run

Everyday

1. To run is to move fast on your feet. tree →
2. A run is a time of running: a morning run. tree →
3. A run is a point scored in baseball or cricket. tree →
4. To run a business, club or machine is to manage it or make it work: the engine runs. tree →
5. Water or a nose runs when liquid flows. tree →
6. To run out (of) is to have none left. tree →
7. A bus or train runs when it travels on a route. tree →
8. A run is a row of the same thing: a run of good luck. tree →
9. (casual) «Do a run» or «a quick run» is a short trip: «a run to the shops». tree →
10. (casual, rough) «Leg it», «scarper» and «do a runner» mean run away, often without paying; «run along» is a rude way to say go away. tree →
11. (formal) To «operate», «administer» or «conduct» is the stiff word for running a thing: «the service operates every 15 minutes». tree →
12. (euphemism) «Run out of time» and «run its course» can softly mean something ended, even a life. tree →
13. A road, path or line can run from one place to another, stretching all the way to it. tree →

In the lessons

In maths: distances or times run, laps; runs scored in a game; «runs out of» means none left; speed = distance ÷ time. In PE: races, laps of the track. In science: water runs downhill; machines run on electricity. In everyday life: «the bus runs every 10 minutes», «my nose is running», «run an errand». In stories: «run for your life!», «in the long run». In casual talk: «a run to the shops», «leg it». In the exam voice: «a distance of 3 miles is covered daily», «the service operates at intervals of». Phrases: «run out», «run away», «run into» (meet by chance), «run late», «on the run».

Examples

• She runs 3 miles every day. tree →
• He ran 4 laps of 400 meters. tree →
• The team scored 5 runs in the first inning. tree →
• How far does she run in a week? tree →
• Don't run in the corridor. tree →
• We ran out of milk, so I went to the shop. tree →
• The buses run every 15 minutes. tree →
• Mum runs a small bakery. tree →
• quick run to the shop, need 6 eggs, we got 2 (casual) tree →
• Leg it, the bus is going! (casual, UK) tree →
• We ran out of bloody milk again. (rough) tree →
• A bus service operates at intervals of 15 minutes; determine the number of departures within a period of 2 hours. (formal exam) tree →
• Inside it runs to the fireside. tree →

Note

Distances run on several days add up or multiply (miles a day × days). «Runs» in baseball and cricket are points. Trap: «runs out of» means there is none left (amount = 0). Forms: run, ran, run («I have run», not «I have ran»). Spelling: running (double «n»). «Runs every 15 minutes» is a rate: count the trips in the time. «Do a runner» (UK slang) means leave without paying. «Run into someone» means meet them by chance, not crash. Formal «operates» = runs.

In Jewish tradition

In maths: distances or times run, laps; runs scored in a game; «runs out of» means none left; speed = distance ÷ time. In PE: races, laps of the track. In science: water runs downhill; machines run on electricity. In everyday life: «the bus runs every 10 minutes», «my nose is running», «run an errand». In stories: «run for your life!», «in the long run». In casual talk: «a run to the shops», «leg it». In the exam voice: «a distance of 3 miles is covered daily», «the service operates at intervals of». Phrases: «run out», «run away», «run into» (meet by chance), «run late», «on the run».

Examples

• And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words. (Torah GEN.24.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall. (Torah GEN.49.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said: 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.' (Torah NUM.11.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• Do horses run upon the rocks? (Prophets AMO.6.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who sendest forth springs into the valleys; they run between the mountains; (Writings PSA.104.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. (Writings PRO.1.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Distances run on several days add up or multiply (miles a day × days). «Runs» in baseball and cricket are points. Trap: «runs out of» means there is none left (amount = 0). Forms: run, ran, run («I have run», not «I have ran»). Spelling: running (double «n»). «Runs every 15 minutes» is a rate: count the trips in the time. «Do a runner» (UK slang) means leave without paying. «Run into someone» means meet them by chance, not crash. Formal «operates» = runs.