exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number"
a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe"
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"
the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number"
a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number"
a select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die"
a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
place a limit on the number of
enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"
give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis"
follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep"
used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; "metal fatigue"
a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"
the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"
a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"
a short trip; "take a run into town"
(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running"
an unbroken chronological sequence; "the play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories"
a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"
unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house"
the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation; "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run"
become undone; "the sweater unraveled"
cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"
change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"
be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!"
carry out; "run an errand"
cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day"
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"
travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
run with the ball; in such sports as football
keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring"
sail before the wind
be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"
move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free"
deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
set animals loose to graze
make without a miss
carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family"
extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours"
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet"
be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk"
have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."
discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"