run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk:
My five-year-old son runs everywhere. I go running twice a week.jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance:
A few people were jogging in the park.race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently:
He dashed across the road to the police station. We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance:
I saw the runners sprinting past. He sprinted up the stairs.tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry:
He tore down the street and around the corner.charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way:
They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock. Dennis charged through the door into my office.take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid:
The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something:
I legged it before the cops came.lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs:
John loped across the street to meet me.trot to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs:
A little dog was trotting behind her.gallop if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly:
The horse galloped off across the field.bolt to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape:
Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