runes

1. move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given timeExamples: "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"Synonyms: run

2. flee; take to one's heels; cut and runExamples: "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run

3. stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain pointExamples: "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"Synonyms: extend, go, lead, pass, run

4. direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.Examples: "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"Synonyms: operate, run

5. have a particular formExamples: "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."Synonyms: go, run

6. move along, of liquidsExamples: "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"Synonyms: course, feed, flow, run