variants  
 also chiefly dialectal run
        
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                    as in trotted
                                                
              
          
                                                      to go at a pace faster than a walk                                       
              
                             we ran all the way to the bus stop, but still missed the bus                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in retreated
                                                
              
          
                                                      to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening                                       
              
                             rather than run from a black bear, it's better to hold your ground and make lots of noise                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in flowed
                                                
              
          
                                                      to move in a stream                                       
              
                             water running down the window                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in travelled
                                                
              
          
                                                      to proceed or move quickly                                       
              
                             run and get the nurse                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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                    as in turned
                                                
              
          
                                                      to eventually have as a state or quality                                       
              
                             the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in melted
                                                
              
          
                                                      to go from a solid to a liquid state                                       
              
                             her makeup started to run when she got in the pool                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in managed
                                                
              
          
                                                      to look after and make decisions about                                       
              
                             learning to run the family business                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in powered
                                                
              
          
                                                      to cause to function                                       
              
                             in olden days mills were run by flowing water                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in cost
                                                
              
          
                                                      to have a price of                                       
              
                             that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in traveled
                                                
              
          
                                                      to come or be together as friends                                       
              
                             he's been running with a bad crowd lately                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in chased
                                                
              
          
                                                      to go after or on the track of                                       
              
                             if that dog continues to run cars, he's going to get seriously hurt                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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