Meaning

• Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.

  "I just got back from my morning run."

• Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.

  "I need to make a run to the store."

• A pleasure trip.

  "Let's go for a run in the car."

• Flight, instance or period of fleeing.

• Migration (of fish).

• A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

• A path taken by literal movement or figuratively

• An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.

  "He set up a rabbit run."

• Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.

• State of being current; currency; popularity.

• Continuous or sequential

• A flow of liquid; a leak.

  "The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me."

• (West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)

  "The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run"."

• A quick pace, faster than a walk.

  "He broke into a run."

• A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.

  "Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings."

• Any sudden large demand for something.

  "There was a run on Christmas presents."

• Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces

• A standard or unexceptional group or category.

  "He stood out from the usual run of applicants."

• In sports

• A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.

  "I have a run in my stocking."

• The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.

• The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.

• A pair or set of millstones.

Meaning

• (usually in the phrase 'do a runner') A quick escape away from a scene.

  "He did a runner after robbing the drugstore."

• A deserter.

• A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.

• Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.

• A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.

  "After the cycle completes, the runner travels back quickly to be in place for the next cycle."

• A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).

• An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.

  "Is that old Mercedes on the forecourt a runner? / No, it has no gearbox."

• A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.

  "The red runner makes the table so festive."

• A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.

  "How about we put down a clear runner in the front hall."

• A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.

• A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.

• A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.

• A competitor in a poker tournament.

• A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.

• A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.

• (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.

• A rope to increase the power of a tackle.

• A speedrunner.

• An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.

  "This idea isn't a runner. Let's not waste any more time on it."