Saturday 16 March 2019

The word Run has 650 meanings

Do you know a three-letter English word that has over 650 meanings??
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Yes! One word has over 650 meanings. The word is *RUN*

Here is a prose sample of the meanings of run. Hold your breath for you are about to be *stunned*.

Context is everything. Think about it: When you *run* a fever, those three letters have a very different meaning than when you *run* a bath to treat it, or when your bathwater subsequently *runs* over and drenches your cotton bath *runner*, forcing you to *run* out to the store and buy a new one. There, you *run* up a bill of Rs 850/- because besides a rug and some cold medicine, you also need some thread to fix the *run* in your stockings and some tissue for your *runny* nose and a packet of milk because you’ve *run* through your supply at home, and all this makes dread *run* through your soul because your value-club membership *runs* out at the end of the month and you’ve already *run* over your budget on last week’s grocery *run* when you *ran* over a nail in the parking lot and now your car won’t even *run* properly because whatever idiot *runs* that parking apparently lets his custodial staff *run* amok and you know you’re letting your inner monologue *run* on and on but, God—you’d do things differently if you *ran* the world. Maybe you should *run* for office.

By the way, did it ever *run* through your mind that RUN could *runaway* in so many directions?
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