n. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

n. an integer variable. In C, it has the value of two bytes and can be signed (-32K to +32K) or unsigned (64K)

n. a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"

n. a short trip; "take a run into town"

n. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

n. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

n. a bill of exchange payable after a short period

n. a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"

n. the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"

n. an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

n. (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

v. cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"

v. change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"

v. carry out; "run an errand"

v. cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"

v. create a short circuit in

v. cheat someone by not returning him enough money

v. come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running"

v. compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"

v. compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"

v. run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

v. be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!"

v. cause to emit recorded sounds; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "Can you play my favorite record?"

v. include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"

v. travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"

v. cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day"

v. move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"

v. keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring"

v. sail before the wind

v. be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"

v. deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

v. set animals loose to graze

v. direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

v. make without a miss

v. stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"

v. extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours"

v. cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet"

adv. so as to interrupt: "She took him up short before he could continue"

adv. at some point or distance before a goal is reached: "he fell short of our expectations"

adv. in a tight or constricted manner; "a tightly packed pub"

adv. "the car's axle snapped short"

adj. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"

adj. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"

adj. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"

adj. (prosody) used of vowels or syllables

adj. low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"

adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"

adj. unwilling to endure; "she was unforbearing with the slower students"

adj. music: staccato notes

adj. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"

n. a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

n. a step in walking or running

n. a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop

n. a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together

n. a series of poems or songs on the same theme; "Schubert's song cycles"

n. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"

n. a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"

n. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

v. run at a moderately swift pace

v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

v. sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey"

v. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

v. act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?"

v. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

v. behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

v. act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

v. put to use; "exert one's power or influence"

v. work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program"

v. exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"

adj. without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office"

adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

adj. atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adv. on a small scale; "think small"

v. decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff

v. agitate for

v. play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

v. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

adj. (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

adj. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"

adj. used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"

adj. not emphasized

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"

adj. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"

adj. of pastry: having a light delicate texture achieved by whipping or adding whipped egg whites: "lemon chiffon pie"

adj. having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet"

adj. resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees"

adj. having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect"

adj. having low relative density or specific gravity

adj. having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric"

adj. unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"

adj. unable to bear irritation

adj. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"

adj. easy to cut or chew

adj. tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips"

adj. made of or easily forming flakes

adj. made tender as by marinating or pounding; "tenderized meat"

n. an integer variable. In C, it has the value of four bytes and can be signed (-2G to +2G) or unsigned (4G)

n. the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"

v. run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"

v. accompany or escort; "I'll walk you to your car"

adj. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"

adj. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"

adj. great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"

adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

adj. fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions"