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Definition of runner in English: runnernoun ˈrʌnəˈrənər 1A person that runs, especially in a specified way. Example sentencesExamples - The fifth-grader, is an honor student, a member of the chess club and one of the school's fastest runners.
- The fastest runner completed the course in just 19 minutes and fourth home was a nine-year-old girl.
- Matt and I are the fastest runners in this program.
- I had always been a fast runner, so it didn't take me very long to get into the park which was 2 blocks away.
- He was well built because he always worked out, and probably one of the fastest runners at school.
- I was the fastest runner in gym class back where I came from.
- He may not be the fastest runner next weekend, but he'll give it his best shot, rugby match or no rugby match.
- As stated at the start Barry wasn't the fastest runner from the Newry area.
- Being a fast runner, he soon left the two of them behind.
- I plan to run the London Marathon when I am older, so though I am not a fast runner, I can run, and I have the determination to get through it.
- I was a good runner, the fastest in the whole place.
- Madison was such a fast runner that ever since I can remember we begged her to try out for track, but she always turned us down.
- He was extremely fit and is reputed to have been one of the fastest runners in the village and also regularly won local cycle races.
- He was the fastest runner at school, he knew the maths and the grammar the best, and on the top of it, he could paint and draw better than me.
- Anna was a fast runner, trying out for track in the spring.
- He was the fastest runner from his field at both distances, clocking 32 minutes, 43 seconds and 14 minutes, 22 seconds.
- I was quite a fast runner at school, and ran 100m in 12.9s.
- I wasn't called the fastest runner in high school for nothing.
- Ok so I was the fastest runner in school, but she doesn't have to know that.
- He said as he thought he was the fastest runner.
- 1.1 A person who runs competitively as a sport or hobby.
Example sentencesExamples - At the outset I assumed I would end up with two sprinters, two milers and two long-distance runners.
- Over 130 runners finished the full marathon held in conjunction with a half distance event in a small East Anglian town.
- They had a couple of marathon runners, a boxer and a weightlifter.
- The runners are collecting sponsorship in time for the half-marathon next month.
- For competitive marathon runners, this route is nevertheless considered a hard one.
- Jack was a runner; he used to go out every lunch time and even when he got ill he kept on with it for as long as he could.
- All runners will collect a souvenir memento, with trophies for the first three in each of the categories in the 10 km race.
- She swapped track for road, became a marathon runner, ran three marathons and won the lot.
- Normally super-fit people, say marathon runners, have an average heart rate of 65.
- My father, a marathon runner, taught me the basics of healthful eating.
- More than 800 marathon runners from overseas flew into the province for this run.
- You can have great track, road and marathon runners all competing in the one race.
- People are never too old to exercise. There is an excellent research paper on marathon runners over 80!
- Imagine a marathon runner crossing the finish line and then being told he has to run an additional 10 miles - uphill.
- As the number of marathon runners, tennis players and athletes increases, so does the importance of sport-specific training.
- In the aftermath of the London marathon, many runners may be questioning whether their performance could have been improved by changing their pre-race diet.
- But one place that trendy diet doesn't belong is in the lives of athletes, whether they be marathon runners or weekend warriors.
- Nearly 500 runners tackled the course, which involved around 7,000 feet of climbing, and 404 made it to the finish.
- Every year the number of runners in this popular marathon increases.
- I had a doctor who was, or at least looked like, a marathon runner.
Synonyms athlete sprinter, hurdler, racer, long-distance runner, cross-country runner jogger competitor, contender, participant, entrant informal miler - 1.2 A horse that runs in a particular race.
there were only four runners Example sentencesExamples - The limit for the race is 20 runners so some horses could face being balloted out later in the week.
- Only six of the 260 runners declared at the five-day entry stage to run on August 22 had confirmed riders.
- 1.3 A vehicle or machine that operates in a satisfactory or specified way.
the van was a good and reliable runner - 1.4British informal A contender for a job or position.
I am one among fifty runners for the job the original runners for the Booker Prize Synonyms applicant, job applicant, job-seeker, prospective employee - 1.5British informal An idea that has a chance of being accepted; a practical suggestion.
trying to determine whether a tax on books is a runner Example sentencesExamples - As the feature on this page explains, this idea is a runner, if not an odds-on certainty.
