Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in British Sign Language (BSL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
"Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store";
See also: lark, fly the coop, take to the woods, head for the hills, hightail it, run away, lam, turn tail, scarper, lark about, run around, romp, frisk, gambol, cavort, skylark, rollick, frolic, sport, disport, bunk, break away, escape
Categories: hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip
Within this category: hare, jog, lope, outrun, romp, run, run bases, rush, scurry, sprint, streak, trot
How to sign: the act of testing something
"in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial";
Categories: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Within this category: assay, audition, clinical trial, double blind, field trial, fitting, MOT, pilot project, preclinical trial, Snellen test
How to sign: carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
"Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction";
Similiar / Same: execute
Categories: apply, enforce, implement
Within this category: step
How to sign: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
"She is running a relief operation in the Sudan";
Similiar / Same: operate
Categories: direct
Within this category: block, financier, warm up, work
How to sign: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
"melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun";
Similiar / Same: melt, melt down
