Sekirov Dictionary

run in

verb6

  1. (UK) To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
  2. (figurative) To start a new regime slowly.
  3. (informal) To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
  4. To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
  5. To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
  6. To score (a try).

adjective3

  1. (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts.
  2. (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.
  3. Alternative form of run-in (adjective) (styled open when in predicative position)
run-in
/ˈɹʌnˌɪn/

noun3

  1. An encounter; a scrape or brush, especially one involving trouble or difficulty.
  2. The end-phase of a competition etc.
  3. A sudden compression between two coupled railcars when the hinder one is moving faster than the fore one.

adjective2

  1. (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts.
  2. (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.
forms

ran in · running in · runs in · run ins · run-ins · more run in · more run-in · most run in · most run-in

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