runner 
run·ner (run′ər)
noun
- a person, animal, or thing that runs; specif.,
- a racer
- ☆ Baseball base runner
- ☆ Football a player running with the ball
- a person who runs errands, carries messages, etc., as for a bank or brokerage house
- a smuggler
- a person who operates or manages something, as a machine
- a long, narrow, decorative cloth for the top of a table, chest of drawers, etc.
- a long, narrow rug, as for a hall or corridor
- a long ravel, as in hose; run
- a long, slender, horizontal trailing stem that puts out roots along or just below the ground at its tip or its nodes, thus producing new plants; stolon
- any plant that spreads in this way, as the strawberry
- any of various twining plants the scarlet runner
- something on or in which something else moves, as a sliding part in machinery or the support along which a sliding door moves
- ☆ either of the long, narrow pieces of metal or wood on which a sled or sleigh slides
- ☆ the blade of a skate
- a ring, loop, etc. that can slide along a strap, rod, etc., often one to which another part or parts can be attached
- Metallurgy a channel through which molten metal is poured into a mold; gate
- Zool. any of various edible jack fishes of warm seas, as a bluish species (Caranx crysos) and a striped bluish species (Elagatis bipinnulata)
Etymology: ME renner
runner
n.
One who runs
racer, entrant, contestant, sprinter, distance runner, long distance runner, marathoner, middle distance runner, 220-man*, dasher, cross-country runner, jogger, trackman, hurdler, messenger, courier, postrider, post, express, dispatch bearer, cinder man*, cinder artist*, century man*; see also athlete.A vine
tendril, branch, offshoot; see vine.
Converse of object
- peg: Climb the wall just right of the thin crack past a peg runner.
- finish: Despite not losing a game in the group stages Furley Park finished runners up in their group.
- beat: He scored 14pts to beat runner up Eric Broadbelt ( 12 ) and third was Vic Harding ( 12 ).
- declare: Place market terms are shown below and are based on declared runners and not actual runners.
Adjective modifier
- Kenyan: The Kenyan runners acknowledged Mottram's effort by all rushing to console him and invite him to share a lap of honor.
- long-distance: Mr Zanelli lives and works as a private financial advisor in his hometown and is an inveterate long-distance runner.
- fell: Now I know what they say about these fell runners is true.
- cross-country: Already a Blues cross-country runner, Claire will doubtless be a key player in this summer ' s Varsity campaign.
- middle-distance: A chronic asthma sufferer, he became a respected middle-distance runner.
- 400m: This would be great for the 400m runner, who has few concerns about aerobic capacity and lactate threshold.
Modifies a noun
- bean: The only veg not enjoying the weather are the runner beans - they need a little more heat to get going.
Noun used with modifier
- marathon: There is already a team of marathon runners in place.
- endurance: Even the endurance runners expressed an improved feeling of ' strength ' .
- fore: This became the fore runner of the hack used in the modern game.
- distance: This seems to be a treat reserved for the distance runner - endurance cyclists don't suffer.
- blockade: Ships were bought and sold or purposely built as blockade runners.
- mileage: Cushioning, 5 out of 5, very well cushioned shoe for the high mileage runner.
Possessives
- bookie: Kay forces Tracey to hand over some of the money to her, and enlists Linda as her bookie's runner.
Preposition: up
The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one. Nay, it is obvious that when a man runs the wrong way, the more active and swift he is the further he will go astray.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
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