Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in American Sign Language (ASL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
"he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit";
Similiar / Same: running
Categories: locomotion, travel
Within this category: dash
How to sign: the act of testing something
"in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial";
Categories: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Within this category: assay, audition, clinical trial, double blind, field trial, fitting, MOT, pilot project, preclinical trial, Snellen test
How to sign: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
"She is running a relief operation in the Sudan";
Similiar / Same: operate
Categories: direct
Within this category: block, financier, warm up, work
How to sign: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
"She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence";
Similiar / Same: tend, be given, incline, lean
Within this category: gravitate, suffer, take kindly to
How to sign: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up";
Similiar / Same: scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, head for the hills, take to the woods, fly the coop, bunk, break away, escape
Categories: go away, go forth, leave
Within this category: flee, skedaddle
How to sign: move along, of liquids
"Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi";
See also: be due, flow from, overflow, well over, brim over, run over, overrun
Similiar / Same: flow, course, feed
Categories: move
Within this category: circulate, drain, eddy, flush, gutter, jet, pour, run down, seep, spill, stream, tide, trickle, waste
How to sign: an unbroken series of events
"had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies";
Similiar / Same: streak
Categories: succession
Within this category: losing streak, winning streak
How to sign: (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball
"the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running";
Similiar / Same: running, running play, running game
Categories: football play
Within this category: draw, end run, return, reverse, rush
How to sign: a regular trip
"the ship made its run in record time";
Categories: trip
How to sign: perform as expected when applied
"The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore";
Similiar / Same: function, operate, work, go
Within this category: cut, double, roll, run, service
How to sign: the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
"a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint";
Categories: indefinite quantity
How to sign: a race between candidates for elective office
"I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run";
Similiar / Same: political campaign, campaign
Categories: race
Within this category: governor's race, senate campaign
How to sign: carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
"Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction";
Similiar / Same: execute
Categories: apply, enforce, implement
Within this category: step
How to sign: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
"Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods";
Similiar / Same: hunt, hunt down, track down
Within this category: course, drive, drive, falcon, ferret, fowl, fowl, foxhunt, hawk, jacklight, poach, rabbit, scrounge, seal, snipe, still-hunt, tree, turtle, whale
