Runner - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips (syn: offset)
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- a long narrow carpet
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
Extra examples
The runner slid into third base.
...sent a runner to tell them that all was ready for the feast...
The runners want him.
The runners and riders appear in Friday's Racing Post.
The runner was forced out of bounds.
He was the first runner to cross the finish line.
She's a very fast runner.
The runner jumped a hurdle.
The gap between the lead runner and the rest of the field continued to widen.
Despite his bulk, he's a very fast runner.
...despite an accident early on, the runner persevered and ultimately triumphed...
The runner went to second base on a sacrifice.
“I'm the fastest runner on the team,” she bragged.
The lead runner set a murderous pace.
...the runner's arms were upraised in a sign of victory as he crossed the finish line...
Word forms
singular: runner
plural: runners
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