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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