correr

Definitions of correr
  1. verb
    run at a moderately swift pace
    synonyms: hacer footing, trotar
  2. verb
    to move about or proceed hurriedly
    synonyms: corretear, escabullirse
  3. verb
    cover by running; run a certain distance
  4. verb
    move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
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    hacer footing, trotar
    run at a moderately swift pace
    corretear, escabullirse
    to move about or proceed hurriedly
    hacer footing
    run for exercise
    apresurarse
    run very fast, usually for a short distance
    abalanzarse
    run with the ball, in football
    type of:
    acelerar, apresurarse, darse prisa
    move very fast
  5. verb
    run with the ball; in such sports as football
  6. verb
    move fast
    synonyms: abalanzarse, acelerar, apresurarse, darse prisa, lanzarse, precipitarse
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    antonyms:
    demorar, demorarse, durar, ir despacio
    take one's time; proceed slowly
    types:
    apresurarse, echarse, precipitarse
    run or move very quickly or hastily
    type of:
    desplazarse, ir, moverse
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  7. verb
    move or progress freely as if in a stream
    synonyms: crecer, fluir, manar
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    ondear, ondular
    stir up (water) so as to form ripples
    type of:
    mover, moverse, trasladar
    move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
  8. verb
    move along, of liquids
    synonyms: crecer, fluir, manar
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    chorrear, gotear
    issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
    arremolinarse, girar, remolinear
    flow in a circular current, of liquids
    aminorar, amortiguar, atenuar, disminuir, minorar, mitigar, rebajar, reducir, remitir
    run off as waste
    fluir
    flow in a spurt
    derramar, derramarse, verter, verterse
    flow, run or fall out and become lost
    verter
    flow freely and abundantly
    gotear
    run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
    desprender, exudar, manar, rezumar
    pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
    borbotar, brotar, chorrear
    gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
    desbordarse
    flow or run over (a limit or brim)
    type of:
    mover, moverse, trasladar
    move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
  9. verb
    flow in a spurt
    synonyms: fluir
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    borbotar, brotar, chorrear
    gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
    inyectar
    flow intermittently
    type of:
    crecer, fluir, manar
    move along, of liquids
  10. verb
    cause an animal to move fast
    synonyms:
    cazar
    pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
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    type of:
    desplazar, mover
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
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