runner
1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser
• Derivationally related forms:
contraband (for: contrabandist), smuggle (for: smuggler)
• Hypernyms:
criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
• Hyponyms:
coyote, gunrunner, arms-runner, rumrunner
2. someone who travels on foot by running (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
run
• Hypernyms:
traveler, traveller
• Hyponyms:
jogger
3. a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents (Freq. 1)
- he sent a runner over with the contract
• Hypernyms:
messenger, courier
4. a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
base runner
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
ballplayer, baseball player
5. a trained athlete who competes in foot races
• Derivationally related forms:
run
• Hypernyms:
athlete, jock
• Hyponyms:
marathoner, marathon runner, road runner, long-distance runner, miler, sprinter
6. (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
• Syn:
ball carrier
• Topics:
football, football game
• Hypernyms:
football player, footballer
• Hyponyms:
passer, forward passer, rusher
7. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
• Syn:
stolon, offset
• Hypernyms:
plant organ
8. a long narrow carpet
• Hypernyms:
rug, carpet, carpeting
9. device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
• Hypernyms:
device
• Hyponyms:
blade, ski
• Part Holonyms:
sled, sledge, sleigh
10. fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
• Syn:
blue runner, Caranx crysos
• Hypernyms:
jack
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