runner
runner Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person who runs, especially as a competitive athlete in track and field or road races, or for physical exercise.
"The marathon runner maintained a steady pace throughout the final mile of the race."
A long, narrow strip of carpet or decorative cloth laid along a hallway, staircase, or down the center of a dining table.
"She placed an embroidered linen runner down the center of the oak dining table."
A slender, smooth blade, bar, or grooved track upon which an object such as a sled, ice skate, or sliding drawer moves.
"My desk drawer is sticking because the wooden runner on the left side is worn out."
A slender, creeping horizontal plant stem (stolon) that grows along the ground surface and takes root at points along its length to form new plants, as seen in strawberries.
"In late summer, the strawberry plants send out long runners that take root in the surrounding soil."
Any of several swift-swimming, predatory marine fishes of the jack family (Carangidae) native to warm Atlantic and Indo-Pacific waters, especially the blue runner (Caranx crysos) and rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata).
"The anglers caught a school of blue runners off the coast of Florida."
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Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in Middle English around 1300 as 'ronner', an agent noun derived from the verb 'run' (from Old English 'rinnan' and Old Norse 'renna', meaning to flow or move swiftly).
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