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–preposition
1.to the inside of; in toward: He walked into the room. The train chugged into the station.
2.toward or in the direction of: going into town.
3.to a point of contact with; against: backed into a parked car.
4.(used to indicate insertion or immersion in): plugged into the socket.
5.(used to indicate entry, inclusion, or introduction in a place or condition): received into the church.
6.to the state, condition, or form assumed or brought about: went into shock; lapsed into disrepair; translated into another language.
7.to the occupation, action, possession, circumstance, or acceptance of: went into banking; coerced into complying.
8.(used to indicate a continuing extent in time or space): lasted into the night; far into the distance.
9.(used to indicate the number to be divided by another number): 2 into 20 equals 10.
10.Informal. interested or absorbed in, esp. obsessively: She's into yoga and gardening.
11.Slang. in debt to: I'm into him for ten dollars.
–adjective
12.Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f(x) = x2 for every integer.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME, OE; see in, to]
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  1. To the inside or interior of: went into the house.
    1. To the activity or occupation of: recent college graduates who go into banking.
    2. To the condition, state, or form of: dishes breaking into pieces; changed into a butterfly.
    3. So as to be in or be included in: parties entering into an agreement; wrote a new character into the play.
    4. Informal Interested in or involved with: They are into vegetarianism.
  2. To a point within the limits of a period of time or extent of space: well into the week.
  3. In the direction of; toward: looked into the distance; pointed into the sky.
  4. Against: crashed into a tree.
  5. As a divisor of: The number 3 goes into 9 three times.

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O.E. into, originally in to. To be into something, "be intensely involved in," first recorded 1969 in Amer.Eng. The word is a late O.E. development to replace the fading dative case inflections that formerly distinguished, for instance, "in the house" from "into the house."

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In addition to the idioms beginning with into, also see be into.


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into1 [ˈintu] preposition
to or towards the inside of; to within
Example: The eggs were put into the box; They disappeared into the mist.
Arabic: في، داخِل
Chinese (Simplified): 到…里
Chinese (Traditional): 到…裡
Czech: do, v, ve
Danish: ned i; ind i
Dutch: in, naar binnen
Estonian: -sse
Finnish: johonkin
French: dans
German: in
Greek: (μέσα) σε
Hungarian: -ba, -be
Icelandic: inn í, í
Indonesian: ke dalam
Italian: in
Japanese: ~の中へ
Korean: …(안)으로
Latvian: (norāda uz darbības virzienu)
Lithuanian: į
Norwegian: inn i
Polish: w
Portuguese (Brazil): dentro
Portuguese (Portugal): em
Romanian: în
Russian: в
Slovak: do, v, vo
Slovenian: v
Spanish: en, dentro de
Swedish: i, in i
Turkish: …-in içine
into2 [ˈintu] preposition
against
Example: The car ran into the wall.
Arabic: في، ضِد
Chinese (Simplified): 撞击
Chinese (Traditional): 触及, 碰
Czech: do
Danish: ind i
Dutch: tegen
Estonian: vastu
Finnish: päin
French: dans
German: in… hinein
Greek: πάνω σε
Hungarian: neki-
Icelandic: inn í
Indonesian: ke
Italian: in
Japanese: ~にぶつかって
Korean: …에
Latvian: (norāda uz darbības rezultātu)
Lithuanian: į
Norwegian: inn i, mot
Polish: w, o
Portuguese (Brazil): contra
Portuguese (Portugal): contra
Romanian: în
Russian: в(о)
Slovak: do
Slovenian: v
Spanish: contra
Swedish: mot, in i
Turkish: …-e karşı
into3 [ˈintu] preposition
to the state or condition of
Example: A tadpole turns into a frog; I've sorted the books into piles.
Arabic: على شَكْل
Chinese (Simplified): 成为
Chinese (Traditional): 成為
Czech: v, ve, do
Danish: til; i
Dutch: in
Estonian: -ks, -sse
Finnish: joksikin
French: en
German: zu
Greek: σε
Hungarian: vmivé (alakul, alakít)
Icelandic: í
Indonesian: menjadi
Italian: in
Japanese: ~に (なる, する)
Korean: ?상태? …으로
Latvian: (norāda uz pārmaiņu stāvoklī)
Lithuanian: į
Norwegian: til
Polish: w, na
Portuguese (Brazil): em
Portuguese (Portugal): em
Romanian: în
Russian: в; на
Slovak: na
Slovenian: v
Spanish: en
Swedish: till, i
Turkish: …-e
into4 [ˈintu] preposition
expressing the idea of division
Example: Two into four goes twice.
Arabic: إلى أقْسام
Chinese (Simplified):
Chinese (Traditional):
Czech: v, ve
Danish: op i
Dutch: gedeeld door
Estonian: jagatud
Finnish: jaettuna
French: divisé (par, en)
German: in
Greek: σε
Hungarian: kettő a négyben megvan kétszer
Icelandic: (deildur) í
Indonesian: dibagi
Italian: in
Japanese: 割る
Korean: 나누어
Latvian: (lieto, dalot vienu ciparu ar otru) četri dalīts ar divi
Lithuanian: į
Norwegian: delt med
Polish: w
Portuguese (Brazil): em
Portuguese (Portugal): em
Romanian: în
Russian: на
Slovak: v, vo
Slovenian: v
Spanish: entre
Swedish: i
Turkish: bölünce, bölündüğünde
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Eat\, v. i. 1. To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.

