Look up: Runner

1. Runner
   A creeping stem which produces small plantlets along its length. Sometimes called a 'stolen'.
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2. Runner
   A stem that extends sideways above or just below ground, with new plants and roots produced at intervals along its length.
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3. runner
   [n] - a trained athlete who competes in foot races 2. [n] - someone who travels on foot by running 3. [n] - a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents 4. [n] - device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along 5. [n] - fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
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4. Runner
   A length of stage flooring that can be drawn off sideways leaving a long narrow opening(cut) through which a cloth or flat may be raised.
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5. Runner
   Length of carpet used offstage to reduce back stage noise.
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6. Runner
   Soldier who carried messages by hand.
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7. Runner
   A stem which roots at the tip on contact with moist soil and forms a new plant
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8. Runner
   A channel machined into the mould that directs the resin from sprue to the gate
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9. Runner
   A thin stem or shoot growing along the ground and producing roots at the nodes.
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10. runner
    passage or channel through which material enters a mould Category: The chemical industry • the rotor or vaned member of a water turbine Category: Electrical engineering and energy • one of the long strips of wood or metal on which a log sledge rests and slides Category: ag...
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11. Runner
    Run'ner noun [ From Run .] 1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer. 2. A detective. [ Slang, Eng.] Dickens. 3. A messenger. Swift. 4. A smuggler. [ Colloq.] R. North. 5. One em...
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12. runner
    <plant biology> A slender, prostrate or trailing stem which produces roots and sometimes erect shoots at its nodes. ... (17 Dec 1997) ...
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13. runner
    blue runner noun fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
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14. runner
    noun device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
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15. runner
    noun a trained athlete who competes in foot races
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16. Runner
    • One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability. • (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 food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, a...
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17. runner
    (from the article `turbine`) ...of water, is first converted into kinetic energy by discharging water through a carefully shaped nozzle. The jet, discharged into air, is directed ... For medium heads, Deriaz turbines have had some success because they allow ready adjustment of the runner-blade angles to match the opposite ... [2 rela...
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18. runner
    any of certain species of fishes in the family Carangidae (order Perciformes), which also includes the jacks, amberjacks, and pompanos. The blue ...
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19. Runner
    The USS Runner was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lost during the Second World War. The USS Runner had a top speed of 21 knots surfaced and carried a complement of between 65 and 74. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm Oerlikon a...
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20. Runner
    All purpose crewmember who carries equipment, make cups of tea, moan and generally help or hinder production.
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21. runner
    
    • someone who imports or exports without paying duties
    • a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
    • a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
    • a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
    • a trained athlete who competes in foot races
    • device consisting of the parts on which somethi...
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    • Runner
      Typically said 'runner-runner' to describe a hand that was made only by catching the correct cards on both the turn and the river. Example: 'He made a runner-runner flush to beat my trips.' See also 'backdoor.'
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    • Runner
      In an injection mold, the feed channel, usually of circular cross section, that connects the sprue with the cavity gate. The term is also used for the plastic piece formed in this channel.
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    • runner
      runner or stolon,slender, creeping stem capable of taking root where its nodes touch the ground and thereby producing new shoots. The runner itself usually dies at the end of the season, leaving independent new plants. Among the plants that propagate by means of runners are the strawberry, the black...
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    • Runner
      Runner is slang for a detective.
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