Run: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The word run can mean several things:

• Run has many dictionary definitions such as "moving swiftly by foot". See Running, and "" in Wiktionary.
• A run in a stream or river is a fairly smooth flowing segment or part of the flow differentiated from a pool where the water is deeper and slower moving, and a riffle where the flow is shallower and more turbulent.
• Run in computer programming terms means to execute a program. See glossary of computer programming terms.
• A run, in baseball statistics, is a point scored. See run (baseball statistics).
• A run is the unit of scoring in the sport of cricket. See cricket statistics.
• Run was a computer magazine published in the 1980's. See Run magazine.
• Run is also the name of a 1991 action movie directed by Geoff Burrowes and starring Patrick Dempsey and Kelly Preston. See Run (movie).