- 1.6Cricket A person who runs between the wickets for an injured batsman.
he came in to bat with a runner Example sentencesExamples - However, a batsman who has opted for a runner cannot act as a runner for another batsman.
- However, he may bat with a runner and his contributions will be needed after Warwickshire struggled to 141 for 5.
- 1.7 A messenger, collector, or agent for a bank, bookmaker, or similar.
Example sentencesExamples - The owners would send money or messages by means of a runner provided by their agent.
- The runners, who collected taxes, delivered communications, and arrested and jailed criminals, belonged to a lower social class.
- However, they had no phone lines between their main bases and had to rely on runners to keep in contact with each other.
- Sammy had even heard of one agent who made his runners pick cotton on his farm as part of their ‘training.’
Synonyms messenger, courier, errand boy, messenger boy scout agent, collector North American informal gofer - 1.8 An orderly in the army.
Example sentencesExamples - A runner was sent to an army listening post, which contacted the Ambassador in Kathmandu, who telegraphed London.
- I'm sending runners from command post to commanders to get orders out to them.
- In desperation, the Greek army sent a runner in full battle gear to tell the Senate the news.
- 1.9British informal A freelance antiques dealer.
‘runners’ who spend their time looking for good buys Synonyms trader, tradesman, tradesperson, merchant, salesman, saleswoman, salesperson, seller, buyer, buyer and seller, marketeer, merchandiser, distributor, supplier, vendor, shopkeeper, retailer, wholesaler, purveyor, marketer, trafficker, pedlar, hawker
2in combination A person who smuggles specified goods into or out of a country or area. 3A rod, groove, or blade on which something slides. - 3.1 Each of the long pieces on the underside of a sledge that forms the contact in sliding.
Example sentencesExamples - After a few hours of this we stopped to put the metal guide pins down through the sledge runners a notch or two deeper, so as to give more effective grip on the ice surface.
- 3.2often runners A roller for moving a heavy article.
the vegetable baskets were on runners Example sentencesExamples - The work to which the judge said he would return concerned the removal of a roller shutter and the runners to either side of it at the front of the shop.
- 3.3 A ring capable of slipping or sliding along a strap or rod or through which something may be passed or drawn.
Example sentencesExamples - Space the runner along the rod so it drapes gently between the rings.
- 3.4Nautical A rope in a single block with one end round a tackle block and the other having a hook.
4A shoot, typically leafless, which grows from the base of a plant along the surface of the ground and can take root at points along its length. it's not always easy to find strawberry runners with good strong roots Example sentencesExamples - Most warm-season grasses develop thatch, a spongelike layer of roots, runners, and grass blades just above the soil surface.
- Finally, the pupils used six tubs to plant strawberry runners.
- Pegged-down strawberry runners may be lifted now, severed from the parent plant and planted out.
- Where the plants were growing runners I pegged these down into potting compost with unbent paper clips and watered them.
- Leave about 1 inch of pot rim above the soil surface to help discourage the runners from climbing out over the top.
- This way, plants can concentrate all of their energy on producing strong roots and far-stretching runners.
- They propagate easily; self-sowing and by underground runners, making this plant an easy keeper.
- Rent a power rake to cut through heavy thatch and runners of grasses such as Bermudagrass.
- It grows from seed, underground runners, or any teeny bit of root.
- Admittedly they're not very big strawberries, but they taste nice, and the proper strawberry plants only ever seem to grow runners.
- Buttercups have creeping runners that root at intervals and are almost as difficult to dislodge as dock.
- Herbs that spread by runners are good candidates because they can be contained in the pot.
- Trim up overhanging foliage from surrounding plants and simultaneously cut back any stray grass runners before they take root in adjacent beds.
Synonyms shoot, offshoot, sprout, tendril, sprig, sucker technical stolon, flagellum - 4.1 A plant that spreads by means of runners.
Example sentencesExamples - In a nearby field his tomb is a threshing floor bordered by pawpaw trees, sugar cane, sweet potato runners.
- For the same reason, avoid planting your runners in soil that has been used for growing potatoes the previous year.
