RUNNERS

n. one who runs; candidate, competitor (in a race or election); messenger; smuggler; climbing plant; device on which a mechanism glides or moves; long narrow carpet; player on base (Baseball)

Running is defined as the fastest means for an animal to move on foot. It is defined in sporting terms as a gait in which at some point all feet are off the ground at the same time. It can be a form of both aerobic and anaerobic exercise.
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Noun
1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties
(synonym) smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser
(hypernym) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
(hyponym) coyote
2. someone who travels on foot by running
(hypernym) traveler, traveller
(hyponym) jogger
(derivation) run
3. a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract"
(hypernym) messenger, courier
4. a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
(synonym) base runner
(hypernym) ballplayer, baseball player
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
5. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
(synonym) stolon, offset
(hypernym) plant organ
6. a trained athlete who competes in foot races
(hypernym) athlete, jock
(hyponym) marathoner, marathon runner, road runner, long-distance runner
(derivation) race, run
7. a long narrow carpet
(hypernym) rug, carpet, carpeting
8. device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
(hypernym) device
(hyponym) blade
(part-holonym) sled, sledge, sleigh
9. fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
(synonym) blue runner, Caranx crysos
(hypernym) jack

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