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runway - 4 dictionary results

run⋅way

[ruhn-wey]
–noun
1. a way along which something runs.
2. a paved or cleared strip on which planes land and take off.
3. a similar strip on which cars, trucks, or the like may park, load, or enter the stream of traffic.
4. the beaten track or habitual path of deer or other wild animals.
5. a fairly large enclosure in which domestic animals may range about: a runway for dogs.
6. the bed of a stream.
7. Bowling. approach (def. 16b).
8. a narrow platform or ramp extending from a stage into the orchestra pit or into an aisle, as in a theater.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; run + way 1
run·way   (rŭn'wā')   
n.  
  1. A strip of level, usually paved ground on which aircraft take off and land.
  2. A path, channel, or track over which something runs.
  3. The channel of a stream.
  4. A chute down which logs are skidded.
  5. A narrow track in a bowling lane on which balls are returned after they are bowled.
  6. A smooth ramp for wheeled vehicles.
  7. A narrow walkway extending from a stage into an auditorium.

Runway

Run"way`\, n. 1. The channel of a stream.

2. The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.
Language Translation for : runway
Spanish: pista (de despegue, *aterrizaje),
German: die Rollbahn,
Japanese: 滑走路

runway 
1833, "customary track of an animal," especially a deer, Amer.Eng., from run (v.) + way. Meaning "artificial sloping track" is attested from 1883; airfield sense is from 1923.
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