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
- Informal
Move quickly from place to place trying to solve many urgent problems
- Archaic
Act in a confused or uncontrolled way because of strong emotion
To support two opposite sides at the same time to please both
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
An early Civil War battle in Virginia where Confederate forces defeat Union troops
- Specialized
A score given to a batter when their hit lets another player reach home
- Jargon
A run scored because a defensive player made a mistake, not from the batter's play
A major early Civil War battle fought in July 1861 near Manassas, Virginia that the Confederate army won
- 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
- Specialized
A problem that happens while a program is running because of wrong data or bad instructions
- Jargon
A set of newspaper or magazine copies with some pages changed for different areas
- Specialized
A loose mix of small stones and sand taken from a gravel pit and used as is
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.