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- English Word Rumpled Definition Wrinkled; crumpled.
- English Word Rumpless Definition Destitute of a rump.
- English Word Rumpling Definition of Rumple
- English Word Rumply Definition Rumpled.
- English Word Rumpus Definition A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.
- English Word Rumseller Definition One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail.
- English Word Run Definition of Run
- English Word Run Definition of Run
- English Word Run Definition 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.
- English Word Run Definition To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
- English Word Run Definition To flee, as from fear or danger.
- English Word Run Definition To steal off; to depart secretly.
- English Word Run Definition To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
- English Word Run Definition 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.
- English Word Run Definition To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
- English Word Run Definition To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.
- English Word Run Definition To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.
- English Word Run Definition To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.
- English Word Run Definition To creep, as serpents.
- English Word Run Definition 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.
- English Word Run Definition To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
- English Word Run Definition To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
- English Word Run Definition To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
- English Word Run Definition 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.
- English Word Run Definition To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
- English Word Run Definition To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
- English Word Run Definition To make progress; to proceed; to pass.
- English Word Run Definition 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.
- English Word Run Definition To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.
- English Word Run Definition To be in form thus, as a combination of words.