English words for 'To run away, especially fearfully.'
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adj
noun
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
- someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
verb
adj
noun
verb
verb
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
- (law) To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
- (intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
- (intransitive, of bee colonies) To abandon a hive.
- (transitive, uncommon) To evade, to hide or flee from.
verb
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- secure or lock with a bolt
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
noun
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
adv
verb
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- stop running, functioning, or operating
- be discharged or activated
- burst inward
- go off or discharge
- happen in a particular manner
- (intransitive, figurative) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK, of epoxy resins) To cure; to set.
- (intransitive) To fire, especially accidentally.
- (intransitive, LGBTQ slang) To perform extremely well; to be impressive or attractive; often used to express encouragement.
- (intransitive, slang) To rant; to talk at length negatively; to insult or criticize.
- (intransitive) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished; to happen.
- (intransitive, UK, Australia, Canada) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.
- (intransitive) To depart; to leave.
- (intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.
- (transitive) To like gradually less.
- (intransitive, slang) To fall unconscious; to go to sleep; to die.
- (slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- (intransitive) To stop operating; to switch off.
- (intransitive) To explode.
- (intransitive, slang) To fight or attack.
- (transitive) To follow or extrapolate from something; to judge by.
verb
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- To flee or depart quickly.
- To chase someone away.
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
- run away secretly with one's beloved
- force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- run off as waste
- reproduce by xerography
- (idiomatic) To write something quickly.
- To have diarrhea.
- (transitive) To steal (horses).
- (idiomatic) To make photocopies, or print.
- To operate by a particular energy or fuel source.
- To cause to flow away.
- To recite, especially items on a list.
- (of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over.
noun
- The act of running away from home (for any reason).
- The act of running away from home with a paramour.
- The act of running away secretly for the purpose of getting married.
- (pathology) The act of a person with dementia or other mental illness wandering away from the area where they are safe.
- the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)
verb
- run away quickly
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- move quickly or suddenly
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- operate an airplane
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
adj
noun
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- An act of flying.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
verb
- run away from confinement
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- fail to experience
- remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
- issue or leak, as from a small opening
- (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
- (transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
- (intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
- (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
- (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
noun
- nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
- the discharge of a fluid from some container
- the act of escaping physically
- an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
- an avoidance of danger or difficulty
- a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
- a means or way of escaping
- a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
- (programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
- (botany) A cultivated plant found growing as though wild, dispersed by some agency.
- (snooker) A successful shot from a snooker position.
- A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
- Something that has escaped; an escapee.
- Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
- The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
- (architecture) An apophyge.
- (computing) escape key
- (manufacturing) A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
verb
- run away from confinement
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
- To slip from one's control.
- To start moving; to depart.
- (with 'to' when used with an object) To take a break from one's present circumstances; to journey (to), especially on holiday.
- (with 'from' when used with an object) To avoid capture; to escape; to flee (from).
- (literally) To move away (from).
intj
noun
- The act of fleeing.
- The act of flying.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An instance of flying.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- a flock of flying birds
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
verb
noun
- beds built one above the other
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
- a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
- a rough bed (as at a campsite)
- a long trough for feeding cattle
- (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
- (Singapore, military, by extension) A dormitory or bunkroom where soldiers sleep.
- One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
- (military) A cot.
- (slang) A specimen of a recreational drug with insufficient active ingredient.
- (US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
- (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
adj
verb
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- 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.
noun
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) 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 trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
adj
verb
noun
- singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- (music, jazz) Scat singing.
- (slang, pornography) Coprophilia, scatophilia.
- Any fish in the family Scatophagidae.
- A tax; tribute.
- (biology) Animal excrement; droppings, dung.
- (slang) Heroin.
- (uncommon) A blow; a hit, an impact.
- (UK, dialect) A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
- (Shetland) A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.
intj
verb
- (intransitive, rare) To flee by turning one's back.
- (intransitive) To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.
- (intransitive) To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to obfuscate in a deliberate manner.
- abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
- be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
noun
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- an easy victory
- (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
- A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
- The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
- A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
- An overwhelming victory.
adj
- Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
- completely out of control
- Unchecked; rampant.
- Accelerating out of control.
- Pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping.
- (of a horse or other animal) Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.
- Easily won, as a contest.
- (informal) Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.
verb
adj
noun
- A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
- A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
- Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).
