Examples

271 sentences
  1. Please don't run in the classroom.

    Будь-ласка, не бігай у класі. — Wordowl

    ruПожалуйста, не бегайте в классе. — Olya

    deBitte nicht im Klassenzimmer rennen. — Katze

  2. A dog is running in the park.

    Собака бігає по парку. — deniko

    ruСобака бегает в парке. — odexed

  3. He runs in the park every day.

    Він кожного дня бігає в парку. — deniko

    ruОн бегает в парке каждый день. — sharptoothed

    deEr joggt jeden Tag im Park. — lilygilder

Meaning

6 senses
  1. (informal, transitive)To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.

    The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in.

  2. (UK, transitive)To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.

    I have to drive slowly for the first 1,000 miles to run the engine in.

  3. To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).

    With these subsections, it is better to run their headings in.

More meanings 3
  1. (figuratively)To start a new regime slowly.

  2. To score (a try).

  3. To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.

Forms

runs in, running in, ran in, run in

irregular · Lesson

Base formrun in · to run in
3rd person singularruns in
Present participlerunning in
Past simpleran in
Past participlerun in

Tenses

run in · ran in · will run in · have run in

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun in
he, she, itruns in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run in
he, she, ithas run in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run in

Past simpleLesson

all personsran in

Phrasal verbs

20 phrasal verbs
More 12

Synonyms

2 synonyms
(UK)To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing…:break in
(figuratively)To start a new regime slowly:phase in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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