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What does runner mean?

Definitions in simple English

runner Noun

— A runner is someone who runs. There are lots of runners in the park in the evening. The cheetah is a very fast runner. — A runner is a mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding). — # A smooth strip on which a sledge runs. — # The blade of an ice skate. — # The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed. — # The curved base of a rocking chair.

runner

— noun (= smuggler) someone who imports or exports without paying duties — noun a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents he sent a runner over with the contract — noun someone who travels on foot by running — noun (= base runner) a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) — noun a trained athlete who competes in foot races — noun device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along — noun a long narrow carpet — noun fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil — noun (= ball carrier) (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play — noun (= stolon) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

Synonyms runner synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as runner?

runner English » English

messenger smuggler racer moon curser contrabandist stolon courier blue runner rug offset moon-curser base runner Caranx crysos track rotor rocker orderly mackerel jogger impeller gofer do a runner crevalle black jack ball carrier yellow mackerel yaru boca abau yara yag white back cavalli wheel wagon trumpeter trotter trochanter trainer trail tradesman tout tilt tendril tail pulley strip of carpet street runner stair-carpet sprue spool sneaker smuggle slider slide-block

Topics runner topics

What do people use runner to talk about?

Universe, creation Plant

Parts of a plant

What words refer to the roots?

root tuber tubercle bulb taproot runner root hairs rootstock
What are the parts of a vine?

vine runner creeper

Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Bird

What species of bird are there?

accipiter accipitrine anhinga albatross aquiline auk avocet bittern blackbird blackcap bluebird blue jay bobolink bobwhite booby brant bullfinch bunting bustard buteo buzzard canary caracara cardinal cassowary catbird chat chickadee chicken cock cockatoo cormorant condor coot crane crepuscular crow cuckoo curlew cygnet dove drake duck duckling dunlin eagle eaglet egret eider emu erne falcon fieldfare finch flamingo flicker flycatcher fulmar gallinule gander gannet gnatcatcher goatsucker godwit goldfinch goose goshawk gosling grackle grebe grouse gull gyrfalcon hawk hen heron hoopoe hummingbird ibis jackdaw jaeger jay junco kea kingbird kingfisher kite kittiwake kiwi lapwing lark loon lovebird lyrebird macaw magpie mallard martin merganser mew moa mockingbird myna mynah nighthawk nightjar nonpasserine nuthatch oriole oscine osprey ostrich owl parakeet passerine parrot partridge peacock peafowl peahen peewit pelican penguin peregrine petrel pewee pewit phalarope pheasant pigeon pintail pipit plover ptarmigan puffin quail quetzal rail ratite raven redbird rhea ricebird ringdove robin rooster rook runner sandpiper sapsucker scoter seagull shearwater shelduck siskin skua snipe snowbird sparrow spoonbill squab starling stilt stork swallow swan swift tailorbird tanager teal tern thrasher thrush tit titmouse towhee trumpeter tumbler turkey turnstone turtledove vireo vulture vulturine wading warbler waxwing weaverbird whistler willet woodcock woodpecker wren yellowhammer yellowlegs yellowthroat

Daily life Household equipment Furniture

Table

What do people commonly put on top of a table that is closely associated with the table?

tablecloth runner centerpiece table decoration

Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports

What are the winners and losers called?

winner champion loser first place winner second place runner up second runner up

Examples runner examples

How do I use runner in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom is the fastest runner in his class.

The fastest runner can't run 100 meters in 9 seconds.

The runner has firm muscles.

The runner got a good start.

It is impossible to catch up with the fast runner.

She was a strong, fast runner then.

Though Jane is not a good runner, she can swim very fast.

I am the fastest runner.

Even the fastest runner in the world cannot run if he is hungry.

Naoko is a fast runner.

He is the fastest runner in our class.

He did his best but soon saw that he could not compete with such a fast runner.

He is a fast runner.

They will catch up with the lead runner soon.

She is a runner.

Tony is a fast runner.

The runner had reached the halfway mark.

He is the fastest runner in his class.

Movie subtitles

She's either gone to ground, or done a runner. Where are you?

I always heard of you as the fastest runner of all heroes, let's run, you and I, for the first draught!

I want to announce in time that the high man from yesterday's events was the man from Utah..Cheyenne Kent is the runner up.

But you are a blockade runner?

A convoy could meet us at our Amarillo outpost rush the gold to Galveston, then by a blockade runner all the way around to Wilmington, then here.

Elliott's already sent a runner for some.

The runner will be back in a day or two.

I can send a runner.

Freddie, get that runner away.

And the runner beans?

Runner-up in the heavyweight division.

Tell him who you were runner-up to.

I sell my horse, who's a runner, to buy a bus?

Runner?

I'm a faster runner, too.

The police thought Yves Normand had done a runner.

Well, take me to a hotel that's got a nice large rug in the lobby, will you? And with a small runner alongside of it for the dog.

Then he spears this hot line drive, runs over and touches second. then dives over and tags the runner sliding in.

Robin's not gonna be a whiskey runner.

I swore I'd kill anybody that tried to make him a whiskey runner.

Watching the lieutenant and waiting for someone, probably a brigade runner to bring him our movement orders.

Or perhaps. Perhaps the runner won't appear.

Did the runner get to you?

The runner said you saw Love Company.

Sir, don't you need me as a runner any more?

Your money went to help finance a slave-runner from Africa.

A slave-runner?

Abolitionist money financing a slave-runner?

Oh, look, a runner.

Cimoli had the ball but dropped it, and the runner is safe at first.

I'm sending it back by runner.

See this bottom runner?

I'd become a marathon runner because of her.

Couldn't you put a carpet down here? A soft red runner.

Big runner.

The runner?

Almost took me, but I'm a pretty fast runner.

You're Road Runner, trying to beat your own record.

News and current affairs

Yet in marked contrast to the smaller nations that half a century earlier had joined France, Italy and Germany in launching the Union's fore-runner, the European Economic Community, the new arrivals are digging in their heels, demanding equal rights.

The OVR first became an ally of the Unity party, and then merged with it into what became known as United Russia, helping it become this year's clear front-runner.

Each of the Republican candidates took a turn as front-runner in this race, and the rigors of the primary season exposed the flaws in some, like Texas Governor Rick Perry, who were initially attractive.

Moreover, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzu Abe, the front-runner to succeed him, has openly declared that he will continue to visit the shrine as prime minister.

Ultimately, generics remain the current front-runner in terms of delivering affordable medicines.

This bellicosity has had the effect of pushing Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, into distancing herself from Obama.

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