runs
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
An inflected form of run · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,850 of 81,628 words measured. It occurs 21,852 times across 191,625 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely also: tally the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9ththeir first tally came in the 3rd inning
- the act of testing something also: test, trial in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separatelyhe called each flip of the coin a new trial
- a race run on foot also: footrace, foot race she broke the record for the half-mile run
- an unbroken series of events also: streak had a streak of bad luckNicklaus had a run of birdies
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team also: running, running play, running game the defensive line braced to stop the runthe coach put great emphasis on running
- a regular trip the ship made its run in record time
runs in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It runs and slides, and only makes a sound.
Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter · Ben Jonson · Chapter 1
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So runs the great command For those who seek to ‘know’ and ‘understand.’
Poems of Experience · Ella Wheeler Wilcox · Chapter 1
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Under the circumstances, when he runs for King we can't be for him.
Billy Baxter's Letters · William J. Kountz · Chapter 1
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Buckfastleigh is on a branch line that runs up from Totnes, skirting Dartmoor, to Ashburton.
Legend Land, Vol. 2 · G. Basil (George Basil) Barham · Chapter 1
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At once rumours are spread about the weakness of the trust companies; runs start on both of them.
The Silent Bullet · Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve · Chapter 1