretly and illegally: bootleg, smuggle. Idioms: run contraband. See CRIMES, MOVE. 22. To separate or pull apart by force: rend, rip, rive, split, tear1. See ASSEMBLE, HELP. 23. To perform a function effectively: function, go, operate, take, work. See THRIVE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | run across To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on or (upon), come across, come on or (upon), find, happen on or (upon), light on or (upon), run into, stumble on or (upon), tumble on. Archaic : alight on or (upon). Idioms: meet up with. See MEET. run after To follow (another) with the intent of overtaking and capturing: chase, pursue. Idioms: be (or go) in pursuit, give chase. See SEEK. run away To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation: abscond, break out, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away. Informal : skip (out). Slang : lam. Regional : absquatulate. Idioms: blow (or fly) the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam. See FREE. run down 1. To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, slight, talk down. Idioms: make light (or little) of. See ATTACK, SHOW. 2. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of: abstract, epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run through, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up. Informal : recap. See THOUGHTS. 3. To lose so much strength and power as to become ineffective or motionless: burn out, give out. Slang : poop out. See TIRED. 4. To pursue and locate: hunt down, nose out, trace, track down. Idioms: run to earth (or ground) . See GET. run in 1. Slang. To take into custody as a prisoner: apprehend, arrest, seize. Informal : nab, pick up. Slang : bust, collar, pinch. See LAW. 2. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize: call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, see, stop (by or in), visit. Idioms: pay a visit. See SEEK. run into 1. To come to in number or quantity: aggregate, amount, number, reach, total. Idioms: add up to. See INCREASE. 2. To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on or (upon), come across, come on or (upon), find, happen on or (upon), light on or (upon), run across, stumble on or (upon), tumble on. Archaic : alight on or (upon). Idioms: meet up with. See MEET. 3. To come up against: confront, encounter, face, meet1. See MEET. run on To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially: babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on). Informal : go on, spiel. Slang : gab, gas, jaw, yak. Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze (or bull) . See WORDS. run out 1. To make or become no longer active or productive: deplete, desiccate, dry up, give out, play out. See CONTINUE. 2. To prove deficient or insufficient: fail, give out. Idioms: fall short, run dry, run short. See EXCESS. 3. To become void, especially through passage of time or an omission: expire, lapse. See CONTINUE, LAW. run through 1. To look through reading matter casually: browse, dip into, flip through, glance at or (over) or (through), leaf (through), riffle (through), scan, skim, thumb (through). See INVESTIGATE, WORDS. 2. To use all of: consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, spend, use up. Informal : polish off. See INCREASE. 3. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of: abstract, epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run down, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up. Informal : recap. See THOUGHTS. run up To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal : beef up. See INCREASE.
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