What's the difference between maiden and run?

Maiden


Definition:

  • (n.) An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
  • (n.) A female servant.
  • (n.) An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
  • (n.) A machine for washing linen.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
  • (a.) Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
  • (a.) Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
  • (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
  • (v. t.) To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Her maiden speech in parliament celebrated the diversity of her beloved Yorkshire constituency, and passionately made the case that there is more that unites us than divides us.
  • (2) In case you've managed to avoid gatherings where it's been discussed (which is a long shot, but perhaps your friends are hard, angry, silent drinkers, in which case, you've got lucky), this involves combining the name of your first pet with your mother's maiden name to create the pseudonym you'd use if you were a porn star.
  • (3) Restricted franchise in EU referendum would make a mockery of democracy | Letters Read more My own interest in this matter goes back many years – including devoting my maiden speech in the House of Commons in 2001 to the case for lowering the voting age to 16 across the board.
  • (4) Breakthrough as US and China agree to ratify Paris climate deal Read more The prime minister used her maiden speech at the United Nations in New York to say the UK remained determined to “play our part in the international effort against climate change … In a demonstration of our commitment to the agreement reached in Paris, the UK will start its domestic procedures to enable ratification of the Paris agreement and complete these before the end of the year,” she said.
  • (5) Experiences in practice in an area with a high infection rate have shown an obvious protection in 700 maiden heifers.
  • (6) Search options include an individual veteran's name (either maiden or married) and section, location or building choices.
  • (7) He is the third major summer recruit for Bilic before West Ham’s maiden season at the Olympic Stadium following the arrivals of the midfielder Havard Nordtveit and the Algerian international winger Sofiane Feghouli .
  • (8) That's been good for small towns like Maiden, which has sold itself to tech companies as a "data centre corridor" by offering cheap electricity.
  • (9) It prompted him to field nine changes, giving debuts to Seb Lletget, Danny Whitehead and Callum Driver, with George Moncur making a maiden start.
  • (10) He joined the upper house and made his maiden speech, another clue to the future Cantuar.
  • (11) After the wedding, she found herself at the receiving end of good ol’ southern disapproval when she decided to keep her maiden name – an act that was seen as virtually seditious in unreconstructed 1970s Arkansas.
  • (12) • You can invest in a co-operative formed to help finance the restoration and regeneration of Unity Hall in Wakefield , which, during its lifetime, has hosted everything from silent movies to gigs by Bauhaus, Captain Beefheart, the Human League and Iron Maiden, among others.
  • (13) Talking og maidens, here's Ravi Nair confiding in us: "You asked for our worst defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory stories so maybe this'll make you feel better.
  • (14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mhairi Black gives her maiden speech Students and other young people on Twitter and Tumblr said they were inspired by Black’s age and example.
  • (15) Murray earned $1.9m (£1.1m) for his maiden major victory to go with career earnings of $21.5m (£13.4m) and is worth £24m through endorsements and prize-money; Perry turned pro after beating Budge and made much more through his famous shirts than he ever did with a tennis racket.
  • (16) Between 1982 and 1985, 1015 mares were evaluated using the following parameters: age, mare status (maiden, barren, lactating), Caslick index, Caslick operation, ovarian cycle, ovarian and follicular size, treatments (hCG and intrauterine infusions), number of ovulations after mating (184 mares), number of conceptuses present, dimensions of embryonic vesicles, and pregnancy status 45 days after mating.
  • (17) Nine galleries narrate the tale, from context-setting in boomtown early 1900s Belfast, through construction and fitting-out, all the way to the launch and catastrophic maiden voyage.
  • (18) The brothers moved in different circles; the elder is a self-confessed “metalhead” who had been to the Manchester arena to watch Iron Maiden a week before Martyn – a Coronation Street superfan described by one friend as a “one-man hen party” – went to see Ariana Grande.
  • (19) Grainge was bullish that the enforced asset sale – which will include EMI operations in nine European countries and labels such as Chrysalis, Mute and Sanctuary, home to artists including Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode and Iron Maiden respectively – will draw premium bids and that Universal will not lose out by offloading them.
  • (20) Tracing would be easier and less expensive if standard identifying information, including maiden name, social security number, and date of birth, were included in the medical records for all women.

Run


Definition:

  • (a.) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.
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  • (p. p.) of Run
  • (a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.
  • (a.) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
  • (a.) To flee, as from fear or danger.
  • (a.) To steal off; to depart secretly.
  • (a.) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
  • (a.) To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.
  • (a.) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
  • (a.) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.
  • (a.) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.
  • (a.) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.
  • (a.) To creep, as serpents.
  • (a.) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.
  • (a.) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
  • (a.) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
  • (a.) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
  • (a.) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
  • (a.) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
  • (a.) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
  • (a.) To make progress; to proceed; to pass.
  • (a.) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.
  • (a.) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.
  • (a.) To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
  • (a.) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
  • (a.) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.
  • (a.) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
  • (a.) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.
  • (a.) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.
  • (a.) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.
  • (a.) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
  • (a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.
  • (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body.
  • (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
  • (v. t.) To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block.
  • (v. i.) To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
  • (v. i.) To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.
  • (v. i.) To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
  • (v. i.) To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.
  • (v. i.) To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.
  • (v. i.) To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods.
  • (v. i.) To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.
  • (v. i.) To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.
  • (v. i.) To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.
  • (v. i.) To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
  • (v. i.) To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.
  • (v. i.) To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.
  • (v. i.) To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.
  • (v. i.) To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
  • (v. i.) To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
  • (v. i.) To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.
  • (n.) The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.
  • (n.) A small stream; a brook; a creek.
  • (n.) That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
  • (n.) A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
  • (n.) State of being current; currency; popularity.
  • (n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
  • (n.) A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
  • (n.) A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.
  • (n.) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.
  • (n.) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.
  • (n.) A voyage; as, a run to China.
  • (n.) A pleasure excursion; a trip.
  • (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
  • (n.) A roulade, or series of running tones.
  • (n.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.
  • (n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
  • (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs.
  • (n.) A pair or set of millstones.
  • (a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.
  • (a.) Smuggled; as, run goods.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They are going to all destinations.” Supplies are running thin and aftershocks have strained nerves in the city.
  • (2) PMS is more prevalent among women working outside the home, alcoholics, women of high parity, and women with toxemic tendency; it probably runs in families.
  • (3) It would be fascinating to see if greater local government involvement in running the NHS in places such as Manchester leads over the longer term to a noticeable difference in the financial outlook.
  • (4) report the complications registered, in particular: lead's displacing 6.2%, run away 0.7%, marked hyperthermya 0.0%, haemorrage 0.4%, wound dehiscence 0.3%, asectic necrosis by decubitus 5%, septic necrosis 0.3%, perforation of the heart 0.2%, pulmonary embolism 0.1%.
  • (5) In contrast to L2 and L3 in L1 the mid gut runs down in a straight line without any looping.
  • (6) Community owned and run local businesses are becoming increasingly common.
  • (7) Large gender differences were found in the correlations between the RAS, CR, run frequency, and run duration with the personality, mood, and locus of control scores.
  • (8) These major departmental transformations are being run in isolation from each other.
  • (9) In 2012, 20% of small and medium-sized businesses were either run solely or mostly by women.
  • (10) Current status of prognosis in clinical, experimental and prophylactic medicine is delineated with formulation of the purposes and feasibility of therapeutic and preventive realization of the disease onset and run prediction.
  • (11) No one has jobs,” said Annie, 45, who runs a street stall selling fried chicken and rice in the Matongi neighbourhood.
  • (12) They also said no surplus that built up in the scheme, which runs at a £700m deficit, would be paid to any “sponsor or employer” under any circumstances.
  • (13) This implementation reduced a formidable task to a relatively routine run.
  • (14) A dozen peers hold ministerial positions and Westminster officials are expecting them to keep the paperwork to run the country flowing and the ministerial seats warm while their elected colleagues fight for votes.
  • (15) Failure to develop an adequate resource will be costly in the long run.
  • (16) Obiang, blaming foreigners for bringing corruption to his country, told people he needed to run the national treasury to prevent others falling into temptation.
  • (17) She added: “We will continue to act upon the overwhelming majority view of our shareholders.” The vote was the second year running Ryanair had suffered a rebellion on pay.
  • (18) What shouldn't get lost among the hits, home runs and the intentional and semi-intentional walks is that Ortiz finally seems comfortable with having a leadership role with his team.
  • (19) The American Red Cross said the aid organisation had already run out of medical supplies, with spokesman Eric Porterfield explaining that the small amount of medical equipment and medical supplies available in Haiti had been distributed.
  • (20) O'Connell first spotted 14-year-old David Rudisha in 2004, running the 200m sprint at a provincial schools race.

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