Definitions of run:

• noun:   a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

  Example: "The Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"

• noun:   the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace

  Example: "He broke into a run"

• noun:   a regular trip

  Example: "The ship made its run in record time"

• noun:   a short trip

  Example: "Take a run into town"

• noun:   (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball

  Example: "The defensive line braced to stop the run"

• noun:   an unbroken chronological sequence

  Example: "The play had a long run on Broadway"

• noun:   a row of unravelled stitches

  Example: "She got a run in her stocking"

• noun:   the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)

  Example: "A daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"

• noun:   unrestricted freedom to use

  Example: "He has the run of the house"

• noun:   the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation

  Example: "The assembly line was on a 12-hour run"

• noun:   an unbroken series of events

  Example: "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

• noun:   the act of testing something
• noun:   the pouring forth of a fluid
• noun:   a race run on foot

  Example: "She broke the record for the half-mile run"

• noun:   a race between candidates for elective office

  Example: "He is raising money for a Senate run"

• noun:   a small stream
• verb:   be diffused

  Example: "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"

• verb:   move along, of liquids
• verb:   flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

  Example: "If you see this man, run!"

• verb:   cause an animal to move fast

  Example: "Run the dogs"

• verb:   move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way

  Example: "Who are these people running around in the building?"

• verb:   deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
• verb:   set animals loose to graze
• verb:   make without a miss
• verb:   carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine

  Example: "Run the dishwasher"

• verb:   occur persistently

  Example: "Musical talent runs in the family"

• verb:   extend or continue for a certain period of time

  Example: "The film runs 5 hours"

• verb:   stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

  Example: "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"

• verb:   cause something to pass or lead somewhere

  Example: "Run the wire behind the cabinet"

• verb:   be affected by; be subjected to

  Example: "Run a temperature"

• verb:   have a particular form

  Example: "The story or argument runs as follows"

• verb:   become undone
• verb:   cause to perform

  Example: "Run a subject"

• verb:   change from one state to another

  Example: "Run amok"

• verb:   be operating, running or functioning

  Example: "The car is still running--turn it off!"

• verb:   carry out

  Example: "Run an errand"

• verb:   cover by running; run a certain distance
• verb:   move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

  Example: "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"

• verb:   travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means

  Example: "Run to the store!"

• verb:   run with the ball; in such sports as football
• verb:   keep company

  Example: "The heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring"

• verb:   sail before the wind
• verb:   direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.

  Example: "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

• verb:   change or be different within limits

  Example: "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"

• verb:   come unraveled or undone as if by snagging

  Example: "Her nylons were running"

• verb:   reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
• verb:   compete in a race

  Example: "He is running the Marathon this year"

• verb:   run, stand, or compete for an office or a position

  Example: "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

• verb:   pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

  Example: "The dogs are running deer"

• verb:   guide or pass over something
• verb:   cause to emit recorded sounds
• verb:   include as the content; broadcast or publicize
• verb:   travel a route regularly
• verb:   progress by being changed

  Example: "Run through your presentation before the meeting"

• verb:   continue to exist
• verb:   have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

  Example: "These dresses run small"

• verb:   perform as expected when applied

  Example: "Does this old car still run well?"