ran
UK/ɹæn/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
British/ɹan/
ran is the simple past of run.
ran is the simple past of rin.
ran is the past participle of run.
Meaning of run
Verb
run (third-person singular simple present runs, present participle running, simple past ran, past participle run or (nonstandard, colloquial) ran)
- To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- Run, and you might still catch the train!
- To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- I have been running all over the building looking for him.
- To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- I can run a mile, but I can't run the cross-country course.
- To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- I was hoping to make the team, but I didn't run the qualifying time.
- To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- The shuttle runs back and forth on these rollers.
- To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- Every day I run my dog across the field and back.
Meaning of rin
Verb
rin (third-person singular simple present rins, present participle rinning, simple past ran, past participle run)
- To run.
- "Besides," he continued, "I'm no sure that I'm right in rinning—rinning! I'm no rinning , I'm ganging; weel then I'm no sure that I'm right doing a witch's errand, whether rinning or ganging, sae I'se stand still and consider it.[…]."1836, Allan Cunningham, Lord Roldan, volume 1, John Macrone, page 314
Noun (1)
ran (uncountable)
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Ran
Ran
- A male given name from Hebrew.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ran
Ran
- A female given name from Japanese.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Ran
Ran
- A surname.
Proper noun (4) capitalized: RAN
RAN
- Initialism of Royal Australian Navy
Noun (2) capitalized: RAN
RAN (uncountable)
Origin of ran
From Hebrew רָן (ran).
Borrowed from Japanese らん/蘭.
Phrases with ran
145 more phrasesFewer phrases
- rat ran
- ran amok
- ran away
- ran back
- ran deep
- ran down
- ran game
- ran high
- ran into
- ran late
- ran over
- ran past
- ran riot
- ran thin
- ran wild
- ran with
- scud ran
- front ran
- ran about
- ran after
- ran ahead
- ran along
- ran amuck
- ran hands
- ran it up
- ran lines
- ran point
- ran short
- ran up in
- ran up on
- speed ran
- corpse ran
- et and ran
- Naruto ran
- ran a bath
- ran a mile
- ran a muck
- ran a risk
- ran across
- ran adrift
- ran around
- ran before
- ran behind
- ran for it
- ran off on
- ran one on
- ran out on
- ran scared
- ate and ran
- eat and ran
- hit and ran
- ran a fever
- ran a train
- ran against
- ran aground
- ran counter
- ran errands
- ran game on
- ran in with
- ran nowhere
- ran rampant
- ran through
- ran afoul of
- ran into one
- ran off with
- ran on empty
- ran on fumes
- ran the risk
- ran the show
- ran to earth
- ran to waste
- ran up in it
- eaten and ran
- etten and ran
- ran an errand
- ran away from
- ran away with
- ran for cover
- ran the gamut
- ran the table
- ran to ground
- ran about with
- ran and gunned
- ran like a top
- ran one's face
- ran one's name
- ran out of gas
- ran up against
- ran around with
- ran one's mouth
- ran out of road
- ran out of town
- ran and repeated
- ran around after
- ran at the mouth
- ran hot and cold
- ran interference
- ran out of steam
- ran rings around
- ran the gantlope
- ran the gauntlet
- ran to the hills
- ran a temperature
- ran away together
- ran for the hills
- ran in the family
- ran out the clock
- ran the gauntlope
- ran the rule over
- ran to the ground
- ran with scissors
- ran circles around
- ran down the clock
- ran for one's life
- ran off the tongue
- ran roughshod over
- ran someone ragged
- ran someone's file
- ran the clock down
- ran the whole show
- ran from the tongue
- ran into the ground
- ran off one's mouth
- ran one's mouth off
- ran barefoot through
- ran for the exercise
- ran like a dry creek
- ran off at the mouth
- ran into a brick wall
- ran someone off their feet
- look like who did it and ran
- looks like who did it and ran
- ran something up the flagpole
- took the ball and ran with it
- looked like who did it and ran
- looking like who did it and ran
- look like who did it and ran away
- looks like who did it and ran away
- picked up the ball and ran with it
- ran around with one's hair on fire
- looked like who did it and ran away
- looking like who did it and ran away
- held with the hare and ran with the hounds
- ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds
- ran around like a chicken with its head cut off
Words that rhyme with ran
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- clan
- ban
- Cheyenne
- Longshan
- Nanshan
- plan
- an
- gan
- Gushan
- han
- Hongshan
- mann
- nan
- stan
- tan
- unman
- Baoshan
- Dongshan
- flan
- Heshan
- Jinshan
- langshan
- marzipan
- panne
- Qishan
- rattan
- bantustan
- began
- chan
- Fengshan
- Fran
- Guanshan
- Hengshan
- Huangshan
- Huishan
- japan
- Lausanne
- Lianshan
- Lushan
- Marianne
- Pingshan
- scran
- sedan
- shan
- than
- trapan
- trepan
- Xi'an
Questions about ran
- What does ran mean?
- Ran means yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
- What is ran the simple past of?
- Ran is the simple past of run.
- What part of speech is ran?
- Ran can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ran?
- Ran is pronounced /ɹæn/ (UK).
Words near ran in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ran (page history and authors); Ran (page history and authors); RAN (page history and authors); run (page history and authors); rin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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