Run

Run

1. In baseball. A point scored by advancing around the base and reaching home base. They scored a run in the 9th inning to win the game.
2. A pace faster than a walk. Please run to the store and buy some milk.
3. Continuous length or extent. We needed a five-foot run of tubing.
4. A blemish caused by excessive paint flow. The paint ran when they used too much paint on the wall.
5. The production achieved during such a period. It was a press run of 15,000 copies.
6. A length of torn or unraveled stitches in a knitter fabric. She had a run in her stocking.
7. A sustained state or condition. She had a run of bad luck.
8. Diarrhea. He had the runs after drinking that water.
9. Unrestricted freedom. We had the run of the factory.

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Shown is a baseball player batting in a run