Crossword-Solution: RUN 3 letters, 692 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 3

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Word	Word Type	Definition
Run	-	of Run
Run	p. p.	of Run
Run	a.	To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.
Run	a.	To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
Run	a.	To flee, as from fear or danger.
Run	a.	To steal off; to depart secretly.
Run	a.	To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
Run	a.	To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.
Run	a.	To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
Run	a.	To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.
Run	a.	To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.
Run	a.	To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.
Run	a.	To creep, as serpents.
Run	a.	To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.
Run	a.	To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
Run	a.	To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
Run	a.	To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
Run	a.	To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
Run	a.	To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
Run	a.	To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
Run	a.	To make progress; to proceed; to pass.
Run	a.	To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.
Run	a.	To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.
Run	a.	To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
Run	a.	To be popularly known; to be generally received.
Run	a.	To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.
Run	a.	To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
Run	a.	To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.
Run	a.	To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.
Run	a.	To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.
Run	a.	To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
Run	a.	To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.
Run	a.	To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.
Run	a.	Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body.
Run	a.	To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
Run	v. t.	To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block.
Run	v. i.	To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
Run	v. i.	To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.
Run	v. i.	To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
Run	v. i.	To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.
Run	v. i.	To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.
Run	v. i.	To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods.
Run	v. i.	To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.
Run	v. i.	To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.
Run	v. i.	To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.
Run	v. i.	To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
Run	v. i.	To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.
Run	v. i.	To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.
Run	v. i.	To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.
Run	v. i.	To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
Run	v. i.	To sew, as 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.
Run	v. i.	To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.
Run	n.	The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.
Run	n.	A small stream; a brook; a creek.
Run	n.	That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
Run	n.	A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
Run	n.	State of being current; currency; popularity.
Run	n.	Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
Run	n.	A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
Run	n.	A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.
Run	n.	The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.
Run	n.	The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.
Run	n.	A voyage; as, a run to China.
Run	n.	A pleasure excursion; a trip.
Run	n.	The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license 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.
Run	n.	A roulade, or series of running tones.
Run	n.	The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.
Run	n.	The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
Run	n.	In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs.
Run	n.	A pair or set of millstones.
Run	a.	Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.
Run	a.	Smuggled; as, run goods.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
RUN	anagram	NUR, UNR, URN

We have 692 clues for the answer “RUN”

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7,485 performances, for Broadway's original "Cats"	1 answer
A series.	1 answer
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Blue Jays' score	1 answer
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Broadway show's life	1 answer
Bull ____: Manassas	1 answer
Bull or end	1 answer
Bull or home	1 answer
COURSE of operation	1 answer
Camden Yards score	1 answer
Campaign for office	1 answer
Choose flight instead of fight	1 answer
Operate quickly	1 answer
Comerica Park score	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

Hint 2 anagram

CRAEON

Hint 3 another clue

COVER THE EYES

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Unscramble RUN 3-letter words that start with R 3-letter words that end in N 3-letter words containing UN 3-letter words containing NU 3-letter words with R and U

Sentences with RUN (5)

When playing Follow my Leader, Peter would fly close to the water and touch each shark’s tail in passing, just as in the street you may run your finger along an iron railing.

Peter Pan James M. Barrie 1991

Swift of foot was Hiawatha; He could shoot an arrow from him, And run forward with such fleetness, That the arrow fell behind him! Strong of arm was Hiawatha; He could shoot ten arrows upward, Shoot them with such strength and swiftness, That the tenth had left the bow-string Ere the first to earth had fallen! He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore them, He could smite the rocks asunder, He could grind them into powder.

The Song Of Hiawatha Henry W. Longfellow 1991

Aire, and ye Elements the eldest birth Of Natures Womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual Circle, multiform; and mix And nourish all things, let your ceasless change Varie to our great Maker still new praise.

Paradise Lost John Milton 1991

The Mischievous Dog A DOG used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice.

Aesop’s Fables Aesop 2000

The most I had to do was to drive up the cows at evening, keep the fowls out of the garden, keep the front yard clean, and run of errands for my old master’s daughter, Mrs.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1992

Quotes with RUN (3)

I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look back at him. "I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.""That's sensible of you," I say, smiling too. "We should find some paper so you can make a list or a chart or something." I feel his laughter against my side, his nose sliding along my jaw, his lips pressing my ear." Maybe I'm already sure," he says, "and I just …

Veronica Roth Divergent

We’re all seeking that special person who is right for us. But if you’ve been through enough relationships, you begin to suspect there’s no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why is this? Because you yourself are wrong in some way, and you seek out partners who are wrong in some complementary way. But it takes a lot of living to grow fully into your own wrongness. And it isn’t until you finally run up against your deepest demons, your unsolvable problems — the one…

Andrew Boyd Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe

It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember…

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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 677 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).