ran
Because it is a word with a single syllable, ran is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofran
- To run.
- To move swiftly.
- (fluids) To flow.
- (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
Example: "He is running the candidate's expensive campaign."
- To be a candidate in an election.
Example: "I have decided to run for governor of California."
- To make run in a race or an election.
Example: "He ran his best horse in the Derby."
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
Example: "to run through life; to run in a circle"
- To be presented in the media.
Example: "Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper."
- To print or broadcast in the media.
Example: "run a story; run an ad"
- To smuggle (illegal goods).
Example: "to run guns; to run rum"
- To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
Example: "Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again."
- To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
- To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
Example: "Don't run that software unless you have permission."
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
Example: "to run from one subject to another"
- To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
Example: "Our supplies are running low."
- To cost a large amount of money.
Example: "Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars."
- Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
Example: "My stocking is running."
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
Example: "to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot"
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
Example: "to run a line"
- To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
Example: "to run the risk of losing one's life"
- To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- 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.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
Example: "Every three or four hands he would run the table."
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- To be popularly known; to be generally received.
- To have growth or development.
Example: "Boys and girls run up rapidly."
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
Example: "Certain covenants run with the land."
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- To speedrun.
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