(n.) One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The rotating stone of a set of millstones.
(n.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.
(n.) One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.
(n.) The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any cursorial bird.
(n.) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.
(n.) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.
Example Sentences:
(1) In common with other studies, we found that the injury occurred in competitive runners, especially females, and was likely to develop during competitive races or intensive training sessions.
(2) "Runners, for instance, need a high level of running economy, which comes from skill acquisition and putting in the miles," says Scrivener, "But they could effectively ease off the long runs and reduce the overall mileage by introducing Tabata training.
(3) For recreational runners who have sustained injuries, especially within the past year, a reduction in running to below 32 km per week is recommended.
(4) In combined groups of male runners and controls, there was a highly significant positive correlation between the serum HDL-cholesterol level and the LPL activity of adipose tissue expressed per tissue weight (r = +0.72, p less than 0.001) or per whole body fat (r = +0.62, p less than 0.001).
(5) 50 runners with exertion induced injuries of the lower extremity were provided with appropriate running shoe insoles.
(6) When I had that keyhole surgery, I thought: ‘Maybe, if I come back, it won’t be to that top level.’ But with the support I have been getting from my coach, family and friends, I think that really motivated me to come back strong.” Kenya is more famed for its distance runners and steeplechasers than its hurdlers, but the country was left celebrating a surprise gold medal in the 400m hurdles when Nicholas Bett powered home from lane nine to smash his personal best to win in 47.79sec.
(7) Runners at the corners for Daniel Descalso who he hits a hard ground ball right to Barmes at shortstop (not second base), he steps on the bag at second to get Freese for one out, fires to first to get the second out, and that's what we call an inning ending double play...or sometimes we call it a pitchers best friend.
(8) The runners showed less rapid eye-movement activity during sleep than the nonrunners under both experimental conditions, indicating a strong and unexpected effect of physical fitness on this measure.
(9) Blade Runner: the Final Cut is re-released on 3 April
(10) The best advertisement for the format came four hours before the final even started, when, in ITV1's coverage of the FA Cup Final, the teenager Faryl Smith, a 2008 runner-up, sang the national anthem solo and faultlessly in front of a full crowd at Wembley.
(11) We tested the hypothesis that the neuroendocrine control of gonadotropin secretion is altered in certain women distance runners with secondary amenorrhea.
(12) Afternoon Delights doesn't have anything approaching a mission statement – it's just two middle-aged men arsing about, frankly – but its gleeful anarchism can be riotously funny: witness the pair as free runners, declaring "war against the urban environment", or their magnificently coiffed Rock'n'Rollers, with the aid of subtitles, showing off their moves on the streets of Ashford, Kent.
(13) To determine the prevalence of various gastrointestinal disturbances related to long-distance running and its effect on weight, diet and everyday digestive problems, we gave a questionnaire to 279 leisure-time marathon runners, comprising 10% of the participants in a local marathon race.
(14) Runner up: Newcastle University A project inspired by the childhood game Kerplunk is being used to slow the flow of water in order to improve water quality and reduce flood risk for a Northumberland town hit by floods in recent years.
(15) The middle distance runners were all highly trained, but had significantly slower performance times than the elite runners at distances greater than 3 miles.
(16) However, as we watch Blade Runner , Deckard doesn’t feel like a replicant; he is dour and unengaged, but lacks his victims’ detached innocence, their staccato puzzlement at their own untrained feelings.
(17) The athletes were mostly volley ball players, jumpers or runners.
(18) The runners were divided into 2 groups: group A, who competed the 160 km within 24 hours and group B, who either ran for 24 hours, or who retired before completing the distance.
(19) The effects of L-carnitine on respiratory chain enzymes in muscle of long distance runners were studied in 14 athletes.
(20) Further, previous work has, almost exclusively, examined male runners.
Sprinter
Definition:
(n.) One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a champion sprinter.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 2008 the brand ran a campaign timed to coincide with the Olympic handover from Beijing to London featuring 2012 hopefuls including basketballer Luol Deng, middle-distance runner Emily Pidgeon and sprinter Ashlee Nelson.
(2) Contingent negative variation (CNV) and reaction time were examined in four groups of eight young adult men: controls, witnesses, students in physical and athletic education, and sprinters.
(3) Distance runners had a lower heart rate than either sprinters or untrained subjects.
(4) These days it is hard for sprinters in Kenya because of the lack of coaching and facilities, but someone like Bett comes from a part of Kenya that is known down through the years for producing hurdlers, so it is not a big surprise in that sense.
(5) The peak torque values of the flexor and extensor muscle groups of the hip, knee, and ankle joints of the lower extremities were tested in a group of elite male and female sprinters.
(6) No significant differences were observed between sprinters and volley-ball players.
(7) The left atrial diameter was apparently greater in the endurance runners than in the sprinters or control subjects (P less than 0.001), whereas that of the sprinters did not differ from normal.
(8) Control specimens from sprinters who did not perform the acute exercise routine also displayed structural deviations, although to a lesser degree.
(9) In the past few days the sprinter has been almost routinely compared with Muhammad Ali.
(10) The sprinters had been expected to provide fireworks at the Tour, but the match never happened, because of Cavendish’s finish-straight crash in Harrogate on day one.
(11) The neural activation (iEMG) and selected stride characteristics of six male sprinters were studied for 100-, 200-, 300- and 400-m experimental sprints, which were run according to the velocity in the 400 m. Blood lactate (BLa) was analysed and drop jumps were performed with EMG registration at rest and after each sprint.
(12) When you realise that the total distance covered each day can be up to 100km, and bear in mind that pedalling speed is vital for a sprinter such as Cavendish, the benefits of riding the Sixes seem obvious, particularly with the 2015 season so close; Cavendish will kick off on 19 January in Argentina.
(13) British Cycling’s technical director, Shane Sutton, has categorically denied that the sprinter Jess Varnish was dropped from the squad because of her public criticism of the coaches in early March following the women’s team sprint duo’s failure to qualify for the Rio Olympics, and reiterated that Varnish had been dropped on performance grounds.
(14) The Patriots gave up a seventh-round pick plus the rights to Jeff Demps, the Olympic sprinter who claimed a silver medal in the 4x100m relay at London 2012 , in order to obtain Blount from the Buccaneers in April of last year.
(15) A cinematographic recording of the movements of the lower limbs together with simultaneous emg tracings from nine lower limb muscles were obtained from two male track sprinters during three phases of a 100 m sprint run.
(16) Inside, there were articles entitled “Confused on currency?” and a centre spread giving readers “10 reasons why staying in the UK gives Scots the best of both world.” The back page was devoted to ‘sport’ with articles quoting both Sir Alex Ferguson and sprinter Brian Whittle voicing support for Scotland remaining part of the UK.
(17) The relationship between muscle fibre composition and fibre conduction velocity was investigated in 19 male track athletes, 12 sprinters and 7 distance runners, aged 20-24 years, using needle biopsy samples from vastus lateralis.
(18) "I will never be able to be back to being the sprinter that I used to be," says the former schoolboy athlete ruefully, "but I want to be fitter.
(19) These findings indicate that the sprinters and rowers possess elevated buffering capabilities and carnosine levels compared with marathon runners and untrained subjects.
(20) Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says he may switch to other disciplines such as the long jump after the 2012 Olympic Games.