What does ran mean?
Ran means simple past of run.
Ran
/ɹæn/ · verb
Meaning
simple past of run.
Definitions by Sense
- simple past of run
- simple past of rin
- (nonstandard, colloquial) past participle of run
- (nautical) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
Example Sentences
[…]rather to convince the Underſtanding, than to be eaſily capable of being anſwered ; excuſing your ſelf that you have ran into an Error, ſo foreign as you have declared from your Intention,[…]
" Heretics and schismatics, because they rebel against her, and only belong to the church, as deserters to an army from which they have ran away ;[…]
I’ve ran this event many times but in the year 2000, when we were running over the Bodmin Moor part of the course, it lashed down with large, freezing-cold hailstones.
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What is a synonym for ran?
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What is the opposite of ran?
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How do you use ran in a sentence?
[…]rather to convince the Underſtanding, than to be eaſily capable of being anſwered ; excuſing your ſelf that you have ran into an Error, ſo foreign as you have declared from your Intention,[…]
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