runner

runner
run|ner [ˈrʌnə US -ər] n
1.) someone who runs for sport or pleasure
→↑jogger
▪ a long-distance runner
▪ a marathon runner
2.) a horse that runs in a race
▪ The runners and riders appear in Friday's Racing Post.
3.) do a runner
BrE informal to leave somewhere quickly in order to avoid paying for something or having to meet someone
▪ By the time the police got there, the boys had done a runner.
4.) one of the two thin pieces of metal under a ↑sledge, or the single piece of metal under a ↑skate
5.) the bar of wood or metal that a drawer or curtain slides along
6.) technical a stem on a plant that grows along the ground and then puts down roots to form a new plant
7.) a long narrow piece of cloth or ↑carpet
→↑drug runner,gun runner at ↑gun-running, ↑front-runner

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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