Runaway

Quick meaning: Runaway is a noun meaning A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.

Meaning

A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.

More Meanings

1. A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
2. (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
3. The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
4. An overwhelming victory.
5. Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
6. Easily won, as a contest.
7. Accelerating out of control.

Example Sentences

Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled?

Runaways are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.

Runaways are rendered impossible, as the machine can be instantly stopped by means of a double brake connected with the driver's seat

We hear many ideas advanced as to the cause of engines running away, more especially in electric stations, while the wonder is that the runaways are so few.

Word Forms

• runaways
• run-away

Synonyms for runaway

Depending on context, synonyms include fugitive, romp, uncontrolled, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fugitive, walkaway, romp, laugher, uncontrolled, shoo-in.

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