Meaning

64 senses
  1. To move swiftly.

    (intransitive)To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.

    Run, and you might still catch the train!

    move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

  2. (intransitive)To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.

    I have been running all over the building looking for him.

    Sorry, I've got to run; my house is on fire!

    cause an animal to move fast

  3. (transitive)To cover (a course or a distance) by running.

    I can run a mile, but I can't run the cross-country course.

    cover by running; run a certain distance

  4. (transitive)To complete a running course or event in (a given time).

    I was hoping to make the team, but I didn't run the qualifying time.

  5. (intransitive)To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.

    The shuttle runs back and forth on these rollers.

    As its name suggests, the monorail runs on a single rail.

  6. (transitive)To cause to move quickly or lightly.

    Every day I run my dog across the field and back.

    I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.

    laufen lassen

    гнатьgnatʹ, гоня́тьgonjátʹ, погоня́тьpogonjátʹ

    cause to perform

  7. (intransitive, transitive)To compete in a race.

    The horse will run in the Preakness next year.

    I'm not ready to run a marathon.

    antreten (inceptive), laufen

    compete in a race

  8. (transitive)To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.

    Could you run me over to the store?

    Please run this report upstairs to director's office.

    schaffen

    вози́тьvozítʹ, везти́veztí

  9. (intransitive, transitive)Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).

    The bus (train, plane, ferry boat, etc) runs between Newport and Riverside.

    travel a route regularly

  10. (transitive)To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.

  11. (transitive)To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.

  12. (intransitive)Of fish, to migrate for spawning.

    wandern

Examples

9170 sentences
  1. A cat ran across the street.

    Дорогу перебіг кіт.

    ruДорогу перебежал кот.

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  2. Let's run to the bus stop.

    Побігли до автобусної зупинки.

    ruДавайте побежим к автобусной остановке.

    deRennen wir zur Bushaltestelle.

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  3. The river runs through the valley.

    Річка тече через долину.

    ruРека течет по долине.

    deDer Fluss fließt durch das Tal.

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  4. The dog came running to her.

    Собака підбіг до неї.

    ruСобака подбежала к ней.

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  5. How fast does this train run?

    А цей потяг швидко їде?

    ruКак быстро едет этот поезд?

    deWie schnell fährt dieser Zug?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to move quickly on two feet:
to be a candidate in an election:
Русский
By meaning 12
to move quickly on two feet:
to flow:
to cause to move quickly:
to transport someone or something:
to flee away from a danger or towards help:
to leak, spread or bleed in an undesirable fashion:
to be in charge of:
to be a candidate in an election:
agriculture: to sort through:
to extend in space or through a range:
to extend in time, to last, to continue:
to make something extend in space:
Deutsch
By meaning 12
to move quickly on two feet:
to flow:
to make a liquid flow:
to make run in a race:
of stitches, to unravel:
to compete in a race:
to transport someone or something:
of fish, to migrate for spawning:
to pass without stopping or yielding:
to move or spread quickly:
to have a liquid flowing from:
to leak, spread or bleed in an undesirable fashion:

Origin

From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runn

From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen,

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Forms

runs, running, ran, run
Base formrun · to run
3rd person singularruns
Present participlerunning
Past simpleran
Past participlerun

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsran

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

119 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • running running
  • ran out of
  • is running running
  • ran away
  • running running out
  • ran as fast
  • ran away from
  • run over by
  • run faster than
  • run faster
  • running running a
  • can run faster

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
run — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto