Runner
WordNet
noun
(1) Fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
(2) Device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
(3) A long narrow carpet
(4) A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
(5) A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
"He sent a runner over with the contract"
(6) Someone who travels on foot by running
(7) A trained athlete who competes in foot races
(8) Someone who imports or exports without paying duties
(9) A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Agent noun of run; somebody who runs.
- A quick escape away from a scene.
- He did a runner after robbing the drugstore
- A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners, cf trainer; a sneaker.
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly
- After the cycle completes, the runner travels back quickly to be in place for the next cycle.
- A mechanical part intended for wheels to run on or to slide against another surface.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate a table.
- The red runner makes the table so festive.
- A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- How about we put down a clear runner in the front hall.
- (scuffleball) a forward playing position.
- a player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A player who runs the bases.
- A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- The runner was out at second.
- A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets.