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# runner

«runner» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who runs, often in a race** — 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

noun (runner, runners)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A runner is a person who runs, often in a race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#m1)

2) A runner is a thin blade or strip that something slides on, like a sledge or drawer runner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#m2)

3) A runner (UK runner bean) is a plant that spreads by long stems along the ground, like a strawberry runner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#m3)

4) Runners (Australia, NZ, some UK) are running shoes, trainers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#m4)

5) A runner can also be a messenger who carries news or messages quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: people counted in a race; their distances, times and places; «each runner» is a rate; relay runners share the distance. In sport: marathon runners, cross-country runners. In science: strawberry plants make new plants on runners. In stories: a messenger runner carrying news.

### examples

- There are 40 runners in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#x1)
- Each runner runs 5 km. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#x2)
- The first runner finished in 18 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#x3)
- 6 runners dropped out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#x4)
- The fastest runner on the team is Maya. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#x5)
- Four runners take turns in a relay race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#x6)
- The strawberry plant sent out runners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#x7)
- Put on your runners for PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#x8)
- The runners lined up at the start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#x9)
- So the King's runners came for the fool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/#x10)

### note

People counted; «each runner» is a rate. Places (first, second) are order, not amounts. Trap: runners who drop out are subtracted from those who finish. «Front-runner» means the one most likely to win.

### In the corpora

- [In the Road Runner cartoons the bird says «meep meep» and leaves Wile E.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/5-the-desert/3/)
- [In Looney Tunes the Road Runner zooms off in a cloud of dust, says «meep meep», and Wile E.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote/0/)
- [Rubbing makes skin grow thicker into calluses, which protect it; barefoot runners grow thick soles that protect like shoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/16/)
- [Cutting a corner in a race is cheating too: a runner seen doing it is taken off the results.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/22/)
- [He sat and watched, bored and guilty, while his team ran one runner short.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/341-cheating-in-games-and-sports/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «runner» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runner/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.