runner

Definitions


[ˈrʌnə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person that runs, especially in a specified way
(e.g: Mary was a fast runner)

- a person who smuggles specified goods into or out of a country or area
(e.g: a gun-runner)

- a rod, groove, or blade on which something slides

- a shoot, typically leafless, which grows from the base of a plant along the surface of the ground and can take root at points along its length
(e.g: it's not always easy to find strawberry runners with good strong roots)

- a long, narrow rug or strip of carpet, especially for a hall or stairway
(e.g: a faded runner held in place with brass stair rods)

- a revolving millstone

- a police officer


- a fast-swimming fish of the jack family, occurring in tropical seas


Phrases:
- do a runner

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definition by Oxford Dictionaries