Ran Definition

răn
noun
The goddess of the sea.
American Heritage

(nautical) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) Open robbery.

Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary
verb

Run.

Webster's New World

Simple past tense of run.

Wiktionary
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Origin of Ran

  • Old English ran

    From Wiktionary

  • Old Norse Rān

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ran Sentence Examples

  • The next few days ran together.

  • I slipped from my mother's lap and almost ran toward them.

  • His searching gaze ran over her face again.

  • I ran a marathon for that shirt!

  • She ran her hand over the smooth clean surface of the baler.

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Words Starting With

RRARAN

Words Ending With

NANRAN

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Ran

Words Starting With R and Ending With N

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With R3 Letter Words Ending With N