- (uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
- a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
- insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
verb
- chase away, with as with force
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- yaw back and forth about a flight path
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- search (an area) for prey
- seek, search for
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
- (transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
- (ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
- (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
- (ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
- (transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
- (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
- (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
noun
- an instance of searching for something
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
- An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
- A hunting expedition.
- The act of hunting.
- A pack of hunting dogs.
verb
- cause to flee
- defeat disastrously
- dig with the snout
- make a groove in
- (transitive) Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
- (transitive, chiefly US) Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
- (intransitive) Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
- (transitive) To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To snore, especially loudly.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
- (ambitransitive) To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
- (transitive) To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
noun
- an overwhelming defeat
- a disorderly crowd of people
- (countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
- A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
- A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
- (chiefly Scotland) A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
- (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
- (countable, law, historical) An illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
- (countable) A group of disorganized things.
- (military, also figurative) The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
verb
- (intransitive) To flee, to escape, to speed away.
- (intransitive) To evanesce, disappear, die out.
- To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
- (nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
- To take the cream from; to skim.
- (ambitransitive) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
- (ambitransitive) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
- (nautical, intransitive, of people) To move or change in position.
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- disappear gradually
adj
noun
- (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
- (dialectal, obsolete outside of place names) An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
- A group of vessels or vehicles.
- A large, coordinated group of people.
- (nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
- (nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
- Any group of associated items.
- The individual waves in corrugated fiberboard.
- group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
- a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
- a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
- group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
verb
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.
- (transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
- (transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
- To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
- (computing, intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
- (transitive) To provide with a trap.
- (aviation, military, slang, intransitive) To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- (slang, informal, sometimes offensive) Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.
- (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.
- catch in or as if in a trap
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- to sell marijuana on a street corner
- place in a confining or embarrassing position
- hold or catch as if in a trap
noun
- (by extension, cartography, law, technical) A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
- (Australia, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- (slang) A person's mouth.
- (slang) Synonym of vagina.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
- (slang, informal, usually offensive, usually derogatory) Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.
- (slang, informal, usually considered offensive) A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko, josou.
- (aviation, military, slang) A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- (geology) A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
- (slang, bodybuilding, anatomy) The trapezius muscle.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
- (US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.
- (slang, uncountable) The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
- (gun sports) Trapshooting.
- (US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
- (slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).
- The game of trapball itself.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
- (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- a hazard on a golf course
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- informal terms for the mouth
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
verb
noun
- (cricket) A batsman who is frequently dismissed by the same bowler (said to be that player's rabbit).
- A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
- (cricket) A very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
- (computing theory) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
- Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
- (uncountable) The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
- A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
- (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
- (genericized trademark) A vibrator with a shaft and a clitoral stimulator usually shaped like a rabbit's ears.
- A pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor.
- any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
- the fur of a rabbit
- flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
noun
adv
verb
adj
verb
- Of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
- To cause (a drove or herd of animals) to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
- run away in a stampede
- To cause animals (owned by a person) to run away or scamper in this manner.
- (figurative) Of people: to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
- (figurative) To cause (people) to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
- (by extension) To cause (an individual) to act hastily or rashly.
- (by extension) Of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
- (by extension) To cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
- cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
- cause to run in panic
- act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
noun
- A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
- (Canada, US) An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
- (figurative) A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
- A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to move in the same direction at the same time, especially in consequence of a panic.
- a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
- a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
verb
- (intransitive) To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- move away or escape suddenly
- (transitive) To take or force out by breaking.
- (intransitive, of a person) To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face.
- (intransitive) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
- (transitive) To separate (something) from a bundle.
- (transitive) To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To bring out from storage, use, or present.
- (especially recording industry, intransitive) (Of a record, product, or company): to achieve widespread success.
- begin suddenly and sometimes violently
- become raw or open
- start abruptly
- take from stowage in preparation for use
verb
- (intransitive) To run away hastily; scram.
- (of an animal) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
- (transitive) To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo.
- (intransitive) To ride on a scooter.
- (Scotland, transitive) To squirt.
- (intransitive, often with over) To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).
- (intransitive) To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
- run or move very quickly or hastily
noun
noun
- The act of running away from home (for any reason).
- The act of running away from home with a paramour.
- The act of running away secretly for the purpose of getting married.
- (pathology) The act of a person with dementia or other mental illness wandering away from the area where they are safe.
- the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)
noun
- The act of fleeing.
