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RUNNER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
Synonyms:
blue runner; Caranx crysos; runner
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("runner" is a kind of...):
jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("runner" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "runner"):
blade (the part of the skate that slides on the ice)
ski (narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow)
Holonyms ("runner" is a part of...):
sled; sledge; sleigh (a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A long narrow carpet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("runner" is a kind of...):
carpet; carpeting; rug (floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile))
Sense 4
Meaning:
(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
Synonyms:
ball carrier; runner
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("runner" is a kind of...):
football player; footballer (an athlete who plays American football)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "runner"):
forward passer; passer ((football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass)
rusher ((football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
Synonyms:
base runner; runner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("runner" is a kind of...):
ballplayer; baseball player (an athlete who plays baseball)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
Example:
he sent a runner over with the contract
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("runner" is a kind of...):
courier; messenger (a person who carries a message)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Someone who travels on foot by running
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("runner" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "runner"):
jogger (someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise))
Derivation:
run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A trained athlete who competes in foot races
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("runner" is a kind of...):
athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "runner"):
long-distance runner; marathon runner; marathoner; road runner (someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons))
miler (a runner in a one-mile race)
sprinter (someone who runs a short distance at top speed)
Derivation:
run (compete in a race)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Someone who imports or exports without paying duties
Synonyms:
contrabandist; moon-curser; moon curser; runner; smuggler
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("runner" is a kind of...):
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "runner"):
coyote (someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border))
arms-runner; gunrunner (a smuggler of guns)
rumrunner (someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("runner" is a kind of...):
plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)
Context examples:
Each study was slightly different, with some comparing those who were involved in running groups with those who did not run, while others classified those who ran at least once a month as a runner.
(Reduce Risk of Early Death with Any Amount of Running, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Hand-clapping and roars of laughter from the hunters greeted the exploit, while Mugridge, eluding half of his pursuers at the foremast, ran aft and through the remainder like a runner on the football field.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
O’Brien contended it was Thornton’s privilege to knock the runners loose, leaving Buck to “break it out” from a dead standstill.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Called the Ineos 1:59 Challenge, it featured 42 pacemakers — supporting runners.
(Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya runs marathon under two hours, Wikinews)
Different from the Mackenzie toboggans were the Klondike sleds with runners under them.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
When the team combined results from five of the participant groups, and compared those who ran to any degree with those who did not, they found runners had a 27% lower risk of early death from any cause during the follow-up periods, and a 30% and 23% lower risk of early death from cardiovascular problems or cancer respectively.
(Reduce Risk of Early Death with Any Amount of Running, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
All the time he was jerking out these phrases he was stumping up and down the tavern on his crutch, slapping tables with his hand, and giving such a show of excitement as would have convinced an Old Bailey judge or a Bow Street runner.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The famous Master of the Ring was clad in honour of the occasion in a most resplendent scarlet coat worked in gold at the buttonholes, a white stock, a looped hat with a broad black band, buff knee-breeches, white silk stockings, and paste buckles—a costume which did justice to his magnificent figure, and especially to those famous balustrade calves which had helped him to be the finest runner and jumper as well as the most formidable pugilist in England.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The load quivered, and from under the runners arose a crisp crackling.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The sled itself was without runners, being a birch-bark toboggan, with upturned forward end to keep it from ploughing under the snow.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
