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1Run — Run, a. 1. Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead. [1913 Webster] 2. Smuggled; as, run goods. [Colloq.] Miss Edgeworth. [1913 Webster] {Run steel}, malleable iron castings. See under {Malleable}.… …
2Run steel — Run Run, a. 1. Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead. [1913 Webster] 2. Smuggled; as, run goods. [Colloq.] Miss Edgeworth. [1913 Webster] {Run steel}, malleable iron castings. See under {Malleable} …
3run — runnable, adj. runnability, n. /run/, v., ran, run, running, n., adj. v.i. 1. to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground. 2. to move with… …
4run — I. verb (ran; also chiefly dialect run; run; running) Etymology: Middle English ronnen, alteration of rinnen, verbi. (from Old English iernan, rinnan & Old Norse rinna) & of rennen, verbt., from Old Norse renna; akin to Old High German rinnan,… …
5run — I [[t]rʌn[/t]] v. ran, run, run•ning, n. adj. 1) to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground 2) to move or pass quickly 3) to depart… …
6run — 1. noun /ɹʌn/ a) The act of running. I just got back from my run. b) The route taken while running or skiing. Which run did you do today? Syn: tread, ladder …
7run — run1 [ rʌn ] (past tense ran [ ræn ] ; past participle run) verb *** ▸ 1 move quickly with legs ▸ 2 control/organize ▸ 3 machine: work ▸ 4 liquid: flow ▸ 5 try to be elected ▸ 6 vehicle: travel ▸ 7 be shown/performed ▸ 8 reach amount/rate ▸ 9… …
8run */*/*/ — I UK [rʌn] / US verb Word forms run : present tense I/you/we/they run he/she/it runs present participle running past tense ran UK [ræn] / US past participle run 1) [intransitive] to move quickly to a place using your legs and feet You ll have to… …
9Butter in a Lordly Dish — In the Bible, Jael kills Sisera by hammering a nail through his head. The same fate awaits Sir Luke Enderby in Christie s play at the hands of Julia Keene. to raise funds for the organisation. The other five plays and their first broadcasts (all… …
10butter — 1. A coherent mass of milk fat, obtained by churning or shaking cream until the separate fat globules run together, leaving a liquid residue, buttermilk. 2. A soft solid having more or less the consistency of b.. [L. butyrum, G. boutyros, prob.… …