Runs meaning : Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip. A pleasure trip. Flight, instance or period of fleeing. Migration (of fish). A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning. A path taken by literal movement or figuratively An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel. Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder. State of being current; currency; popularity. Continuous or sequential A flow of liquid; a leak. (West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.) A quick pace, faster than a walk. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals. Any sudden large demand for something. Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces A standard or unexceptional group or category. In sports A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking. The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward. The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes. A pair or set of millstones. To move swiftly. (fluids) To flow. (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled. To control or manage, be in charge of. To be a candidate in an election. To make run in a race or an election. To exert continuous activity; to proceed. To be presented in the media. To print or broadcast in the media. To smuggle (illegal goods). To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time. To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation. To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse). To cost a large amount of money. Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. To cause to enter; to thrust. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk). To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time. To control or have precedence in a card game. To be in form thus, as a combination of words. To be popularly known; to be generally received. To have growth or development. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company. To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune). To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole. To speedrun.