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 Definitions of runaway  [ˈrʌn əˌweɪ]  

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Definition of 'runaway' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) runaway
a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter.

2.  runaway
a horse or team that has broken away.

3.  runaway
the act of running away.

4.  runaway
an easy victory.

5.  runaway
a young person who has run away from home.

6. (adj.) runaway
escaped; fugitive.

7.  runaway
(esp. of a horse) having escaped control.

8.  runaway
achieved by running away, esp. by eloping:
a runaway marriage.

9.  runaway
(of a contest) easily won.

10.  runaway
unchecked; rampant:
runaway prices.

11.  runaway
deserting or revolting against one's group.

Etymology:  (1505–15)

Definition of 'runaway' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) runaway, blowout, romp, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway
an easy victory

2. (adj) fugitive, runaway, fleer
someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
"fugitives from the sweatshops"

3. (adj) runaway
completely out of control
"runaway inflation"


Definition of 'runaway' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) runaway
running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse

2. (adj) runaway
accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage

3. (adj) runaway
won by a long lead; as, a runaway victory

4. (adj) runaway
very successful; accomplishing success quickly; as, a runaway bestseller

5. (noun) runaway
one who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive

6. (noun) runaway
the act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday


Translation of 'runaway' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person, animal etc that runs away
The police caught the two runaways; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: wegloper Arabic flag Arabic: هارِب، شارِد، جامِح Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: беглец
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fugitivo Czech flag Czech: uprchlík, -ice, uprchlý German flag German: der/die Ausreißer(in); du
Danish flag Danish: bortløben Greek flag Greek: φυγάδας Spanish flag Spanish: fugitivo
Estonian flag Estonian: põgenik Farsi flag Farsi: فراری Finnish flag Finnish: karkuri
French flag French: fugitif/-ive Hebrew flag Hebrew: בּוֹרֵח Hindi flag Hindi: अनियंत्रित, उच्छृंखल, बहु
Croatian flag Croatian: odbjegao Hungarian flag Hungarian: szökevény Indonesian flag Indonesian: pelarian
Icelandic flag Icelandic: strokumaður/-hestur Italian flag Italian: fuggiasco, fuggitivo Japanese flag Japanese: 逃亡者
Korean flag Korean: 도망자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pabėgėlis; pabėgęs Latvian flag Latvian: bēglis; izbēdzis
Malay flag Malay: cabut lari Dutch flag Dutch: vluchteling Norwegian flag Norwegian: rømling, løpsk hest
Polish flag Polish: zbiec Persian flag Persian: فراری Pashto flag Pashto: فراری
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fugitivo Romanian flag Romanian: evadat, fugar Russian flag Russian: беглец
Slovak flag Slovak: utečenec, -ka; na úteku, Slovenian flag Slovenian: ubežnik; pobegel Serbian flag Serbian: odbegao
Swedish flag Swedish: rymling; förrymd, bortspr Thai flag Thai: ผู้หลบหนี Turkish flag Turkish: kaçak, firari
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 逃跑的人或動物 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: утікач; дезертир Urdu flag Urdu: فرار ہو جانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kẻ chạy trốn Chinese flag Chinese: 潜逃者,逃跑者

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