English noun: runner |
1. | runner (person) someone who imports or exports without paying duties |
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| Synonyms | contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, smuggler |
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| Broader (hypernym) | criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | arms-runner, coyote, gunrunner, rumrunner |
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2. | runner (person) someone who travels on foot by running |
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| Broader (hypernym) | traveler, traveller |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | jogger |
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3. | runner (person) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents |
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| Samples | He sent a runner over with the contract.
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| Broader (hypernym) | courier, messenger |
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4. | runner (person) a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) |
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| Synonyms | base runner |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ballplayer, baseball player |
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| Domain category | baseball, baseball game |
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5. | runner (plant) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips |
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| Synonyms | offset, stolon |
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| Broader (hypernym) | plant organ |
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6. | runner (person) a trained athlete who competes in foot races |
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| Broader (hypernym) | athlete, jock |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | long-distance runner, marathon runner, marathoner, miler, road runner, sprinter |
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7. | runner (person) (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play |
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| Synonyms | ball carrier |
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| Broader (hypernym) | football player, footballer |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | forward passer, passer, rusher |
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| Domain category | football, football game |
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8. | runner (artifact) a long narrow carpet |
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| Broader (hypernym) | carpet, carpeting, rug |
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9. | runner (artifact) device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along |
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| Broader (hypernym) | device |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | blade, ski |
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| Part meronym | sled, sledge, sleigh |
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10. | runner (animal) fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil |
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| Synonyms | blue runner, Caranx crysos |
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| Broader (hypernym) | jack |
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