runner
[noun]
Synonyms:
- athlete, jogger, sprinter
- messenger, courier, dispatch bearer, errand boy

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

run‧ner /ˈrʌnə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: run, rerun, runner, running, overrun; verb: run, outrun, overrun, rerun; adjective: running, runny; adverb: running]

1. someone who runs for sport or pleasure ⇒ jogger:
a long-distance runner
a marathon runner

2. a horse that runs in a race:
The runners and riders appear in Friday’s Racing Post.

3. do a runner British English informal to leave somewhere quickly in order to avoid paying for something or having to meet someone:
By the time the police got there, the boys had done a runner.

4. one of the two thin pieces of metal under a sledge, or the single piece of metal under a skate

5. the bar of wood or metal that a drawer or curtain slides along

6. technical a stem on a plant that grows along the ground and then puts down roots to form a new plant

7. a long narrow piece of cloth or carpet
⇒ drug runner, ⇒ gun runner at gun-running, ⇒ front-runner

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

runner
noun
ADJ. fast, good | distance, long-distance, marathon, middle-distance | cross-country, fell, road | front (often figurative) He is currently the front runner for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
fancied one of the fancied runners in today's race

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