Clues for the word "RUN"
We've had 406 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 877 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph crossword on April 08, 2025.
Definition of run
- - of Run
- p. p. - of Run
- a. - To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.
- a. - To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
- a. - To flee, as from fear or danger.
- a. - To steal off; to depart secretly.
- a. - To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
- a. - To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.
- a. - To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
- a. - To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.
- a. - To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.
- a. - To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.
- a. - To creep, as serpents.
- a. - To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.
- a. - To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
- a. - To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
- a. - To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
- a. - To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
- a. - To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
- a. - To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
- a. - To make progress; to proceed; to pass.
- a. - To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.
- a. - To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.
- a. - To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- a. - To be popularly known; to be generally received.
- a. - To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.
- a. - To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- a. - To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.
- a. - To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.
- a. - To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.
- a. - To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
- a. - To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.
- a. - To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.
- a. - Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body.
- a. - To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
- v. t. - To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block.
- v. i. - To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- v. i. - To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.
- v. i. - To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- v. i. - To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.
- v. i. - To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.
- v. i. - To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods.
- v. i. - To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.
- v. i. - To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.
- v. i. - To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.
- v. i. - To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- v. i. - To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.
- v. i. - To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.
- v. i. - To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.
- v. i. - To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- v. i. - To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- v. i. - To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.
- n. - The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.
- n. - A small stream; a brook; a creek.
- n. - That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
- n. - A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
- n. - State of being current; currency; popularity.
- n. - Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
- n. - A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
- n. - A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.
- n. - The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.
- n. - The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.
- n. - A voyage; as, a run to China.
- n. - A pleasure excursion; a trip.
- n. - The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- n. - A roulade, or series of running tones.
- n. - The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.
- n. - The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- n. - In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs.
- n. - A pair or set of millstones.
- a. - Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.
- a. - Smuggled; as, run goods.
Referring Clues
- Homecoming?
- Bolt
- Bank worry
- Have, as a fever
- Smuggle
- Operate
- Downhill slope
- Use a track
- Triathlon part
- Not be brave
- What computer programs do
- Bleed
- Look after
- Banker's bane
- Baseball score
- Seek office
- Campaign (for)
- Hose wrecker
- Seek a seat
- Do a 5K, say
- Exercise area for boxers
- Hose problem
- See print
- Go for a seat
- Score
- Reward for going home?
- Emergency advice
- Series
- Hightail it
- Head up
- Hurry
- "Danger! Danger!"
- Homer's outcome
- Something 18-, 26-, 42- or 51-Across might have
- Continuous series
- Take a powder
- Respond to the starting gun
- Train for a marathon
- Participate in an ultramarathon
- Turn tail
- Do a 10K
- Compete in a meet
- Flee
- Period of success on Broadway
- Manage
- Card sequence
- Uninterrupted sequence
- Campaign for office
- Part of ERA
- Do a dash
- Result of arriving safely at home
- Lose color, in a way
- Homecoming result?
- Scoot
- Printing amount
- Get on the ballot
- Try to get a seat
- Series of performances
- Take off
- Shutout spoiler
- Campaign
- Clue for 18-, 24-, 52- and 62-Across
- Nylon nuisance
- Get on a slate
- Appear in print
- Flow like water
- Unbroken string
- A way to exercise
- Go jogging
- Compete in a marathon
- Dash
- Winning streak
- Pool table success
- Try to get elected
- Score on the diamond
- "Head for the hills!"
- Emulate a coward
- Yankee homecoming?
- Throw one's hat in the ring
- Pantyhose problem
- Stocking mishap
- Updike's "Rabbit, ___"
- Beat a retreat
- Take flight
- Broadway show's life
- Shutout ruiner
- Be on the ticket
- Clear out
- Depart quickly
- Try to get into office
- Partner of 53-Across, traffic-wise
- Pantyhose woe
- Throw your hat in the ring
- Football offense option
- Banker's worry
- McCartney's "Band on the ---"
- Bank woe
- Scoreboard entry
- Enter a marathon
- Leak
- Word before and after "Forrest"
- Trot
- Try to be elected
- Be in a footrace
- Kennel feature
- A to Z, e.g.
