How many meanings of the word 'run' are there .?

Question

and how many words are in English language ?

Answer 1

You can run a race.
You can run (start) a computer program.
Syrup can run (dribble) down your chin.

That's all I can think of.

Answer 2

I don't know the exact number in the CURRENT Oxford English Dictionary, but in the previous edition "run" had 396 listings!

(This gave it the 2nd most, behind "set". But the OED recently announced that in its current edition, "make" is the leader, then "set", then "run".)

http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/t47.html
http://www.oed.com/news/revisions.htm

As for the question about 'number of words in English' -- this is a difficult question to know how to answer. Do different forms of a word ("run, ran, runs, running, runner...") each count? or only some of them? When do you omit a word from the main listings as archaic or dialectal?

At any rate, here is one attempt:
"There are about a million English words, maybe more. It is hard to see how even a conservative estimate of English vocabulary could go much below a million words. If you allow all of scientific nomenclature, this could easily double the figure. For example, there are apparently some one million insects already described, with several million more awaiting description. The two largest dictionaries - the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary - each include around half a million words (or lexemes).

http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/t48.html

Answer 3

6

Answer 4

there are 180 meanings for run!

and there are approximately 988,968 words in the English Language

Answer 5

run like in a footrace

during the Great Depression that had runs on banks

Answer 6

Go to the website "answers.com//run" you will get the answer there. Very useful website.

Answer 7

Look it up on thesaurus.com