[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/run.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / run [← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/R/) # run «run» in Mova's school 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/school/R/run/#m1) 2) A run is a time of running: a morning run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#m2) 3) A run is a point scored in baseball or cricket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/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/school/R/run/#m4) 5) Water or a nose runs when liquid flows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#m5) 6) To run out (of) is to have none left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/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/school/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/school/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/school/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/school/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/school/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/school/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/school/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 - She runs 3 miles every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x1) - He ran 4 laps of 400 meters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x2) - The team scored 5 runs in the first inning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x3) - How far does she run in a week? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x4) - Don't run in the corridor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x5) - We ran out of milk, so I went to the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x6) - The buses run every 15 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x7) - Mum runs a small bakery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x8) - quick run to the shop, need 6 eggs, we got 2 (casual) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x9) - Leg it, the bus is going! (casual, UK) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x10) - We ran out of bloody milk again. (rough) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x11) - 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/school/R/run/#x12) - Inside it runs to the fireside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/#x13) ### 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 - [In a democracy the grown-ups choose who runs the country and the town.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/0/) - [It fixes roads, empties bins, runs parks and libraries, and decides on planning: whether people may build big extensions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/3/) - [The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/11/) - [Vivid example: in Brisbane, little Jayden runs in: "Mum!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/2/) - [Chatbots run on giant computers in data centres; the words appearing one by one is just how the answer is shown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/16/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «run» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/run/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.