Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - runner
Runner
runner
n. 1 a person who runs, esp. in a race. 2 a a creeping plant-stem that can take root. b a twining plant. 3 a rod or groove or blade on which a thing slides. 4 a sliding ring on a rod etc. 5 a messenger, scout, collector, or agent for a bank etc.; a tout. 6 hist. a police officer. 7 a running bird. 8 a a smuggler. b = blockade-runner. 9 a revolving millstone. 10 Naut. a rope in a single block with one end round a tackle-block and the other having a hook. 11 (in full runner bean) Brit. a twining bean plant, Phaseolus multiflorus, with red flowers and long green seed pods. Also called scarlet runner. 12 each of the long pieces on the underside of a sledge etc. that forms the contact in sliding. 13 a roller for moving a heavy article. 14 a long narrow ornamental cloth or rug. Phrases and idioms do a runner sl. leave hastily; flee. runner-up (pl. runners-up or runner-ups) the competitor or team taking second place.
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noun Date: 14th century 1. one that runs ; racer, base ~, ballcarrier, 2. messenger, one that smuggles or distributes illicit or contraband goods (as drugs, liquor, or guns), any of several large vigorous carangid fishes, 4. either of the longitudinal pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides, the part of a skate that slides on the ice ; blade, the support of a drawer or a sliding door, 5. an elongated horizontal root arising from the base of a plant, a plant (as a strawberry) that forms or spreads by means of ~s, a twining vine (as a scarlet ~ bean), 6. a long narrow carpet for a hall or staircase, a narrow decorative cloth cover for a table or dresser top, an adjustable backstay running from mast to rail on a sail boat or ship, a running shot in basketball ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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