Clues for the word "RUN"
We've had 413 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 970 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 22, 2026.
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?
- "Go, go, go!"
- Become messy, as mascara
- Shouted advice in a horror film
- Cry in many a horror film
- Shout in a slasher film
- Apply for an in-office job?
- Enter a race
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