run
- noun
- /rʌn/
- When her stockings got too many runs, Mrs. Kovaks gave them to May Anna.
Examples
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And I got a run in my stockings.
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Her clothes are cheap, her shoes are dusty, and there are runs in her stockings.
Fiction book (1991) -
You can use those to hide your thin runs later on.
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The little kit to mend the runs, remember?
Fiction book (1992) -
Last week, I noticed a run in my tights as I was leaving the house.
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As Mrs. Reinard took her seat, Juliana noticed a tiny run in the woman's stockings.
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When her stockings got too many runs, Mrs. Kovaks gave them to May Anna.
Synonyms
A long run in tights or stockings where threads come undone
A long unravelling line in knitted clothes, often in stockings
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To feel very excited about something and then lose interest often
- Archaic
Act in a confused or uncontrolled way because of strong emotion
To support two opposite sides at the same time to please both
- Informal
Move quickly from place to place trying to solve many urgent problems
To support two opposite sides at the same time
Compounds
A vehicle crash caused by a driver who leaves without helping or saying who they are
- Specialized
A run charged to the pitcher when the other team makes no fielding error or passed ball
- Specialized
The part of a plane's mission when it approaches a target and drops weapons on it
Many customers try to take out their money from a bank because they fear it will fail
- Specialized
Average number of runs a pitcher allows in nine innings, not counting runs after fielding mistakes
A sentence that joins more than one full idea without proper punctuation or connecting words
- Literature
The number of copies made for one edition of a magazine, book or newspaper
- Specialized
A score given to a batter when their hit lets another player reach home
An early Civil War battle in Virginia where Confederate forces defeat Union troops
- Jargon
A run scored because a defensive player made a mistake, not from the batter's play
- Jargon
The normal action during a game not counting set pieces like free kicks or penalties
- Jargon
An attempt to move the ball by running around the end of the line in American football
A major early Civil War battle fought in July 1861 near Manassas, Virginia that the Confederate army won
- Specialized
A problem that happens while a program is running because of wrong data or bad instructions
- Specialized
A loose mix of small stones and sand taken from a gravel pit and used as is
- Jargon
A set of newspaper or magazine copies with some pages changed for different areas
Surface Forms
Etymology
Run in knitted clothes, like stockings, comes from threads that 'run' or fall apart and make a line, so a small pull can 'run' into a long gap in the fabric.