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run

The correct spelling is run.

How to pronounce run

/ɹʊn/
verb

IPA: /ɹʊn/

Say it like: Run

The correct spelling is run. To run. For example: "I just got back from my morning run."

Usage Examples

I just got back from my morning run.

I need to make a run to the store.

Let's go for a run in the car.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To run.
  2. 2.To move swiftly.
  3. 3.(fluids) To flow.
  4. 4.(of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
  5. 5.To control or manage, be in charge of.

noun

  1. 1.Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
  2. 2.Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
  3. 3.A pleasure trip.
  4. 4.Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
  5. 5.Migration (of fish).

adjective

  1. 1.In a liquid state; melted or molten.
  2. 2.Cast in a mould.
  3. 3.Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
  4. 4.(of a zoology) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
  5. 5.Smuggled.

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