He did eat continually at the king's table. --2 Sam. ix. 13.

2. To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.

3. To make one's way slowly.

To eat, To eat in or into, to make way by corrosion; to gnaw; to consume. "A sword laid by, which eats into itself." --Byron.

To eat to windward (Naut.), to keep the course when closehauled with but little steering; -- said of a vessel.
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In"to\, prep. [In + to.] To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.

1. Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; -- following verbs expressing motion; as, come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants.

2. Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as, to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment.

3. Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition.

4. Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words.

5. Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly.

Note: Compare In.
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Mill"stone`\, n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 6.

Note: The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a series of radial grooves in which the powdered material collects.

Millstone girt (Geol.), a hard and coarse, gritty sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the Subcarboniferous strata. See Farewell rock, under Farewell, a., and Chart of Geology.

To see into, or through, {a millstone, to see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
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On"to\, prep. [On + to. Cf. Into.] On the top of; upon; on. See On to, under On, prep.
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Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. About, But, prep., Carouse, Utter, a.] In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in a variety of applications, as:

1. Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out. "My shoulder blade is out." --Shak.

He hath been out (of the country) nine years. --Shak.

2. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.

Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon.

She has not been out [in general society] very long. --H. James.

3. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out. "Hear me out." --Dryden.

Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. --Ps. iv. 23.

When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak.

4. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest. "Land that is out at rack rent." --Locke. "He was out fifty pounds." --Bp. Fell.

I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak.

5. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation. "Lancelot and I are out." --Shak.

Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest. --South.

Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison.

6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.

Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under Over, adv.

Day in, day out, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day.

Out and out. (a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly. (b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute; as, an out and out villain. [As an adj. written also out-and-out.]

Out at, Out in, Out on, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods.

Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley.

Note: In these lines after out may be understood, "of the harbor," "from the shore," "of sight," or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: "Out of the frying pan into the fire."

Out from, a construction similar to out of (below). See Of and From.

Out of, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to in or into; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance.

Out of cess, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak.

Out of character, unbecoming; improper.

Out of conceit with, not pleased with. See under Conceit.

Out of date, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated.

Out of door, Out of doors, beyond the doors; from the house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under Door, also, Out-of-door, Outdoor, Outdoors, in the Vocabulary. "He 's quality, and the question's out of door," --Dryden.

Out of favor, disliked; under displeasure.

Out of frame, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. --Latimer.

Out of hand, immediately; without delay or preparation. "Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand." --Latimer.

Out of harm's way, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place.

Out of joint, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. "The time is out of joint." --Shak.

Out of mind, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind.

Out of one's head, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.]

Out of one's time, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship.

Out of order, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion.

Out of place, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not proper or becoming.

Out of pocket, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received.

Out of print, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc.

Out of the question, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered.

Out of reach, beyond one's reach; inaccessible.

Out of season, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune.

Out of sorts, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under Sort, n.

Out of temper, not in good temper; irritated; angry.

Out of time, not in proper time; too soon, or too late.

Out of time, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an agreeing temper; fretful.

Out of twist, winding, or wind, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces.

Out of use, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete.

Out of the way. (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded. (b) Improper; unusual; wrong.

Out of the woods, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.]

Out to out, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements.

Out West, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.]

To come out, To cut out, To fall out, etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, etc.

To put out of the way, to kill; to destroy.

Week in, week out. See Day in, day out (above).
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Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. About, But, prep., Carouse, Utter, a.] In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in a variety of applications, as:

1. Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out. "My shoulder blade is out." --Shak.

He hath been out (of the country) nine years. --Shak.

2. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.

Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon.

She has not been out [in general society] very long. --H. James.

3. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out. "Hear me out." --Dryden.

Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. --Ps. iv. 23.

When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak.

4. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest. "Land that is out at rack rent." --Locke. "He was out fifty pounds." --Bp. Fell.

I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak.

5. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation. "Lancelot and I are out." --Shak.

Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest. --South.

Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison.

6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.

Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under Over, adv.

Day in, day out, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day.

Out and out. (a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly. (b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute; as, an out and out villain. [As an adj. written also out-and-out.]

Out at, Out in, Out on, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods.

Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley.

Note: In these lines after out may be understood, "of the harbor," "from the shore," "of sight," or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: "Out of the frying pan into the fire."

Out from, a construction similar to out of (below). See Of and From.

Out of, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to in or into; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance.

Out of cess, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak.

Out of character, unbecoming; improper.

Out of conceit with, not pleased with. See under Conceit.

Out of date, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated.

Out of door, Out of doors, beyond the doors; from the house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under Door, also, Out-of-door, Outdoor, Outdoors, in the Vocabulary. "He 's quality, and the question's out of door," --Dryden.