- February is when city slickers prune their roses and fruit trees, cut back their blackberry vines, and tug up bamboo runners.
- Some, called runners, spread exuberantly, and others are classified as clumpers, which slowly expands from the original planting.
- Generally, the tropical bamboos tend to be clumpers and the temperate bamboos tend to be runners.
- This spacing allows the runners to root and eventually form a matted row.
- Propagate strawberry plants once the crop is finished by pegging down a couple of runners from your best plants.
- 4.2 A twining plant.
5A long, narrow rug or strip of carpet, especially for a hall or stairway. a faded runner held in place with brass stair rods Example sentencesExamples - Sliding down the hallway on a carpet runner, Scott came to a screeching halt beside his little sister and reached down to take her hand.
- The floor was still that gold flecked marble, but it also had a deep red carpet runner down the center.
- Andrei fell in a heap on the carpet runner, screening in pain and clutching his knee.
7archaic A police officer. See also Bow Street Runner 8 see Indian runner Example sentencesExamples - Earlier this month the sanctuary was called out to save two white runner ducks and in December they had to pick up three ducks from the same place.
9A fast-swimming fish of the jack family, occurring in tropical seas. Several species in the family Carangidae, in particular the rainbow runner and the blue runner (Caranx crysos) of the western Atlantic Example sentencesExamples - A lot of small fish will do the job - Spanish mackerel, bluefish - but the preferred bait is the blue runner, also called a hardtail.
- They will catch a large variety of small fish which gather under a boat, such as blue runner, jacks and pilchards.
- Stopping on the way I cast a fly to a snapper which quickly grabbed hold, this was followed by a blue runner then a small barracuda which after one jump threw the hook.
Phrases informal Leave or escape hastily or furtively. they both did a runner and they've been in hiding ever since Example sentencesExamples - At this point, Kathy climbed out of her own bedroom window and did a runner.
- She informs Kat about Chrissie's plans to do a runner.
- It may be only a minor thing tonight, but as soon as it looks like he is sacrificing his personal life so that he can be with me, I am doing a runner…
- He also admitted doing a runner when she came round and was upset.
- But that won't stop them taking the money and still doing a runner.
- We weren't pleased about it but he said he would make up the extra time, but he then did a runner on the Saturday during a break and checked out of his hotel.
- Like so many other youngsters who do a runner, she realises you can't escape your past.
- She suggests to Zoe that she does a runner before her trial, and despite initially laughing off the idea she begins to consider it as an option.
- Apparently prisoners quite often used to do a runner out of court after hearing their sentence.
- When I did a runner from school he was always supportive.
Synonyms run away, flee, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a retreat, beat a hasty retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, head for the hills
Rhymes Corunna, front-runner, gunner, oner, punner, scunner, stunner Definition of runner in US English: runnernounˈrənərˈrənər 1A person who runs, especially in a specified way. Example sentencesExamples - Matt and I are the fastest runners in this program.
- He said as he thought he was the fastest runner.
- I was quite a fast runner at school, and ran 100m in 12.9s.
- He was extremely fit and is reputed to have been one of the fastest runners in the village and also regularly won local cycle races.
- I had always been a fast runner, so it didn't take me very long to get into the park which was 2 blocks away.
- Madison was such a fast runner that ever since I can remember we begged her to try out for track, but she always turned us down.
- He was the fastest runner at school, he knew the maths and the grammar the best, and on the top of it, he could paint and draw better than me.
- I plan to run the London Marathon when I am older, so though I am not a fast runner, I can run, and I have the determination to get through it.
- The fifth-grader, is an honor student, a member of the chess club and one of the school's fastest runners.
- Anna was a fast runner, trying out for track in the spring.
- I wasn't called the fastest runner in high school for nothing.
- He was the fastest runner from his field at both distances, clocking 32 minutes, 43 seconds and 14 minutes, 22 seconds.
- As stated at the start Barry wasn't the fastest runner from the Newry area.
- Being a fast runner, he soon left the two of them behind.
- He may not be the fastest runner next weekend, but he'll give it his best shot, rugby match or no rugby match.
- He was well built because he always worked out, and probably one of the fastest runners at school.
