DICTOMETER

RUNNING(PRENOMINAL)

1. Synonyms:
   • Run
   • Running
   • Running play
   • Running game
   Definitions:
   • (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
   Examples:
   • The defensive line braced to stop the run
   • The coach put great emphasis on running
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Run
   • Running
   Definitions:
   • the act of running
   • traveling on foot at a fast pace
   Examples:
   • He broke into a run
   • His daily run keeps him fit
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Running
   Definitions:
   • the state of being in operation
   Examples:
   • The engine is running smoothly
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Running
   Definitions:
   • the act of administering or being in charge of something
   Examples:
   • He has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Track
   • Running
   Definitions:
   • the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Run
   Definitions:
   • move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
   Examples:
   • Don't run
   Antonyms:
   idle, tick over
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Scat
   • Run
   • Scarper
   • Turn tail
   • Lam
   • Run away
   • Hightail it
   • Bunk
   • Head for the hills
   • Take to the woods
   • Escape
   • Fly the coop
   • Break away
   Definitions:
   • flee
   • take to one's heels
   • cut and run
   Examples:
   • If you see this man, run!
   • The burglars escaped before the police showed up
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Run
   • Go
   • Pass
   • Lead
   • Extend
   Definitions:
   • stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope
   • run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
   Examples:
   • Service runs all the way to Cranbury
   • His knowledge doesn't go very far
   • My memory extends back to my fourth year of life
   • The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Operate
   • Run
   Definitions:
   • direct or control
   • projects, businesses, etc.
   Examples:
   • She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Run
   • Go
   Definitions:
   • have a particular form
   Examples:
   • The story or argument runs as follows
   • As the saying goes...
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Run
   • Flow
   • Feed
   • Course
   Definitions:
   • move along, of liquids
   Examples:
   • Water flowed into the cave
   • The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Function
   • Work
   • Operate
   • Go
   • Run
   Definitions:
   • perform as expected when applied
   Examples:
   • The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
   • Does this old car still run well?
   • This old radio doesn't work anymore
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Range
   • Run
   Definitions:
   • change or be different within limits
   Examples:
   • Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion
   • Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent
   • The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals
   • My students range from very bright to dull
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Campaign
   • Run
   Definitions:
   • run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
   Examples:
   • Who's running for treasurer this year?
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Play
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • cause to emit recorded audio or video
    Examples:
    • They ran the tapes over and over again
    • I'll play you my favorite record
    • He never tires of playing that video
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
    Examples:
    • Who are these people running around in the building?
    • She runs around telling everyone of her troubles
    • Let the dogs run free
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Tend
    • Be given
    • Lean
    • Incline
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • have a tendency or disposition to do or be something
    • be inclined
    Examples:
    • She tends to be nervous before her lectures
    • These dresses run small
    • He inclined to corpulence
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • be operating, running or functioning
    Examples:
    • The car is still running
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • change from one state to another
    Examples:
    • Run amok
    • Run rogue
    • Run riot
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • cause to perform
    Examples:
    • Run a subject
    • Run a process
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • be affected by
    • be subjected to
    Examples:
    • Run a temperature
    • Run a risk
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Prevail
    • Persist
    • Die hard
    • Run
    • Endure
    Definitions:
    • continue to exist
    Examples:
    • These stories die hard
    • The legend of Elvis endures
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • occur persistently
    Examples:
    • Musical talent runs in the family
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Run
    • Execute
    Definitions:
    • carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
    Examples:
    • Run the dishwasher
    • Run a new program on the Mac
    • The computer executed the instruction
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Carry
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • include as the content
    • broadcast or publicize
    Examples:
    • We ran the ad three times
    • This paper carries a restaurant review
    • All major networks carried the press conference
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • carry out
    Examples:
    • Run an errand
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Guide
    • Run
    • Draw
    • Pass
    Definitions:
    • pass over, across, or through
    Examples:
    • He ran his eyes over her body
    • She ran her fingers along the carved figurine
    • He drew her hair through his fingers
    
    
23. Synonyms:
    • Run
    • Lead
    Definitions:
    • cause something to pass or lead somewhere
    Examples:
    • Run the wire behind the cabinet
    
    
24. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • make without a miss
    
    
25. Synonyms:
    • Run
    • Black market
    Definitions:
    • deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
    
    
26. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • cause an animal to move fast
    Examples:
    • Run the dogs
    
    
27. Synonyms:
    • Run
    • Bleed
    Definitions:
    • be diffused
    Examples:
    • These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run
    
    
28. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • sail before the wind
    
    
29. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • cover by running
    • run a certain distance
    Examples:
    • She ran 10 miles that day
    
    
30. Synonyms:
    • Run
    • Run for
    Definitions:
    • extend or continue for a certain period of time
    Examples:
    • The film runs 5 hours
    
    
31. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • set animals loose to graze
    
    
32. Synonyms:
    • Run
    • Consort
    Definitions:
    • keep company
    Examples:
    • The heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring
    
    
33. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • run with the ball
    • in such sports as football
    
    
34. Synonyms:
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
    Examples:
    • Run to the store!
    • She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there
    
    
35. Synonyms:
    • Ply
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • travel a route regularly
    Examples:
    • Ships ply the waters near the coast
    
    
36. Synonyms:
    • Hunt
    • Run
    • Hunt down
    • Track down
    Definitions:
    • pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
    Examples:
    • Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
    • The dogs are running deer
    • The Duke hunted in these woods
    
    
37. Synonyms:
    • Race
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • compete in a race
    Examples:
    • He is running the Marathon this year
    • Let's race and see who gets there first
    
    
38. Synonyms:
    • Move
    • Go
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • progress by being changed
    Examples:
    • The speech has to go through several more drafts
    • Run through your presentation before the meeting
    
    
39. Synonyms:
    • Melt
    • Run
    • Melt down
    Definitions:
    • reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
    Examples:
    • Melt butter
    • Melt down gold
    • The wax melted in the sun
    
    
40. Synonyms:
    • Ladder
    • Run
    Definitions:
    • come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
    Examples:
    • Her nylons were running
    
    
41. Synonyms:
    • Run
    • Unravel
    Definitions:
    • become undone
    Examples:
    • The sweater unraveled
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Running
   Definitions:
   • (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
   Examples:
   • As mountain stream with freely running water
   • Hovels without running water
   Antonyms:
   • NING(PRENOMINAL)
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Running
   Definitions:
   • continually repeated over a period of time
   Examples:
   • A running joke among us
   Antonyms:
   • Sporadic
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Running
   Definitions:
   • of advancing the ball by running
   Examples:
   • The team's running plays worked better than its pass plays
   Antonyms:
   • NING(PRENOMINAL)
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Running
   Definitions:
   • executed or initiated by running
   Examples:
   • Running plays worked better than pass plays
   • Took a running jump
   • A running start
   Antonyms:
   • NING(PRENOMINAL)
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Linear
   • Running
   Definitions:
   • measured lengthwise
   Examples:
   • Cost of lumber per running foot
   Antonyms:
   • Crosswise
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Running
   • Operative
   • Functional
   • Working
   Definitions:
   • (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
   Examples:
   • In running (or working) order
   • A functional set of brakes
   Antonyms:
   • Malfunctioning
   • Nonfunctional