Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Open robbery and rapine; force; violence.
- noun Same as
runn . - noun The hank of a string.
- noun In ropemaking, twenty cords of twine wound on a reel, every cord being so parted by a knot as to be easily separated from the others.
- noun Nautical, yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
- noun A song.
- noun Preterit of
run .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Open robbery.
- noun (Naut.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
- imp. of
run .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past of
run . - noun nautical
Yarns coiled on a spun-yarnwinch .
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Examples
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Once I ran to you, I ran� GROSS: Ed Ward lives in the south of France and blogs at wardinfrance. blogspot.com.
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Clarionlike, clear as the chimes of a silver bell, rang now that childish voice -- rang out, and rang out again -- and the crutch was gone -- and the lame boy ran, ran -- _ran_!
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#singleinstance, force ttl = My Puzzle gui, +lastfound loop, 16 loop random, ran, 1, 16 if rannum not contains -- % ran% -- rannum = % rannum% ` n-- % ran% -- break if ran!
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Because he didn't take many big risks during the boom, Mr. Trump survived the latest downturn relatively unscathed, although many projects that bore his name ran into problems.
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George Bush was still at it a quarter-century later as his term ran out.
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The title ran for three issues from May 1960 to Sep 1960.
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The title ran for three issues from May 1960 to Sep 1960.
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But more importantly, even if he was democratically elected, his term ran out a couple of years ago.
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This was unexpected because it was supposed to go to $39.99 when the term ran out.
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Her name ran through his mind like an echoing plea for salvation.
nuxiy commented on the word ran
Norwegian for robbery
March 27, 2009