run

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see also ATHLETICS, RACE, WALK, MOVE
- to move using your legs, going faster than when you walk: run*
I had to run to catch the bus. ◎ She ran across the road.
- the speed at which you walk, run, etc: pace
Frank was running at such a pace that I couldn't keep up with him.
- to start running suddenly: break* into a run
The man broke into a run when he saw the police.
- an occasion of running: run
I go for a five-mile run every morning.
- a person who runs regularly for pleasure or sport: runner
a long-distance runner
- a form of exercise in which you run slowly: jogging (noun U); to do this exercise: jog, go* jogging; an occasion of going jogging: jog; a person who does this: jogger
to take up jogging ◎ to go for a jog
※—† running fast
- to run a short distance very fast: sprint
He sprinted to the station.
- to run somewhere very fast: race, charge
The moment she got off the bus, I raced up the road to give her the news.
- to run somewhere suddenly and quickly: dart, dash, make* a dash
A rabbit darted across the field. ◎ She dashed outside when she heard the car. ◎ She made a dash for the door, but I managed to catch her in time.
- to increase your speed when running: speed up, put* on a spurt
She put on a spurt as she neared the finishing line.
- to run away because your life is in danger or to escape from sb/sth: run* for your life, run* for it
When he saw the tiger, Keith ran for his life. ◎ The police are coming - run for it!
- to run after sb/sth in order to catch them: chase sb/sth; noun: chase
The dog chased the cat up the tree.
※ escaping ESCAPE
- (used about children and small animals) to run quickly: scamper
The kitten scampered across the room and hid under the sofa.
- (used about a group of animals or people) to rush in a particular direction in a wild and uncontrolled way: stampede; noun: stampede
※ ways in which horses run HORSE
- breathing quickly after exercise: out of breath
- a pain that you sometimes get in your side when you have been running: stitch
I can't go on - I've got a stitch.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  unravel, ladder, melt, melt down, move, go, race, hunt, hunt down, track down, ply, consort, run for, bleed, black market, lead, guide, draw, pass, carry, execute, prevail, persist, die hard, endure, tend, be given, lean, incline, play, campaign, range, function, work, operate, flow, feed, c
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  idle, tick over, malfunction, misfunction