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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. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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