- The act of flying.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An instance of flying.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- a flock of flying birds
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
adj
noun
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
- someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
verb
noun
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- an easy victory
- (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
- A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
- The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
- A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
- An overwhelming victory.
adj
- Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
- completely out of control
- Unchecked; rampant.
- Accelerating out of control.
- Pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping.
- (of a horse or other animal) Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.
- Easily won, as a contest.
- (informal) Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.
noun
adv
verb
adj
verb
- Of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
- To cause (a drove or herd of animals) to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
- run away in a stampede
- To cause animals (owned by a person) to run away or scamper in this manner.
- (figurative) Of people: to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
- (figurative) To cause (people) to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
- (by extension) To cause (an individual) to act hastily or rashly.
- (by extension) Of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
- (by extension) To cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
- cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
- cause to run in panic
- act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
noun
- A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
- (Canada, US) An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
- (figurative) A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
- A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to move in the same direction at the same time, especially in consequence of a panic.
- a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
- a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
verb
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
- (law) To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
- (intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
- (intransitive, of bee colonies) To abandon a hive.
- (transitive, uncommon) To evade, to hide or flee from.
verb
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- secure or lock with a bolt
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
noun
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
adv
verb
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- stop running, functioning, or operating
- be discharged or activated
- burst inward
- go off or discharge
- happen in a particular manner
- (intransitive, figurative) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK, of epoxy resins) To cure; to set.
- (intransitive) To fire, especially accidentally.
- (intransitive, LGBTQ slang) To perform extremely well; to be impressive or attractive; often used to express encouragement.
- (intransitive, slang) To rant; to talk at length negatively; to insult or criticize.
- (intransitive) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished; to happen.
- (intransitive, UK, Australia, Canada) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.
- (intransitive) To depart; to leave.
- (intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.
- (transitive) To like gradually less.
- (intransitive, slang) To fall unconscious; to go to sleep; to die.
- (slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- (intransitive) To stop operating; to switch off.
- (intransitive) To explode.
- (intransitive, slang) To fight or attack.
- (transitive) To follow or extrapolate from something; to judge by.
verb
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- To flee or depart quickly.
- To chase someone away.
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
- run away secretly with one's beloved
- force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- run off as waste
- reproduce by xerography
- (idiomatic) To write something quickly.
- To have diarrhea.
- (transitive) To steal (horses).
- (idiomatic) To make photocopies, or print.
- To operate by a particular energy or fuel source.
- To cause to flow away.
- To recite, especially items on a list.
- (of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over.
verb
- run away quickly
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- move quickly or suddenly
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- operate an airplane
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
adj
noun
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- An act of flying.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
verb
- run away from confinement
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- fail to experience
- remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
- issue or leak, as from a small opening
- (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
- (transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
- (intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
- (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
- (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
noun
- nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
- the discharge of a fluid from some container
- the act of escaping physically
- an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
- an avoidance of danger or difficulty
- a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
- a means or way of escaping
- a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
- (programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
- (botany) A cultivated plant found growing as though wild, dispersed by some agency.
- (snooker) A successful shot from a snooker position.
- A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
- Something that has escaped; an escapee.
- Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
- The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
- (architecture) An apophyge.
- (computing) escape key
- (manufacturing) A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
verb
- run away from confinement
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
- To slip from one's control.
- To start moving; to depart.
- (with 'to' when used with an object) To take a break from one's present circumstances; to journey (to), especially on holiday.
- (with 'from' when used with an object) To avoid capture; to escape; to flee (from).
- (literally) To move away (from).
intj
verb
noun
- beds built one above the other
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
- a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
- a rough bed (as at a campsite)
- a long trough for feeding cattle
- (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
- (Singapore, military, by extension) A dormitory or bunkroom where soldiers sleep.
- One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
- (military) A cot.
- (slang) A specimen of a recreational drug with insufficient active ingredient.
- (US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
- (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
adj
verb
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- 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.
noun
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) 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 trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
adj
verb
noun
- singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- (music, jazz) Scat singing.
- (slang, pornography) Coprophilia, scatophilia.
- Any fish in the family Scatophagidae.
- A tax; tribute.
- (biology) Animal excrement; droppings, dung.
- (slang) Heroin.
- (uncommon) A blow; a hit, an impact.
- (UK, dialect) A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
- (Shetland) A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.
intj
verb
- (intransitive, rare) To flee by turning one's back.
- (intransitive) To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.
- (intransitive) To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to obfuscate in a deliberate manner.
- abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
- be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
verb
adj
noun
- A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
- A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
- Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).