- Streak
- See 63 Across
- Choose flight instead of fight
- Baseball tally
- Go on the lam
- Compete in a sprint
- How long a play plays
- Jog
- Become a candidate
- Last leg of the Ironman Triathlon
- It may be batted in
- Go cross country
- Use the track
- Base runner's goal
- Sprint
- Join the race
- Enter the marathon
- Skedaddle
- Stocking woe
- Hosiery woe
- Diamond score
- Go lickety-split
- Go fast
- Hose mishap
- Sequence
- Throw your hat into the ring
- Try for office
- Quick trot
- Gallop
- Be in a 10K
- Trot quickly
- Hose flaw
- Hotfoot it
- Beat it
- With 35-Down leave in a hurry,
- Basic computer command
- Make tracks
- Oversee
- Part of RBI
- Try for a seat
- Enter a 10K, say
- Canter
- Scamper and scurry
- Cry just before disaster strikes
- See 67-Across
- Enter the race
- "Walk, don't ___!"
- React to a ghost, perhaps
- Seek election
- Stocking wrecker
- Hosiery mishap
- Be in charge of
- Banker's concern
- Seek to be elected
- Aim for an office
- Try for a political office
- Many a football play
- Bleed, as colors
- Be on the ballot
- Do a marathon
- Do a marathon, e.g.
- One of Miguel Cabrera's 109 in 2012
- "The monster is coming this way!"
- Race on foot
- Flow
- Race
- Flow along
- Jog or trot
- Nylon ruiner
- Download option
- Stocking flaw
- Seek political office
- Go quickly
- "Hurry, get out of here!"
- Result of safely arriving at home
- Preside over
- See 58-Across
- Make a quick trip
- String
- Scoreboard stat
- Hose concern
- Morning ___
- Sacrifice fly result
- Tenure, on Broadway
- Participate in a marathon
- Go for a job
- Bank panic
- Camden Yards score
- "Logan's ___"
- Bleed in the washing machine
- Compete for a seat
- Score in baseball
- Shout in a disaster movie
- Be involved in a marathon
- Declare one's candidacy
- Not break down
- Scamper
- Skier's spot
- Unbroken set
- Leg it
- Result of a sacrifice fly
- Bleed in the wash
- One way to move quickly
- It may be unearned
- Broadcast
- Compete in a race
- RBI part
- 7,485 performances, for Broadway's original "Cats"
- Hurry away
- Barry Bond's homecoming?
- Jog or dash
- Pantyhose ruiner
- With 10-Down, go wild
- More than trot
- Fleeing
- Shout after seeing Godzilla
- Have control of
- Emulate Cram or Ovett
- Take part in 49-Across
- Bolt or streak
- Dart
- Move fast
- Be in a race
- Participate in a track event
- Scoreboard entry, in baseball
- Be in a foot race
- Flee quickly
- Scoreboard tally, in baseball
- Try to be president
- Do more than trot or jog
- What racehorses do
- You get one when you come home
- Do more than trot
- "Reverend" of 1980s rap
- Bleed, like dye
- Flee the premises
- Jog or sprint
- Stint on Broadway
- Attempt to win a race
- Flow steadily
- What Pat Benatar said you "Better" do
- Pat Benatar "You Better ___"
- Discharge
- Maiden "___ to the Hills"
- Snow Patrol song about jogging?
- Blink-182 "Sometimes I wish that I could ___ away"
- Path made by animals
- Change ends, sportingly
- Manage to move fast
- Be a dashing candidate?
- Organise the athletics?
- One is enough to make batsmen cross!
- Manage to keep chickens?
- It decides to escape
- What no maiden would have in a stocking
- Only a single, dash it!
- Damage to a stocking, dash it!
