run

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.

   She had to run to catch the bus.

2. 2
   verb

   To manage or be in charge of a business or organization.

   He runs a small restaurant in the city center.

3. 3
   verb

   To operate, or to make a machine operate.

   The engine runs smoothly now that it has been repaired.

4. 4
   noun

   An act of running, especially for exercise or sport.

   I go for a run every morning before work.

5. 5
   noun

   A continuous period during which something happens or is performed.

   The play had a long run on Broadway.

Common collocations

• run a business Verb + noun
• run a check Verb + noun
• run a club Verb + noun
• run a group Verb + noun
• run a restaurant Verb + noun
• run a store Verb + noun
• run away Verb + preposition/particle
• run out of Verb + preposition/particle
• run a bar Verb + noun
• run a company Verb + noun
• run a hotel Verb + noun
• run a shop Verb + noun

From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen, yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”). Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), archaic Dutch rinnen (“to flow”, still in geronnen), German rinnen (“to flow”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), and Icelandic renna (“to flow”). From the causative Proto-Germanic *rannijaną (“to make run”) are…

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