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15. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. [Colloq.]
16. To sew, as 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.
17. To migrate or move in schools; — said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.
To run a blockade, to get to, or away from, a blockaded port in safety. — To run down. (a) (Hunting)
To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted; as, to run down a stag. (b) (Naut.) To
run against and sink, as a vessel. (c) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear. "Religion is run down by the
license of these times." Berkeley. (d) To disparage; to traduce. F. W. Newman. — To run hard. (a)
To press in competition; as, to run one hard in a race. (b) To urge or press importunately. (c) To
banter severely. - - To run into the ground, to carry to an absurd extreme; to overdo. [Slang, U.S.] —
To run off, to cause to flow away, as a charge of molten metal from a furnace. — To run on (Print.),
to carry on or continue, as the type for a new sentence, without making a break or commencing a new
paragraph. — To run out. (a) To thrust or push out; to extend. (b) To waste; to exhaust; as, to run
out an estate. (c) (Baseball) To put out while running between two bases. — To run the chances,
or one's chances, to encounter all the risks of a certain course. — To run through, to transfix; to
pierce, as with a sword. "[He] was run through the body by the man who had asked his advice." Addison.
— To run up. (a) To thrust up, as anything long and slender. (b) To increase; to enlarge by additions,
as an account. (c) To erect hastily, as a building.
Run
(Run) n.
1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.
2. A small stream; a brook; a creek.
3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of
must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities. Burke. 5. State of being current; currency; popularity.
It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long continuance, if not diversified with
humor. Addison. 6. Continued repetition on the stage; — said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run. Macaulay. 7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run. Howitt.
9. (Naut.) (a) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.
(b) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles. (c) A voyage; as, a run to China.
10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.]
I think of giving her a run in London. Dickens.
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