16. To sew, as 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.
17. To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a
river in order to spawn.
To run a blockade, to get to, or away from, a blockaded port in safety.
-- To run down. (a) (Hunting) To chase till the object pursued is
captured or exhausted; as, to run down a stag. (b) (Naut.) To run
against and sink, as a vessel. (c) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
"Religion is run down by the license of these times." Berkeley. (d) To
disparage; to traduce. F. W. Newman. -- To run hard. (a) To press in
competition; as, to run one hard in a race. (b) To urge or press
importunately. (c) To banter severely. - - To run into the ground, to
carry to an absurd extreme; to overdo. [Slang, U.S.] -- To run off, to
cause to flow away, as a charge of molten metal from a furnace. -- To
run on (Print.), to carry on or continue, as the type for a new
sentence, without making a break or commencing a new paragraph. -- To
run out. (a) To thrust or push out; to extend. (b) To waste; to
exhaust; as, to run out an estate. (c) (Baseball) To put out while
running between two bases. -- To run the chances, or one's chances, to
encounter all the risks of a certain course. -- To run through, to
transfix; to pierce, as with a sword. "[He] was run through the body by
the man who had asked his advice." Addison. -- To run up. (a) To thrust
up, as anything long and slender. (b) To increase; to enlarge by
additions, as an account. (c) To erect hastily, as a building.
Run (?), n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick
run; to go on the run.