runaway
English
/ˈɹʌnəweɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
- A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
- (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
- The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
- An overwhelming victory.
Etymology
Compound from English run + English away.
Origin
English
away
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atren English
- atrin English
- auto-away English
- autoaway English
- autorun English
- away English
- awayness English
- awayward English
- bobrun English
- breakaway English
- cutaway English
- driveaway English
- flyaway English
- foldaway English
- forerun English
- freerun English
- giveaway English
- hereaway English
- hideaway English
- hoistaway English
- inrun English
- interrun English
- intrarun English
- meltaway English
- midrun English
- millrun English
- monkey run English
- moonrun English
- multirun English
- nonrun English
- outrun English
- overrun English
- payrun English
- prerun English
- rerun English
- rollaway English
- run English
- run time English
- run-up English
- runabout English
- runahead English
- runaholic English
- runathon English
- runback English
- rundale English
- runholder English
- runholding English
- runless English
- runlet English
- runlevel English
- runman English
- runnable English
- runned English
- runnel English
- runner English
- runnest English
- runneth English
- runny English
- runoff English
- runout English
- runproof English
- runrate English
- runridge English
- runscorer English
- runway English
- soakaway English
- soaraway English
- speedrun English
- state-run English
- stayaway English
- takeaway English
- tearaway English
- throwaway English
- towaway English
- tuckaway English
- ultrarun English
- underrun English
- unrun English
- uprun English
- walkaway English
- way English
- wayward English
- runnen Dutch, Flemish
- away Middle English
- runnen Middle English
- रन Hindi
- ran Tok Pisin
- lon Sranan Tongo
- way
- run
- away
- runny
- rerun
- atrin
- atren
- inrun
- uprun
- unrun
- runnel
- prerun
- midrun
- run-up
- runlet
- payrun
- runout
- bobrun
- runoff
- outrun
- runner
- nonrun
- runman
- runway
- runned
- towaway
- millrun
- autorun
- runback
- forerun
- moonrun
- rundale
- flyaway
- wayward
- cutaway
- overrun
- runrate
- freerun
- runnest
- runneth
- runless
- autoaway
- multirun
- hideaway
- giveaway
- takeaway
- stayaway
- runabout
- underrun
- awayness
- walkaway
- tuckaway
- awayward
- soaraway
- soakaway
- meltaway
- runlevel
- ultrarun
- runnable
- speedrun
- runahead
- intrarun
- interrun
- foldaway
- runathon
- tearaway
- runridge
- runproof
- rollaway
- hereaway
- run time
- runscorer
- state-run
- throwaway
- breakaway
- driveaway
- auto-away
- runaholic
- hoistaway
- runholder
- runholding
- monkey run