From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Run \Run\, n.
1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick
run; to go on the run.
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2. A small stream; a brook; a creek.
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3. 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.
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4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain
course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
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They who made their arrangements in the first run of
misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities.
--Burke.
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5. State of being current; currency; popularity.
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It is impossible for detached papers to have a
general run, or long continuance, if not diversified
with humor. --Addison.
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6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as,
to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
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A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run.
--Macaulay.
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7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a
bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
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8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep
run. --Howitt.
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9. (Naut.)
(a) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows
toward the stern, under the quarter.
(b) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run
of fifty miles.
(c) A voyage; as, a run to China.
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10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.]
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I think of giving her a run in London. --Dickens.
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11. (Mining) 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.
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12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones.
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13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It
is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick,
but with greater speed.
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14. 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.
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15. (Sport) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made
by a player, which enables him to score one point; also,
the point thus scored; 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; the Yankees scored three runs in the
seventh inning.
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The "runs" are made from wicket to wicket, the
batsmen interchanging ends at each run. --R. A.
Proctor.
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16. A pair or set of millstones.
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17. (Piquet, Cribbage, etc.) A number of cards of the same
suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts.
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18. (Golf)
(a) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running.
(b) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground
from a stroke.
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{At the long run}, now, commonly, {In the long run}, in or
during the whole process or course of things taken
together; in the final result; in the end; finally.
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[Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but
he surpasses them in the long run. --J. H.
Newman.
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{Home run}.
(a) A running or returning toward home, or to the point
from which the start was made. Cf. {Home stretch}.
(b) (Baseball) See under {Home}.
{The run}, or {The common run}, or {The run of the mill}
etc., ordinary persons; the generality or average of
people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs;
ordinary current, course, or kind.
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I saw nothing else that is superior to the common
run of parks. --Walpole.
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Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as
beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his
own vast superiority to the common run of men.
--Prof.
Wilson.
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His whole appearance was something out of the common
run. --W. Irving.
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{To let go by the run} (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely,
as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Long \Long\, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS.
long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr,
Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125.
Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.]
1. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length;
protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to
short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
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2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a
considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series
of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a
long book.
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3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;
lingering; as, long hours of watching.
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4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in
time; far away.
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The we may us reserve both fresh and strong
Against the tournament, which is not long.
--Spenser.
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5. Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified
length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that
is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
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6. Far-reaching; extensive. " Long views." --Burke.
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7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in
utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See {Short},
a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.
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8. (Finance & Com.) Having a supply of stocks or goods;
prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in
prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or
go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the
market, to hold products or securities for a rise in
price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to
{short}.
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Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound
adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as,
long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned,
long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded,
etc.
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{In the long run}, in the whole course of things taken
together; in the ultimate result; eventually.
{Long clam} (Zool.), the common clam ({Mya arenaria}) of the
Northern United States and Canada; -- called also
{soft-shell clam} and {long-neck clam}. See {Mya}.
{Long cloth}, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.
{Long clothes}, clothes worn by a young infant, extending
below the feet.
{Long division}. (Math.) See {Division}.
{Long dozen}, one more than a dozen; thirteen.
{Long home}, the grave.
{Long measure}, {Long meter}. See under {Measure}, {Meter}.
{Long Parliament} (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which
assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell,
April 20, 1653.
{Long price}, the full retail price.
{Long purple} (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed
to be the {Orchis mascula}. --Dr. Prior.
{Long suit}
(a) (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally more
than three cards. --R. A. Proctor.
(b) One's most important resource or source of strength;
as, as an entertainer, her voice was her long suit.
{Long tom}.
(a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of
a vessel.
(b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western
U.S.]
(c) (Zool.) The long-tailed titmouse.
{Long wall} (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam
is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work
progresses, except where passages are needed.
{Of long}, a long time. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
{To be long of the market}, or {To go long of the market},
{To be on the long side of the market}, etc. (Stock
Exchange), to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a
contract under which one can demand stock on or before a
certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to {short}
in such phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short,
etc. [Cant] See {Short}.
{To have a long head}, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in the long run
adv 1: after a very lengthy period of time; "she will succeed in
the long run" [syn: {in the long run}, {in the end}]
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