RUNNERS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents

Example: he sent a runner over with the contract

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

someone who travels on foot by running

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a trained athlete who competes in foot races

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

someone who imports or exports without paying duties

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

a long narrow carpet

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Noun

(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Noun

a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)