Out of favor, disliked; under displeasure.

Out of frame, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. --Latimer.

Out of hand, immediately; without delay or preparation. "Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand." --Latimer.

Out of harm's way, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place.

Out of joint, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. "The time is out of joint." --Shak.

Out of mind, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind.

Out of one's head, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.]

Out of one's time, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship.

Out of order, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion.

Out of place, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not proper or becoming.

Out of pocket, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received.

Out of print, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc.

Out of the question, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered.

Out of reach, beyond one's reach; inaccessible.

Out of season, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune.

Out of sorts, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under Sort, n.

Out of temper, not in good temper; irritated; angry.

Out of time, not in proper time; too soon, or too late.

Out of time, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an agreeing temper; fretful.

Out of twist, winding, or wind, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces.

Out of use, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete.

Out of the way. (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded. (b) Improper; unusual; wrong.

Out of the woods, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.]

Out to out, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements.

Out West, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.]

To come out, To cut out, To fall out, etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, etc.

To put out of the way, to kill; to destroy.

Week in, week out. See Day in, day out (above).
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Run\, v. i. [imp. Ranor Run; p. p. Run; p. pr. & vb. n. Running.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D. runnen, rennen, OS. & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen, rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw. rinna, r["a]nna, Dan. rinde, rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr. ? to stir up, rouse, Skr. ? (cf. Origin), or perh. to L. rivus brook (cf. Rival). [root]11. Cf. Ember, a., Rennet.]

1. To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog. Specifically:

2. Of voluntary or personal action: (a) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.

"Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they ran. --Chaucer. (b) To flee, as from fear or danger.

As from a bear a man would run for life. --Shak. (c) To steal off; to depart secretly.

My conscience will serve me to run from this jew. --Shak. (d) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. --1 Cor. ix. 24. (e) To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.

Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted? --Addison. (f) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle. (g) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.

Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject. --Addison. (h) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on. (i) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on. (j) To creep, as serpents.

3. Of involuntary motion: (a) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold. (b) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.

The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23. (c) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.

As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run. --Addison.

Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire. --Woodward. (d) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round. (e) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago. (f) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.

She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son. --Pope. (g) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station. (h) To make progress; to proceed; to pass.

As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster. --Addison. (i) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.

When we desire anything, our minds run wholly on the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones. --Swift. (j) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.

Where the generally allowed practice runs counter to it. --Locke.

Little is the wisdom, where the flight So runs against all reason. --Shak. (k) To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

The king's ordinary style runneth, "Our sovereign lord the king." --Bp. Sanderson. (l) To be popularly known; to be generally received.

Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome. --Sir W. Temple.

Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself. --Knolles. (m) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.

If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. --Mortimer. (n) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.

A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds. --Bacon.

Temperate climates run into moderate governments. --Swift. (o) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.

In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another. --I. Watts. (p) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.

Customs run only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid. --Sir J. Child. (q) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run. (r) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs. (s) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months. (t) (Naut.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.

4. Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body. --Stillman (The Horse in Motion).

5. (Athletics) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.

As things run, according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or specification.

To let run (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen.

To run after, to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as, to run after similes. --Locke.

To run away, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance.

To run away with. (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage.

To run down. (a) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks, watches, etc. (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.

To run down a coast, to sail along it.

To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an office.

To run in or into. (a) To enter; to step in. (b) To come in collision with.

To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]

To run in with. (a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker. (b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in with the land.

To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.

To run on. (a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a year or two without a settlement. (b) To talk incessantly. (c) To continue a course. (d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on. (e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph.

To run out. (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out at Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread. "Insectile animals . . . run all out into legs." --Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out.

And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. --Dryden.

To run over. (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over. (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily. (c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.

To run riot, to go to excess.

To run through. (a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book. (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.

To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.

To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accounts of goods credited run up very fast.

But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees. --Sir W. Scott.

To run with. (a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the streets ran with blood. (b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance. "Its rivers ran with gold." --J. H. Newman.
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Sound\, v. i. [OE. sounen, sownen, OF. soner, suner, F. sonner, from L. sonare. See Sound a noise.]

1. To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect. "And first taught speaking trumpets how to sound." --Dryden.

How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues! --Shak.

2. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

From you sounded out the word of the Lord. --1 Thess. i. 8.

3. To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.

Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair? --Shak.

To sound in or into, to tend to; to partake of the nature of; to be consonant with. [Obs., except in the phrase To sound in damages, below.]

Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was his speech. --Chaucer.

To sound in damages (Law), to have the essential quality of damages. This is said of an action brought, not for the recovery of a specific thing, as replevin, etc., but for damages only, as trespass, and the like.
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Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.]

1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.

Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton.

2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.

To thrust away or from, to push away; to reject.

To thrust in, to push or drive in.

To thrust off, to push away.

To thrust on, to impel; to urge.

To thrust one's self in or into, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome.

To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel.

To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. "I am eight times thrust through the doublet." --Shak.

To thrust together, to compress.
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