[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/run.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / run [← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/R/) # run «run» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to move fast on your feet** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech verb (run, runs, ran, run, running); noun (a run, runs) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To run is to move fast on your feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m1) 2) A run is a time of running: a morning run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m2) 3) A run is a point scored in baseball or cricket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m3) 4) To run a business, club or machine is to manage it or make it work: the engine runs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m4) 5) Water or a nose runs when liquid flows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m5) 6) To run out (of) is to have none left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m6) 7) A bus or train runs when it travels on a route. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m7) 8) A run is a row of the same thing: a run of good luck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m8) 9) (casual) «Do a run» or «a quick run» is a short trip: «a run to the shops». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m9) 10) (casual, rough) «Leg it», «scarper» and «do a runner» mean run away, often without paying; «run along» is a rude way to say go away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m10) 11) (formal) To «operate», «administer» or «conduct» is the stiff word for running a thing: «the service operates every 15 minutes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m11) 12) (euphemism) «Run out of time» and «run its course» can softly mean something ended, even a life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m12) 13) A road, path or line can run from one place to another, stretching all the way to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#m13) ### sense in the lessons In maths: distances or times run, laps; runs scored in a game; «runs out of» means none left; speed = distance ÷ time. In PE: races, laps of the track. In science: water runs downhill; machines run on electricity. In everyday life: «the bus runs every 10 minutes», «my nose is running», «run an errand». In stories: «run for your life!», «in the long run». In casual talk: «a run to the shops», «leg it». In the exam voice: «a distance of 3 miles is covered daily», «the service operates at intervals of». Phrases: «run out», «run away», «run into» (meet by chance), «run late», «on the run». ### examples - And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words. (Torah GEN.24.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x1) - Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall. (Torah GEN.49.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x2) - And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said: 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.' (Torah NUM.11.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x3) - Do horses run upon the rocks? (Prophets AMO.6.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x4) - Who sendest forth springs into the valleys; they run between the mountains; (Writings PSA.104.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x5) - For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. (Writings PRO.1.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x6) - She runs 3 miles every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x7) - He ran 4 laps of 400 meters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x8) - The team scored 5 runs in the first inning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x9) - How far does she run in a week? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x10) - Don't run in the corridor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x11) - We ran out of milk, so I went to the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x12) - The buses run every 15 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x13) - Mum runs a small bakery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x14) - quick run to the shop, need 6 eggs, we got 2 (casual) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x15) - Leg it, the bus is going! (casual, UK) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x16) - We ran out of bloody milk again. (rough) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x17) - A bus service operates at intervals of 15 minutes; determine the number of departures within a period of 2 hours. (formal exam) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x18) - Inside it runs to the fireside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/#x19) ### note Distances run on several days add up or multiply (miles a day × days). «Runs» in baseball and cricket are points. Trap: «runs out of» means there is none left (amount = 0). Forms: run, ran, run («I have run», not «I have ran»). Spelling: running (double «n»). «Runs every 15 minutes» is a rate: count the trips in the time. «Do a runner» (UK slang) means leave without paying. «Run into someone» means meet them by chance, not crash. Formal «operates» = runs. ### In the corpora - [And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.649/) - [And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.650/) - [And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1037/) - [Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1621/) - [And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.374/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «run» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/run/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.