Ran Definition & Meaning — Word Unscrambler

verb

To run.

verb

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.
To be a candidate in an election.
To make run in a race or an election.
To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
To be presented in the media.
To print or broadcast in the media.
To smuggle (illegal goods).
To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
To cost a large amount of money.
Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
To cause to enter; to thrust.
To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
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.
To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
To be popularly known; to be generally received.
To have growth or development.
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.
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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