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The definition of runner

18 Definitions of: runner

1. noun, a person who runs, esp an athlete
2. noun, a messenger for a bank or brokerage firm
3. noun, an employee of an art or antique dealer who visits auctions to bid on desired lots
4. noun, a person engaged in the solicitation of business
5. noun, a person on the run; fugitive
6. noun, a) a person or vessel engaged in smuggling; smuggler b) (in combination)
7. noun, a person who operates, manages, or controls something
8. noun, a) either of the strips of metal or wood on which a sledge runs b) the blade of an ice skate
9. noun, a roller or guide for a sliding component
10. noun, a channel through which molten material enters a casting or moulding
11. noun, the rotating element of a water turbine
12. noun, another name for running belay
13. noun, any of various carangid fishes of temperate and tropical seas, such as Caranx crysos (blue runner) of American Atlantic waters
14. noun, botany a) a slender stem with very long internodes, as of the strawberry, that arches down to the ground and propagates by producing roots and shoots at the nodes or tip b) a plant that propagates in this way
15. noun, a strip of lace, linen, etc, placed across a table, dressing table, etc for protection and decoration
16. noun, a narrow rug or carpet, as for a passage
17. noun, another word for rocker (on a rocking chair)
18. noun, do a runner slang to run away in order to escape trouble or to avoid paying for something
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Synonyms:	athlete, miler, sprint, harrier, jogger, messenger, courier, Botany stem, shoot, sprout	And more...

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