[
UK
/ɹˈʌnɐ/
]
[ US /ˈɹənɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹənɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
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a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
he sent a runner over with the contract - (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a long narrow carpet
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
How To Use runner In A Sentence
- Mrs King is being supported by her husband Simon, a police inspector with Wiltshire Constabulary, who is also a seasoned runner.
- Challenge trophies and prize monies are to be awarded to the winners, runners-up and other outstanding performers.
- There was a runner on first with two out in the seventh.
- On a more encouraging note, the Democratic front-runner is out-earning her. Think Progress » Bachmann Accuses The Media Of ‘Treason,’ Claims Use Of ‘Deem And Pass’ Warrants ‘Impeachment’
- Formerly called Stanleyville, it was once known across Africa as a vibrant meeting spot for diamond runners, gold miners and foreign businessmen. ANC Daily News Briefing
- Clonal progeny may be produced by stolons, runners, rhizomes, tubers, buds on bulbs, corms and roots, layering of stems, and agamospermous seed.
- With the new points system, which has reduced the number of points for winners and runners-up, it pays to be consistent.
- Marathon runners will take to Sukhumvit Highway southbound towards Sattahip before returning to the finish line.
- The ground was luxuriant with colocynth, whose runners and fruits looked festive in the early light.
- His team pulled the sled deep into the night, Jason shouting orders left and right while he stood on the runners at the back of the sled.