to run
- verb
- /rʌn/
- And I'm just going to run this along my lash line.
- run your finger along
- run your hand over
Oh, that looks pretty and I'm going to run that over my lid.
- Oh, that looks pretty and I'm going to run that over my lid.
- I'm just going to take the wax part first and just run it through my brows.
- Whatever shade you've used, just lightly run it through the crease of the eye.
- And we are going to take a little bit of soft brown and run this through the crease.
Examples
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Opening the directory to the Ws, she ran her finger down the column.
Fiction book (1991) -
You can run your fingers over the smooth surface of the fabric.
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So you need a channel for you to run your tie through.
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I said put it on your fingers and run it through.
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So simply take your hand and run it down his leg if you feel a bump.
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Run your finger over the display.
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And we are going to take a little bit of soft brown and run this through the crease.
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I'm just going to take the wet brush and gently run my brush right through the curls.
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Whatever shade you've used, just lightly run it through the crease of the eye.
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Please run the brush through your hair to untangle it.
Synonyms
Pull something out of a place or container
To move smoothly and without effort through the air or over a surface
To make a flat stone bounce across the surface of water
A smooth movement along a surface while staying in contact
To move something gently over a surface
Move quickly and lightly across the surface of water
To move quickly and lightly just above a surface
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
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To damage something by using it too much or managing it badly
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
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Run meaning to move something lightly over a surface comes from the basic sense 'to move along', so to run your hand through hair is to move it smoothly across the hair.