run

Where “run” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   To move swiftly.
2. 2
   To move swiftly.
3. 3
   To move swiftly.
4. 4
   To move swiftly.
5. 5
   To move swiftly.
6. 6
   To move swiftly.
7. 7
   To move swiftly.
8. 8
   To move swiftly.
9. 9
   To move swiftly.
10. 10
    To move swiftly.
11. 11
    To move swiftly.
12. 12
    To move swiftly.
13. 13
    To move swiftly.
14. 14
    To move swiftly.
15. 15
    To move swiftly.
16. 16
    To move swiftly.
17. 17
    To flow.
18. 18
    To flow.
19. 19
    To flow.
20. 20
    To flow.
21. 21
    To flow.
22. 22
    To flow.
23. 23
    To flow.
24. 24
    To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
25. 25
    To control or manage; to be in charge of.
26. 26
    To be a candidate in an election.
27. 27
    To make participate in certain kinds of competitions.
28. 28
    To make participate in certain kinds of competitions.
29. 29
    To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
30. 30
    To be presented in the media.
31. 31
    To print or broadcast in the media.
32. 32
    To smuggle (illegal goods).
33. 33
    To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
34. 34
    To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
35. 35
    To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
36. 36
    To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
37. 37
    To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
38. 38
    To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
39. 39
    To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
40. 40
    To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
41. 41
    To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
42. 42
    To cost an amount of money.
43. 43
    Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
44. 44
    To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
45. 45
    To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
46. 46
    To cause to enter; to thrust.
47. 47
    To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
48. 48
    To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
49. 49
    To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
50. 50
    To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
51. 51
    To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
52. 52
    To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
53. 53
    To control or have precedence in a card game.
54. 54
    To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
55. 55
    To be popularly known; to be generally received.
56. 56
    To have growth or development.
57. 57
    To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
58. 58
    To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
59. 59
    To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
60. 60
    To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
61. 61
    To speedrun.
62. 62
    To eject from a game or match.
63. 63
    To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.

Etymology

From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen, yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”). Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), archaic Dutch rinnen (“to flow”, still in geronnen), German rinnen (“to flow”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), and Icelandic renna (“to flow”). From the causative Proto-Germanic *rannijaną (“to make run”) are Dutch rennen, German rennen, Danish rende, Swedish ränna (all “to run”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rend (“to run, run after”). See also random.

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