Run

From WikiMD's Wellness Encyclopedia

a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; a regular trip; a short trip; (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; an unbroken chronological sequence; a row of unravelled stitches; the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); unrestricted freedom to use; the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation; the act of testing something; the pouring forth of a fluid; a race run on foot; a race between candidates for elective office; an unbroken series of events; a small stream; become undone; cause to perform; change from one state to another; be operating, running or functioning; carry out; cover by running; run a certain distance; move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; run with the ball; in such sports as football: keep company; sail before the wind; be diffused; move along, of liquids; cause an animal to move fast; move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor; set animals loose to graze; make without a miss; carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; occur persistently; extend or continue for a certain period of time; stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; cause something to pass or lead somewhere; be affected by; be subjected to; have a particular form; come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; progress by being changed; compete in a race; run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); guide or pass over something: perform as expected when applied; cause to emit recorded sounds: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; travel a route regularly; flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; continue to exist; have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; change or be different within limits

Run Resources

Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD