What's the difference between rum and run?

Rum


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.
  • (a.) Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.
  • (n.) A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Now she also dabbles in playwriting and rap, and is in the band Sound of Rum .
  • (2) I DJed the Rum Runner every Tuesday, but it was really interesting every night.
  • (3) • The Film weekly podcast saw host Jason Solomons talk to ... Bruce Robinson (director of Withnail & I) about his new film The Rum Diary ... Errol Morris (director of The Thin Blue Line) about Tabloid - his documentary on Joyce McKinney and the "Manacled Morman" case ... and Guardian film critic Xan Brooks (director of people to decent movies), who helped Jason review Arthur Christmas , The Awakening and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights .
  • (4) It’s been a very rum version of an open and transparent process.
  • (5) After all who wants democracy when you could have the perfect rum baba?
  • (6) In Brittany we like to add rum to everything – people in the navy used to bring it back from the French Caribbean – but it's optional here.
  • (7) Bow-tied waitresses in miniskirts deliver high-ball rums to men in suits while heavily-painted women sip champagne from their positions on the sidelines.
  • (8) Islands such as San Salvador, Cat Island and Rum Cay were expected to experience the most significant effects later in the day and Friday as the storm begins an expected shift toward the north, forecasters said.
  • (9) Photograph: Jon Tonks for the Guardian Councillors approved Hay-Smith's plans, and knocked back Tesco's, in March 2010 – but then things took another rum turn.
  • (10) This was followed by visits to Cuba by John Kerry , the US secretary of state, and later by Obama himself , then the resumption of commercial flights and the lifting of restrictions on Cuban rum and cigars .
  • (11) It seemed to me that it's pretty basic that when women make up half the population it seems a bit rum to have only just over a quarter of them in the top 10% of earnings.
  • (12) The Rum Diary is a ramshackle jalopy of a movie, a bumpy ride that yields amusements and diversions here and there, and several interesting or loopy performances – including Aaron Eckhart as a slick resort developer Depp takes a dislike to, and Giovanni Ribisi as some breed of alcoholic Nazi-idolator.
  • (13) Among the individual flavors sweetened with 0.025% sodium saccharin, rum, strawberry and raspberry proved to be the most acceptable.
  • (14) Contact the marketing departments for gin, vodka, whiskey and rum brands, and offer them publicity via your social media, or a couple of places at your supper club in exchange for some free stock to serve a welcome drink for your guests.
  • (15) The Ivory Coast may like to be known as Côte d'Ivoire but they're having a rum old time trying to convince anyone to actually do so – in Spain they call it the Costa de Marfil , in Germany they prefer Elfenbeinküste , in Italy it's Costa d'Avorio , in Norway it's Elfenbenskysten and in Hungary it's Elefántcsontpart .
  • (16) Withdrawal from alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol) or other general sedatives leads to progressive hyperactivity that progresses from tremulousness, sleep disturbance, and hallucinosis, to the more serious rum fits and delirium tremens (DTs).
  • (17) Among them: “I can imitate Janis Joplin after two rums.
  • (18) We end our conversation with his party's rum assortment of allies in the European parliament , and another chance to rummage through more arcane rightwing parties that do their thing in Brussels: among them, Helsinki's own True Finns, and the United Poland party.
  • (19) There are other can't-miss-cocktails, with mezcal, whiskey, and rum bases, if tequila is not your poison.
  • (20) The vector, Culex quinquefasciatus (Say), breeds mostly in and around numerous rum distilleries, located exclusively around the periphery of the city, and this undoubtedly accounts for the higher prevalence and intensity of infection among suburban dwellers.

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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