Definition of Runner

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Runner

One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability.

One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

A detective.

A messenger.

A smuggler.

One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc.

A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.

The rotating stone of a set of millstones.

A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.

One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.

A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel.

A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.

The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.

A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.

Any cursorial bird.

A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.

A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.

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Runner Quotations

I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.
Haile Gebrselassie

He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
Haile Gebrselassie

If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.
Jack Black

A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket.
Emil Zatopek

If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.
Sammy Hagar

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.
Ty Cobb

I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.
Sachin Tendulkar

I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.
Roger Bannister

For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point.
Frank Shorter

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.
Frank Shorter

Runner Translations

runner in Dutch is hardloper
runner in French is coureur
runner in Italian is corridore
runner in Latin is cursor
runner in Portuguese is corredor
runner in Spanish is alfil

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