to runneth
3
9.9
- verb
- Archaic
:
fluye
- As the rain poured down, the river began to runneth in full force.
- my cup runneth over
So this genealogical strand runs right down into our own time.
- So this genealogical strand runs right down into our own time.
- And that aggression ran into the good old boy South.
- The little soap running into your hoodie or down your collar.
- Narcissistic abuse runs deep in families and it often runs through our life histories.
- So water's running through that, creating a suction.
- Tripping on fault currents running from life to ground?
- The first thing is that I have Pedros's voice running through my head.
- Amen, Maddie, You can cut me down, but the roots run deep.
- This is such a popular topic years later because the lie ran around the world.
- The length of the rays runs in the radial direction, the length this way on.
Examples
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When filled to the brim, the cup did runneth over with sweet wine.
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Last night, as we lay in our bed in the wagon, Luke said, "My cup runneth over."
Fiction book (1997) -
And soon you will find that you have more and more to be thankful for, until your cup truly runneth over!
Blog text (7) -
Thou anoint us my head with oil... my cup runneth over.
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Ideally, each of our cups and bowls will runneth over with gratitude and joy this holiday season as we give and receive.
Blog text (13) -
The side effect of all this is that Tampa runneth over with opinions, speeches, and yelling.
Blog text (7) -
During the feast, joy seemed to runneth through the hearts of every guest.
Synonyms
364
2.7
To let color or liquid spread and make marks
31
2.5
To flow down a surface like water on a window
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Runneth joins run and the old ending -eth for 'runs'. A helpful way to remember it is the line 'my cup runneth over' — here it means 'flows' or 'moves', so runneth shows that something flows or goes quickly.