- Manage to get a French one at the air terminal
- Hasten to add to the score
- Problem with hose leak
- Old character shortly getting control
- Manage identical cuts to keep abreast of the opposition
- Ladder - manage - sprint - flow
- See 4
- Point on a diamond
- Go swiftly - ladder
- Ladder with one component short
- A single series
- Organise with dash?
- A ladder, dash it!
- -
- "Get outta here! Quick!"
- Try to win a seat
- Unbroken sequence
- Vie for office
- Cricket score
- Manage, operate
- Traffic in hurry
- Streak with no clothing, drunk
- Play duration
- Flow as some water underground
- Panty hose problem
- With 41-Across, group with the 1986 hit "My Adidas"
- Manage to melt
- Bolt via foot
- Change ends, sportingly?
- Dart or dash
- Hasten
- Do part of a triathlon
- Nylon streaker
- Go swiftly
- "Cheese it, the cops!"
- Manage to get a ruling head to join a union
- Maybe an extra bit of exercise
- Bolt the scene
- Show cowardice
- With 17-Down, scram
- Train for a 10-K
- Do a 5K, e.g.
- Be in a marathon
- Join a dash
- Manage to flee
- Proceed with dispatch
- Manage, in a way
- What the threatened do
- "Get outta here!"
- Move on foot at a rapid rate
- Bank's nightmare
- Manage to change ends
- Go for a jog
- Just one extra, perhaps
- Heavy demand for a ladder
- Move quickly
- Possibly extra outing
- Sportingly change ends
- "Let's get out of here!"
- A batsman doesn't want to get this out
- Publish
- Manage to get a ladder
- Dash for the ladder
- Bolt, say
- Go for elected office
- Go at a fast pace
- Quick trip
- Last leg of a triathlon
- Manage the marathon maybe
- ERA part
- See 69-Across
- Result of a steal of home
- Something good in baseball, but bad in banking
- Organise with dash?
- "They're after us!"
- Finish an aquathlon
- Super Mario ___ (Nintendo app)
- Play back
- Be quick to change ends
- Get the heck out of Dodge
- Heavy demand, dash it!
- To be the boss, you need dash!
- Organise athletic activity
- Train for a 10K
- Fast moving stage success?
- Rush to ruin? Not I!
- Ladder of success in the theatre
- Compete like Eliud Kipchoge
- Ballpark score
- Word before "riot" and "ragged"
- A show may have a long one
- Make a break for it
- Bit of exercise for the chickens
- Stand for office
- Snag in a stocking
- Baseball stat
- Not just speedwalk
- Morning ritual, maybe
- Direct
- Compete like Wilma Rudolph
- Singer's showy add-on
- Worry for a Great Depression bank
- Word after "fun" or "home"
- Be a political candidate
- Be a dashing candidate?
- Organise the athletics?
- How to beat great-grandpa to the car
- Manage to keep chickens?
- Tights problem
- Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun ___ Race for the Cure
- Compete like Sha'Carri Richardson
- Orioles score
- Ske-daddle
- Compete in a track meet
- Hurry to change ends
- Word with end or earned
- Organise a ladder
- Horror film cry
- Compete in a 5K
- Compete in a 10K
- "Get out of here!"
- Cry in an emergency
- With 55-Down, gamble
- What feet and noses can both do
- It's worth one point in cricket
- Yankee homecoming?
- Train for a relay, say
- Participate in cross-country
- Do the last part of a triathlon, e.g.
- Practice for a marathon
- Air ... or chair
- Be in the 100-yard dash
- Do this in a marathon
- Don't just walk
- Race me to that tree
- Homecoming, of a sort?
- Train for a 5K
- Compete in a 50K
- Do more than walk
- Participate in a 10K race
- Be a sprinter
- Cry in a horror film
- Get on track?
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 07, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 28, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 02, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 14, 2025
- LA Times - February 08, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 04, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 30, 2025
- New York Times - January 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 20, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 03, 2025
- LA Times - December 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 09, 2024
- Family Time - December 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 12, 2024
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