n.
- a person or animal that runs.
▸a horse that runs in a particular race.
▸a messenger, collector, or agent for a bank, bookmaker, or similar.
▸an orderly in the army.
- a vehicle or machine that runs in a satisfactory or specified way.
▸Brit. informal an idea that has a chance of being accepted.
- a rod, groove, or blade on which something slides.
▸a roller for moving a heavy article.
▸a ring capable of sliding or being drawn along a strap or rod.
▸Nautical a rope in a single block with one end round a tackle block and the other having a hook.
- a shoot which grows along the ground and can take root at points along its length.
▸a climbing plant, or one that spreads by means of runners.
- a long, narrow rug or strip of carpet.
- used in names of fast-swimming fish of the jack family, e.g. rainbow runner.