runs

Scores at home

Runs is what a person or animal does when moving fast on foot, and what machines, programs, and organizations do when they're operating: The dishwasher runs for an hour, She runs the department.

A run is an instance of running, a continuous stretch (a run of bad luck), or a score in baseball and cricket.

In fabric, a run is a lengthwise tear where stitches have come undone.

The runs is informal for diarrhea.

sprint

dash

Quick burst or pinch

  • raceCompetition of speed
  • speedRate of motion
  • jogSlow, steady run

marathon · track · athlete · relay · hurdles · spikes · stride · pace · laps · mileage

hosiery

stockings

Fitted leg coverings

snag · ladder · tear · sheer · opaque · denier · leg · thread · pulled

flow

river

Large flowing watercourse

creek · tributary · channel · watercourse · torrent · confluence · drainage · watershed · rivulet · trickle

escape

jailbreak

Escape from custody

flee · elude · evade · pursuit · chase · bolt · getaway · abscond · flight · breakout

diarrhea

stomach

Digestive organ below chest

cramps · dehydration · nausea · intestinal · trots · Delhi belly · dysentery · traveler's

streak

consecutive

Following in unbroken sequence

sequence · spree · chain · series · unbroken · progression · record · hot streak · cold streak · lucky

baseball

homerun

Hit clearing all bases

  • inningBaseball game segment
  • scoreNumerical standing in competition
  • stealTake without permission

batter · diamond · pitcher · RBI · plate · umpire · ballpark · batted · scoring · basepath

production

printing

Reproducing text mechanically

  • editionSingle published version
  • batchQuantity produced together
  • outputWhat something generates

manufacturing · pressrun · limited · theatrical · showings · performances · engagements · stagings · season · circulation

Categories
Opposites
speed of locomotion

runscrawls

Moves slowly, low

walks · ambles · strolls · saunters · creeps

motion vs. stillness

runsstops

Ceases to continue

stands · stays · halts · freezes · remains

OPERATIONAL STATE (of machines/systems)

runsstops

Ceases to continue

stalls · breaks down · malfunctions · fails · crashes

Phrases
Family

run, runner, running, overrun, outrun, rerun, runners, reruns, overrunning

Familiarity
Top 2,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G