runner
Pronunciation
[change]Noun
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- (countable) A runner is someone who runs.
- There are lots of runners in the park in the evening.
- The cheetah is a very fast runner.
- (countable) A runner is a mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.