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| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fast moving on foot |
| Synonyms: | amble, bound, break, canter, dart, dash, drop, escape, fall, flight, gallop, jog, lope, pace, race, rush, scamper, scuttle, spring, sprint, spurt, tear, trot, whisk |
| Antonyms: | standing, walking |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move fast on foot |
| Synonyms: | abscond, amble, barrel, beat it*, bolt, bound, bustle, canter, career, clear out, course, dart, dash, decamp, depart, escape, flee, flit, fly, gallop, hasten, hie, hotfoot*, hurry, hustle, jog, light out*, lope, make off, pace, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scorch, scramble, scud, scurry, shoot, skedaddle*, skip, smoke*, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, take off, tear, travel, trot, whisk, cut and run, dog it, go like lightning, leg it, make a break, make tracks, shag, skitter, take flight, tear out |
| Antonyms: | stand, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey |
| Synonyms: | drive, excursion, jaunt, lift, outing, ride, round, spin, tour, travel, trip, joy ride |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move rapidly, flowingly |
| Synonyms: | bleed, cascade, course, diffuse, discharge, dissolve, drop, fall, flow, flux, fuse, glide, go, gush, issue, leak, leap, liquefy, melt, pass, pour, proceed, roll, sail, scud, skim, slide, spill, spin, spout, spread, stream, thaw, tumble, whirl, whiz, deliquesce, go soft, turn to liquid |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sequence, course |
| Synonyms: | bearing, chain, continuance, continuation, continuity, current, cycle, drift, duration, endurance, field, flow, line, motion, movement, passage, path, period, persistence, progress, round, route, season, series, spell, streak, stream, stretch, string, succession, swing, tendency, tenor, tide, trend, way, prolongation |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | operate, drive |
| Synonyms: | act, bear, carry, command, control, convey, go, govern, handle, manage, maneuver, move, perform, ply, propel, tick, transport, use, work |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, supervise |
| Synonyms: | administer, be in charge, be in driver's seat, be in saddle, boss, carry on, conduct, control, coordinate, direct, head, head up, helm*, keep, lead, look after, operate, ordain, oversee, own, pull the strings, regulate, ride herd on*, superintend, take care of |
| Antonyms: | obey, serve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, range |
| Synonyms: | circulate, cover, encompass, extend, go, go on, last, lie, persevere, proceed, reach, spread, stretch, trail, vary, be current, go around, move past |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to be elected to public office |
| Synonyms: | challenge, compete, contend, contest, oppose, race, stand, stump, be a candidate, hit the campaign trail, kiss babies, politick, ring doorbells, shake hands, whistlestop |
| Main Entry: | diarrhea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loose bowels |
| Synonyms: | Montezuma's revenge, dysentery, flux, the runs, the trots |
| Main Entry: | Aztec two-step |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | looseness of the bowels |
| Synonyms: | Montezuma's revenge, backdoor trots, diarrhea, diarrhoea, dysentery, flux, loose stool, runs, summer complaint, tourista, trots, turistas |
| Main Entry: | Montezuma's revenge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traveler's diarrhea |
| Synonyms: | Aztec two-step, GI's, dysentery, flux, loose stools, runs, tourista, trots, turistas |
| Main Entry: | administer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage an organization or effort |
| Synonyms: | administrate, be in the driver's seat, be in the saddle, boss*, carry out, conduct, control, crack the whip, direct, execute, govern, head, head up, hold the reins, oversee, pull the strings, pull the wires, render, ride herd on*, run, run the show, sit on top of, superintend, supervise |
| Antonyms: | forego, mismanage, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | behave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | function |
| Synonyms: | act, operate, perform, react, run, take, work |
| Main Entry: | black market |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegal commerce |
| Synonyms: | run, underground, bootleg market, gray market, illegal sales, illegitimate business, illicit business, shady dealings, underground market, underworld market |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause blood to flow |
| Synonyms: | drain, exude, gush, hemorrhage, leech, ooze, run, seep, shed, spurt, trickle, weep, open vein, phlebotomize |
| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | control; command |
| Synonyms: | administer, chaperon, direct, employ, manage, overlook, oversee, run, superintend, supervise, survey, administrate, quarterback, take charge |
| Antonyms: | behave, follow |
| Main Entry: | bout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period of time in which something occurs |
| Synonyms: | course, fit*, go*, round, run, session, shift, spell, stint, stretch, tear, term, tour, trick*, turn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream of water |
| Synonyms: | branch, burn, creek, rill, river, rivulet, run, watercourse, beck, rindle, runnel, streamlet |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up, break out |
| Synonyms: | barge, blow, break, crack, detonate, discharge, disintegrate, erupt, explode, fracture, fragment, perforate, pierce, pop, prick, puncture, run, rupture, rush, shatter, shiver, splinter, split, spout, fly open, gush forth, rend asunder, tear apart |
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