| NOUN | person | runner, smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser | someone who imports or exports without paying duties |
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| person | runner | someone who travels on foot by running | |
| person | runner | a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents | |
| person | runner, base runner | a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) | |
| plant | runner, stolon, offset | a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips | |
| person | runner | a trained athlete who competes in foot races | |
| person | runner, ball carrier | (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play | |
| artifact | runner | a long narrow carpet | |
| artifact | runner | device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along | |
| animal | runner, blue runner, Caranx crysos | fish of western Atlantic |
| Sounds | rah'ner | |
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| Rhymes | Afrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner... | |
| Meaning | someone who imports or exports without paying duties. | |
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| Synonyms | smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser | |
| Narrower | coyote | someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border) |
| gunrunner, arms-runner | A smuggler of guns | |
| rumrunner | someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border | |
| Broader | criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
| Spanish | contrabandista, matutero, metedor, pasador, traficante | |
| Catalan | contrabandista, traficant | |
| Meaning | someone who travels on foot by running. | |
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| Narrower | jogger | someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise) |
| Broader | traveler, traveller | A person who changes location |
| Verbs | run | move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time |
| Meaning | A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents. | |
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| Example | "he sent a runner over with the contract" | |
| Broader | messenger, courier | A person who carries a message |
| Meaning | A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base). | |
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| Synonym | base runner | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Broader | ballplayer, baseball player | An athlete who plays baseball |
| Spanish | corredor | |
| Meaning | A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips. | |
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| Synonyms | stolon, offset | |
| Broader | plant organ | A functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |
| Spanish | estolón | |
| Catalan | estoló | |
| Meaning | A trained athlete who competes in foot races. | |
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| Narrower | marathoner, marathon runner, road runner, long-distance runner | someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) |
| miler | A runner in a one-mile / mile race | |
| sprinter | someone who runs a short distance at top speed | |
| Broader | athlete, jock | A person trained to compete in sports |
| Spanish | corredor | |
| Catalan | corredor | |
| Verbs | run | compete in a race |
| Meaning | (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play. | |
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| Synonym | ball carrier | |
| Category | football, football game | Any of various games / games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal |
| Narrower | passer, forward passer | (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass |
| rusher | (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball | |
| Broader | football player, footballer | An athlete who plays American football |
| Meaning | A long narrow carpet. | |
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| Broader | rug, carpet, carpeting | floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) |
| Meaning | device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along. | |
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| Part of | sled, sledge, sleigh | A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs |
| Narrower | blade | The part of the skate that slides on the ice |
| ski | Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Meaning | fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil. | |
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| Synonyms | blue runner, Caranx crysos | |
| Broader | jack | Any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas |
| Spanish | corredor | |
| Catalan | caranx crysos | |
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