From en.wiktionary.org:
[Runner]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], [enm], equivalent to [en]. Cognate with [non]. Displaced
earlier [enm], from [ang] (“runner”; also “messenger, courier”).
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] ; one who runs.
1. A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
2. Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
3. [en] A competitor in a poker tournament.
4. Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
5. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | date=June 12 1998 | author=Daniel Jonathan Kirk | title=tipping competitions | newsgroup=aus.legal
|passage=[...] at least half of which would be put into the pool for the
winner, the rest kept for the RUNNERS of the system to cover costs and more
than likely make a fair profit.}}
1. A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. [en] ).
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1992 | author=Hamendar Bhisham Pal | title=The Plunder of Art | page=75
|passage=The modus operandi used by the idol and antique RUNNERS is to order
consignments of fakes.}}
1. [en] A player who run s for a batsman who is too injure d to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat .
2. [en] A baserunner .
3. [en] A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play , and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
4. Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
5. * [1=en]
6. [en] A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchen s to the table s.
7. * [en]
8. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1989 | title=Caterer & Hotelkeeper | volume=180 | page=83
|passage=[...] the chef can send a RUNNER to see why not and if the waiter has
forgotten about the order, a RUNNER can cover and serve.}}
1. [en] A trusty [prisoner granted special privileges] .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1959 | author=Frederick S. Baldi | title=My Unwelcome Guests | page=25
|passage=In our prisons you might find a condemned man working as a RUNNER, a
trusty, which is about as far from segregation as you can get.}}
1. [en] An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player client s for the agent.
2. * [url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/story/17443069/runners-world-union-boss-smiths-noble-idea-likely-stuck-at-the-start]
3. *: This week hundreds of NFL agents gathered to hear an honorable man talk about a noble pipedream. It was a discussion about a significant step to end one of the cornerstones of corruption in college football: RUNNERS . Not the backs getting their 40 times tested at the scouting combine but the slimeball trolls who work on behalf of agents to help recruit — a generous word — football prospects by illegally giving them cash (or cars or money for family members or rent for a nice house) so the player then signs with the agent upon turning pro.
4. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
5. One who runs away; a deserter or escapee .
6. [en] [en] An assistant. [en]
1. [en] A quick escape away from a scene.
2. [en] A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
3. Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole .
4. A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
5. [en] A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
1. A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
2. The blade of an ice skate.
3. The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
4. Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
5. * [en]
6. The curved base of a rocking chair.
7. In saddlery , a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
8. In molding , a channel cut in a mold.
9. The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
10. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
11. A tool in which lens es are fastened for polishing.
6. [en] An automobile ; a working or driveable automobile.
7. A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
8. A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
9. [en] A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
10. [en] A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
11. [en] A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend .
12. A leap ing food fish ( [Elagatis pinnulatis] ) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack , shoemaker , or yellowtail .
13. [en] A rope to increase the power of a tackle .
14. [en] A [en] .
15. An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
16. A running gag .
17. * [en]
18. * [en]
19. A streamlet .
20. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1927 | author=Henry Williamson | title=Tarka the Otter
|passage=A RUNNER, or streamlet, from other woods joined it at this end, and
waited in the pool to pass through the grating to the mills.}}
1. A boat for transporting fish , oyster s, etc. < !--Chambers 1908-->
**** Synonyms
- [climbing] [en] , [en]
**** Derived terms
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|endless runner |front
runner|bladerunner|bookrunner|cloudrunner|conrunner|footrunner|frontrunner|logrunner|nonrunner|parkrunner|racerunner|rockrunner|rumrunner|runnerless|showrunner|stonerunner|treerunner|ultrarunner|underrunner|waverunner
|infinite runner|Indian Runner |jayrunner|sand runner |river runner| midnight
runner |roadrunner|bull runner|fore-runner|hit-and-runner|wave
runner|wave-runner |runner bean |base runner|blockade runner|circle
runner|designated runner|drug runner|fell runner|free runner|front-runner|gag
runner|ghost runner|invisible runner|kite runner|non-runner|pinch runner|plug
the runner|rainbow runner|rat runner|ridge-runner|river-runner|rope
runner|route runner|rum runner|rum-runner|runner poison|runner
up|runner-runner|runner-up|scarlet runner|soak the runner|torch runner|runners
and riders|runner's knee}}
**** Translations
[somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace]
- Albanian: [sq] , [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt] , [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr] , [mr] , [mr]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk] , [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[entrant for a competition; candidate for an election]
- Finnish: [fi] [in competition] ; [fi] [in election]
[trans-bottom]
[somebody who controls or manages]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling]
- Finnish: [fi] [person]
[trans-bottom]
[cricket: player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run]
[trans-bottom]
[baseball: player who runs the bases]
[Australian rules football: person who runs out onto the field during the game
to take instructions from the coach] [trans-bottom]
[anyone sent on an errand or with communications]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers]
[slang: quick escape away from a scene]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[deserter]
[type of soft-soled shoe]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper] [trans-bottom]
[part of an apparatus that moves quickly]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] [gliding rail] ; [gliding surface] [fi] ; [fi] [sledge, rocking chair] ; [fi] [ice skate] , [fi] [molding]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Norwegian:
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[slang: automobile; a working or driveable automobile]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[strip of fabric used to decorate a table]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: , [it]
- Norwegian:
[trans-bottom]
[slang: unevenly burning part of a cigarette]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[botany: long stolon]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Norwegian:
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
[trans-bottom]
[en] [en]
** Italian
*** Etymology
[it].
*** Noun
[mfbysense]
1. [en] [person who runs]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [strip of fabric]
** Spanish
*** Etymology
[es].
*** Pronunciation
[ráner]
*** Noun
[mfbysense]
1. runner [person who runs]