1. v. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
2. v. (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.
3. v. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
I will not brook any disobedience. I will brook no refusal. I will brook no impertinence.
4. n. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
5. n. (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
6. n. (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.
streamlet
streamlet
1. n. A small stream.
run
1. 動詞. はしる。cf.walk.
Run, Sarah, run!
走りなさい、セアラ。
2. 動詞. すばやく動く。
The horse ran the length of the track.
馬はコースの端から端まで走った。
I have been running all over the building looking for him.
私は彼を探そうと建物中を駆けまわった。
Sorry, I've got to run; my house is on fire.
すまない。急いで帰る。うちが火事なんだ。
3. 動詞. すぐに広がる。
There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.
近所で奇妙な話が広まっている。
The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten.
娘の幼稚園で風邪が流行っている。
4. 動詞. ～をすばやく動かす。
Every day I run my dog across the field and back.
毎日うちの犬を走らせて空き地を横切って戻ってこさせている。
I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.
カーペットに掃除機をかけましょう。
Run your fingers through my hair.
指で私の髪をなでて。
5. 動詞. にげる
Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.
きつい状況になるといつも彼女はすぐに逃げる。
When he's broke, he runs to me for money.
彼は破産すると私のところに逃げてきて金をせびる。
6. 動詞. （水など）ながれる
The river runs through the forest.
森の中を川が流れている。
There's blood running down your leg.
脚から血が出てるよ。
7. 動詞. 鼻水をたらす
Your nose is running.
鼻が垂れてるよ。
8. 動詞. 流れ出す。
Why is the hose still running?
どうしてまだホースから水が出てるの。
My cup runneth over.
私の盃はいつもあふれる。私は喜びで満ちあふれている。
9. 動詞. ～を流れ出させる。
You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot.
湯が出るまで水道水をしばらくの間出しっぱなしにしないと。
Run the tap until the water gets hot.
湯が出るまで水道水を出し続けよう。
10. 動詞. （物事等）つづく
The sale will run for ten days.
セールは１０日間です。
The contract runs through 2008.
契約は2008年まで有効です。
The meeting ran late.
会議は遅くまで続いた。
The book runs 655 pages.
この本は655ページある。
The speech runs as follows:...
挨拶文は以下のとおり。
11. 動詞. （連続したものが）のびる
The border runs for 3000 miles.
国境は3000マイル伸びている。
The leash runs along a wire.
革紐が針金に沿って伸びている。
The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.
木目はテーブルの右へと伸びている。
It ran in quality from excellent to substandard.
特上から並以下まで質はさまざまであった。
12. 動詞. ～を続かせる
I need to run this wire along the wall.
壁にそって針金を張り巡らしたい。
13. 動詞. 作動する、動作する。
My car stopped running.
車が動かなくなった。
That computer runs twenty-four hours a day.
そのコンピュータは1日24時間作動している。
Buses don't run here on Sunday.
ここでは日曜日はバスが運行しない。
14. 動詞. ～を操作する。
It's full. You can run the dishwasher now.
もういっぱいだから。いますぐ皿洗い機を動かして。
Don't run the engine so fast.
そんなに急いでエンジンをかけない。
15. 動詞. （計画などを）実施する、実行する。
They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong.
血液検査を20回やってもどこが悪いのかわからない。
Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice.
監督は通し稽古をさせた。
I will run the sample.
サンプルプログラムを実行する。
Don't run that software unless you have permission.
許可なくそのソフトを動かしてはならない。
My computer is too old to run the new OS.
私のコンピュータは古すぎてこの新しいOSが動かない。
16. 動詞. ～を経営する、～を統制する。
My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.
おじは街角で店を40年経営した。
She runs the fundraising.
彼女は募金活動をしている。
My parents think they run my life.
両親は私の人生をコントロールしていると思っている。
17. 動詞. 競争する。出走する。
The horse will run the Preakness next year.
run
1. v. To move swiftly.
2. v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
Run, Sarah, run!
3. v. (intransitive) To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.
The horse ran the length of the track. I have been running all over the building looking for him. Sorry, I've got to run; my house is
4. v. To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly.
Every day I run my dog across the field and back. I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet. Run your fingers through my hair.
5. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To compete in a race.
The horse will run the Preakness next year. I'm not ready to run a marathon.
6. v. (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
7. v. (intransitive, soccer) To carry a football down the field.
8. v. To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
The horse ran a great race.
9. v. (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs. When he's broke, he runs to me for money.
10. v. (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
11. v. (fluids) To flow.
12. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
There's a strange story running around the neighborhood. The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten.
13. v. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.
The river runs through the forest. There's blood running down your leg.
14. v. (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
Your nose is running. Why is the hose still running? My cup runneth over.
15. v. To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.
You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot. Run the tap until the water gets hot.
16. v. (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
17. v. (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet, staining it pink.
18. v. To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
to run bullets
19. v. (figurative, transitive) To go through without stopping, usually illegally.
run a red light or stop sign; run a blockade
20. v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
21. v. (social) To carry out an activity.
22. v. To control or manage, be in charge of.
My uncle ran a corner store for forty years. She runs the fundraising. My parents think they run my life. He is running an expe
23. v. (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
I have decided to run for governor of California. We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year.
24. v. To make run in a race or an election.
He ran his best horse in the Derby. The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.
25. v. To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
to run through life; to run in a circle
26. v. (intransitive) To be presented in one of the media.
The story will run on the 6-o'clock news. The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre. Her picture ran on t
27. v. To print or broadcast in the media.
run a story; run an ad
28. v. To transport someone or something.
Could you run me over to the store? Please run this report upstairs to director's office.
29. v. To smuggle illegal goods.
to run guns; to run rum
30. v. (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
31. v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
32. v. (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
The border runs for 3000 miles. The leash runs along a wire. The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table. It ran in q
33. v. (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
The sale will run for ten days. The contract runs through 2008. The meeting ran late. The book runs 655 pages. The speech
34. v. To make something extend in space.
I need to run this wire along the wall.
35. v. (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
My car stopped running. That computer runs twenty-four hours a day. Buses don't run here on Sunday.
36. v. To make a machine operate.
It's full. You can run the dishwasher now. Don't run the engine so fast.
37. v. To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong. Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice. I will run the sample. Don't run that software
38. v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
to run from one subject to another
39. v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
Our supplies are running low. They frequently overspent and soon ran into debt.
40. v. To cost a large amount of money.
Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars. Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece.
41. v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
My stocking is running.
42. v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
43. v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
44. v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
45. v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
to run a line
46. v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
to run the risk of losing one's life
47. v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
48. v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
49. v. 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.
50. v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
Every three or four hands he would run the table.
51. v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
52. v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
53. v. To have growth or development.
Boys and girls run up rapidly.
54. v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
55. v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
Certain covenants run with the land.
56. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
57. v. (video games) To speedrun.
58. v. past participle of rin
59. n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
I just got back from my morning run.
60. n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
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