Synonyms for run

noun

• a small stream
• a row of unravelled stitches
• a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
• a race between candidates for elective office
• the act of testing something
• the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
• a race run on foot
• an unbroken series of events
• the pouring forth of a fluid
• (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
• an unbroken chronological sequence
• a regular trip
• a short trip
• the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
• the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
• unrestricted freedom to use

verb

• have a particular form
• perform as expected when applied
• compete in a race
• become undone
• run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
• come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
• direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
• extend or continue for a certain period of time
• include as the content; broadcast or publicize
• pass over, across, or through
• travel a route regularly
• carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
• cause something to pass or lead somewhere
• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
• cause to emit recorded audio or video
• keep company
• change or be different within limits
• deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
• continue to exist
• reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
• be diffused
• move along, of liquids
• progress by being changed
• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
• be affected by; be subjected to
• be operating, running or functioning
• carry out
• cause an animal to move fast
• cause to perform
• change from one state to another
• cover by running; run a certain distance
• make without a miss
• move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
• move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• occur persistently
• run with the ball; in such sports as football
• sail before the wind
• set animals loose to graze
• travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means