- (uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
- a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
- insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
verb
- chase away, with as with force
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- yaw back and forth about a flight path
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- search (an area) for prey
- seek, search for
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
- (transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
- (ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
- (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
- (ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
- (transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
- (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
- (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
noun
- an instance of searching for something
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
- An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
- A hunting expedition.
- The act of hunting.
- A pack of hunting dogs.
verb
- cause to flee
- defeat disastrously
- dig with the snout
- make a groove in
- (transitive) Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
- (transitive, chiefly US) Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
- (intransitive) Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
- (transitive) To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To snore, especially loudly.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
- (ambitransitive) To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
- (transitive) To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
noun
- an overwhelming defeat
- a disorderly crowd of people
- (countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
- A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
- A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
- (chiefly Scotland) A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
- (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
- (countable, law, historical) An illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
- (countable) A group of disorganized things.
- (military, also figurative) The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
verb
- (intransitive) To flee, to escape, to speed away.
- (intransitive) To evanesce, disappear, die out.
- To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
- (nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
- To take the cream from; to skim.
- (ambitransitive) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
- (ambitransitive) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
- (nautical, intransitive, of people) To move or change in position.
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- disappear gradually
adj
noun
- (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
- (dialectal, obsolete outside of place names) An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
- A group of vessels or vehicles.
- A large, coordinated group of people.
- (nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
- (nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
- Any group of associated items.
- The individual waves in corrugated fiberboard.
- group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
- a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
- a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
- group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
verb
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.
- (transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
- (transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
- To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
- (computing, intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
- (transitive) To provide with a trap.
- (aviation, military, slang, intransitive) To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- (slang, informal, sometimes offensive) Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.
- (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.
- catch in or as if in a trap
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- to sell marijuana on a street corner
- place in a confining or embarrassing position
- hold or catch as if in a trap
noun
- (by extension, cartography, law, technical) A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
- (Australia, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- (slang) A person's mouth.
- (slang) Synonym of vagina.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
- (slang, informal, usually offensive, usually derogatory) Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.
- (slang, informal, usually considered offensive) A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko, josou.
- (aviation, military, slang) A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- (geology) A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
- (slang, bodybuilding, anatomy) The trapezius muscle.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
- (US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.
- (slang, uncountable) The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
- (gun sports) Trapshooting.
- (US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
- (slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).
- The game of trapball itself.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
- (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- a hazard on a golf course
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- informal terms for the mouth
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
verb
noun
- (cricket) A batsman who is frequently dismissed by the same bowler (said to be that player's rabbit).
- A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
- (cricket) A very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
- (computing theory) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
- Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
- (uncountable) The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
- A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
- (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
- (genericized trademark) A vibrator with a shaft and a clitoral stimulator usually shaped like a rabbit's ears.
- A pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor.
- any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
- the fur of a rabbit
- flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
verb
- Of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
- To cause (a drove or herd of animals) to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
- run away in a stampede
- To cause animals (owned by a person) to run away or scamper in this manner.
- (figurative) Of people: to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
- (figurative) To cause (people) to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
- (by extension) To cause (an individual) to act hastily or rashly.
- (by extension) Of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
- (by extension) To cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
- cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
- cause to run in panic
- act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
noun
- A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
- (Canada, US) An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
- (figurative) A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
- A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to move in the same direction at the same time, especially in consequence of a panic.
- a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
- a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
verb
- (intransitive) To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- move away or escape suddenly
- (transitive) To take or force out by breaking.
- (intransitive, of a person) To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face.
- (intransitive) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
- (transitive) To separate (something) from a bundle.
- (transitive) To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To bring out from storage, use, or present.
- (especially recording industry, intransitive) (Of a record, product, or company): to achieve widespread success.
- begin suddenly and sometimes violently
- become raw or open
- start abruptly
- take from stowage in preparation for use
verb
- (intransitive) To run away hastily; scram.
- (of an animal) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
- (transitive) To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo.
- (intransitive) To ride on a scooter.
- (Scotland, transitive) To squirt.
- (intransitive, often with over) To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).
- (intransitive) To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
- run or move very quickly or hastily
noun
adj
noun
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
- someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- an easy victory
- (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
- A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
- The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
- A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
- An overwhelming victory.
adj
- Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
- completely out of control
- Unchecked; rampant.
- Accelerating out of control.
- Pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping.
- (of a horse or other animal) Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.
- Easily won, as a contest.
- (informal) Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.