- Ok so I was the fastest runner in school, but she doesn't have to know that.
- I was a good runner, the fastest in the whole place.
- I was the fastest runner in gym class back where I came from.
- The fastest runner completed the course in just 19 minutes and fourth home was a nine-year-old girl.
- 1.1 A person who runs competitively as a sport or hobby.
Example sentencesExamples - Imagine a marathon runner crossing the finish line and then being told he has to run an additional 10 miles - uphill.
- They had a couple of marathon runners, a boxer and a weightlifter.
- Every year the number of runners in this popular marathon increases.
- As the number of marathon runners, tennis players and athletes increases, so does the importance of sport-specific training.
- For competitive marathon runners, this route is nevertheless considered a hard one.
- She swapped track for road, became a marathon runner, ran three marathons and won the lot.
- Normally super-fit people, say marathon runners, have an average heart rate of 65.
- All runners will collect a souvenir memento, with trophies for the first three in each of the categories in the 10 km race.
- But one place that trendy diet doesn't belong is in the lives of athletes, whether they be marathon runners or weekend warriors.
- The runners are collecting sponsorship in time for the half-marathon next month.
- I had a doctor who was, or at least looked like, a marathon runner.
- Over 130 runners finished the full marathon held in conjunction with a half distance event in a small East Anglian town.
- My father, a marathon runner, taught me the basics of healthful eating.
- More than 800 marathon runners from overseas flew into the province for this run.
- In the aftermath of the London marathon, many runners may be questioning whether their performance could have been improved by changing their pre-race diet.
- At the outset I assumed I would end up with two sprinters, two milers and two long-distance runners.
- Jack was a runner; he used to go out every lunch time and even when he got ill he kept on with it for as long as he could.
- Nearly 500 runners tackled the course, which involved around 7,000 feet of climbing, and 404 made it to the finish.
- People are never too old to exercise. There is an excellent research paper on marathon runners over 80!
- You can have great track, road and marathon runners all competing in the one race.
- 1.2 A horse that runs in a particular race.
there were only four runners Example sentencesExamples - The limit for the race is 20 runners so some horses could face being balloted out later in the week.
- Only six of the 260 runners declared at the five-day entry stage to run on August 22 had confirmed riders.
- 1.3 A messenger, collector, or agent for a bank, bookmaker, or other organization.
Example sentencesExamples - The owners would send money or messages by means of a runner provided by their agent.
- The runners, who collected taxes, delivered communications, and arrested and jailed criminals, belonged to a lower social class.
- However, they had no phone lines between their main bases and had to rely on runners to keep in contact with each other.
- Sammy had even heard of one agent who made his runners pick cotton on his farm as part of their ‘training.’
Synonyms messenger, courier, errand boy, messenger boy - 1.4Baseball A base runner.
Example sentencesExamples - He's a smart hitter, smart runner, and smart fielder.
- With the score tied in the bottom of the ninth inning and a runner on second base, the batter hits a ball over the right-field fence.
- In which case, the batter is credited with a home run, driving in all runners on base.
- The next batter hits a ball toward first base that hits the runner before the fielder can make a play.
- Now, if there's a runner on first base only, that runner must also hold on a pop-up.
- 1.5 A messenger in the army.
Example sentencesExamples - A runner was sent to an army listening post, which contacted the Ambassador in Kathmandu, who telegraphed London.
- I'm sending runners from command post to commanders to get orders out to them.
- In desperation, the Greek army sent a runner in full battle gear to tell the Senate the news.
2in combination A person who smuggles specified goods into or out of a country or area. 3A rod, groove, or blade on which something slides. - 3.1 Each of the long pieces on the underside of a sled that forms the contact in sliding.
Example sentencesExamples - After a few hours of this we stopped to put the metal guide pins down through the sledge runners a notch or two deeper, so as to give more effective grip on the ice surface.
- 3.2often runners A roller for moving a heavy article.
Example sentencesExamples - The work to which the judge said he would return concerned the removal of a roller shutter and the runners to either side of it at the front of the shop.
- 3.3 A ring capable of slipping or sliding along a strap or rod or through which something may be passed or drawn.
Example sentencesExamples - Space the runner along the rod so it drapes gently between the rings.
