Dictionary Check: ran

"ran" is a valid word!

Scrabble 3 points
Words with Friends 4 points

Definition

verb

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

Example: "Don't run — you'll be out of breath"
Synonyms:
run
verb

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

Example: "If you see this man, run!"
verb

stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

Example: "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"
Synonyms:
verb

direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.

Example: "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
Synonyms:
verb

have a particular form

Example: "the story or argument runs as follows"
Synonyms:
verb

move along, of liquids

Example: "Water flowed into the cave"
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