- 3.4Nautical A rope run through a block.
4A shoot, typically leafless, which grows from the base of a plant along the surface of the ground and can take root at points along its length. Example sentencesExamples - It grows from seed, underground runners, or any teeny bit of root.
- Leave about 1 inch of pot rim above the soil surface to help discourage the runners from climbing out over the top.
- Where the plants were growing runners I pegged these down into potting compost with unbent paper clips and watered them.
- Herbs that spread by runners are good candidates because they can be contained in the pot.
- They propagate easily; self-sowing and by underground runners, making this plant an easy keeper.
- This way, plants can concentrate all of their energy on producing strong roots and far-stretching runners.
- Trim up overhanging foliage from surrounding plants and simultaneously cut back any stray grass runners before they take root in adjacent beds.
- Buttercups have creeping runners that root at intervals and are almost as difficult to dislodge as dock.
- Admittedly they're not very big strawberries, but they taste nice, and the proper strawberry plants only ever seem to grow runners.
- Most warm-season grasses develop thatch, a spongelike layer of roots, runners, and grass blades just above the soil surface.
- Pegged-down strawberry runners may be lifted now, severed from the parent plant and planted out.
- Rent a power rake to cut through heavy thatch and runners of grasses such as Bermudagrass.
- Finally, the pupils used six tubs to plant strawberry runners.
Synonyms shoot, offshoot, sprout, tendril, sprig, sucker - 4.1 A plant that spreads by means of runners.
Example sentencesExamples - For the same reason, avoid planting your runners in soil that has been used for growing potatoes the previous year.
- This spacing allows the runners to root and eventually form a matted row.
- Generally, the tropical bamboos tend to be clumpers and the temperate bamboos tend to be runners.
- In a nearby field his tomb is a threshing floor bordered by pawpaw trees, sugar cane, sweet potato runners.
- Propagate strawberry plants once the crop is finished by pegging down a couple of runners from your best plants.
- Some, called runners, spread exuberantly, and others are classified as clumpers, which slowly expands from the original planting.
- February is when city slickers prune their roses and fruit trees, cut back their blackberry vines, and tug up bamboo runners.
- 4.2 A twining plant.
5A long, narrow rug or strip of carpet, especially for a hall or stairway. Example sentencesExamples - The floor was still that gold flecked marble, but it also had a deep red carpet runner down the center.
- Sliding down the hallway on a carpet runner, Scott came to a screeching halt beside his little sister and reached down to take her hand.
- Andrei fell in a heap on the carpet runner, screening in pain and clutching his knee.
7A fast-swimming fish of the jack family, occurring in tropical seas. Several species in the family Carangidae, in particular the colorfully striped rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata) of warm seas worldwide, and the blue runner (Caranx crysos) of the western Atlantic Example sentencesExamples - A lot of small fish will do the job - Spanish mackerel, bluefish - but the preferred bait is the blue runner, also called a hardtail.
- Stopping on the way I cast a fly to a snapper which quickly grabbed hold, this was followed by a blue runner then a small barracuda which after one jump threw the hook.
- They will catch a large variety of small fish which gather under a boat, such as blue runner, jacks and pilchards.
Phrases informal Leave hastily, especially to avoid paying for something or to escape from somewhere. Example sentencesExamples - We weren't pleased about it but he said he would make up the extra time, but he then did a runner on the Saturday during a break and checked out of his hotel.
- It may be only a minor thing tonight, but as soon as it looks like he is sacrificing his personal life so that he can be with me, I am doing a runner…
- At this point, Kathy climbed out of her own bedroom window and did a runner.
- Apparently prisoners quite often used to do a runner out of court after hearing their sentence.
- Like so many other youngsters who do a runner, she realises you can't escape your past.
- He also admitted doing a runner when she came round and was upset.
- But that won't stop them taking the money and still doing a runner.
- She suggests to Zoe that she does a runner before her trial, and despite initially laughing off the idea she begins to consider it as an option.
- When I did a runner from school he was always supportive.
- She informs Kat about Chrissie's plans to do a runner.
Synonyms run away, flee, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a retreat, beat a hasty retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, head for the hills
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