Meaning of runway | Babel Free

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1. track, course, trail
2. A defined, narrow section of land or an artificial structure used for access.
3. track (song)
4. The usual path taken by deer or other wild animals, such as from a forest to a water source.
5. one after another; continuously. We travelled for four days running. opeenvolgend بصورَةٍ مُتَواصِلَه последователно consecutivos nepřetržitě aufeinanderfolgend i træk συνεχώςseguido, consecutivo järjest پشت سر هم yhtäjaksoisesti d'affiléeברציפות लगातार एक के बाद दूसरा za redom, neprekidno folyamatosan, egyfolytában berturut-turut samfellt, í einu di seguito 引き続き 잇달아 iš eilės, be perstojo pēc kārtas dengan berterusan, berturut-turut achter elkaar i ett, i trekk, på rad jednym ciągiem د ټولو ش...
6. liquid; watery. Do you like your egg yolk firm or runny?; The baby has a runny nose. loperig في حالَةٍ سائِلَه течен mole řídký, tekutý; mokrý laufend tyndtflydende; næse, som løber ρευστός, που τρέχει líquido; poco hecho; que moquea vedel, tilkuv آبکی؛ آبریز juokseva liquideנוזלי अधिक द्रव, पानी बहाती हुई koji curi, slinav folyós, híg encer, berair sem rennur/lekur úr liquido, acquoso; たれやすい 액체 모양의 skystas, bėgantis pašķidrs; (par degunu) pilošs cair zacht, waterigrennende; bløt; flytendepły...
7. A narrow walkway (often on a platform) extending from a stage on which people walk, especially one used by models during fashion shows.
8. lane
9. a person, animal etc that runs away. The police caught the two runaways; (also adjective) a runaway horse. wegloper هارِب، شارِد، جامِح беглец fugitivo uprchlík, -ice, uprchlý der/die Ausreißer; durchgebrannt bortløben φυγάδαςfugitivo põgenik فراری karkuri fugitif/-ive בּוֹרֵח अनियंत्रित, उच्छृंखल, बहुत सहज odbjegao szökevény pelarian strokumaður/-hestur fuggiasco, fuggitivo 逃亡者 도망자 pabėgėlis; pabėgęs bēglis; izbēdzis cabut lari vluchtelingrømling, løpsk hestzbiec فراری fugitivo evadat, fugar...
   etc
10. In javelin, long jump, and similar events: a short track along which athletes can accelerate themselves for their jumps or throws.
11. court (field on which tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, etc is played)
12. tired or exhausted because one has worked too hard. He feels run-down. moeg, uitgeput مُنْهَك، مُرهَق изтощен abatido vyčerpaný abgespannt udkørt εξαντλημένοςagotado, hecho polvo, muerto de cansancio väsinud کوفته؛ خسته uupunut épuisé מוּתָש थका हुआ, जीर्ण-शीर्ण टूटा-फूटा trošan, istrošen kelelahan í niðurníðslu sfinito へとへとの 피로한 pavargęs, nusivaręs nomocījies; spēkus zaudējis penat doodmoeutkjørt, overtrett, pumpet zmordowany ستړی abatido уставший vyčerpaný izčrpan premoren slutkörd, överans...
13. A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.
14. a person, thing etc that is second in a race or competition. My friend won the prize and I was the runner-up. tweede plek الفائِز الثّاني втори segundo colocado druhý, -á der/die Zweite nummer to επιλαχώνsegundo teisele kohale jäänud دومین نفر یا تیم برنده toisena maaliin saapunut second/-onde מָקוֹם שְׁנִי प्रतियोगिता में द्वितीय drugi po redu (u utrci), drugoplasirani második helyezett nomor dua maður sem lendir í öðru sæti secondo ２位 2위의 경기자 antrosios vietos laimėtojas, vicečempionas otrās...
    etc
15. The number of months that a startup company can operate by using up its cash reserves.
    informal
16. a wide path from which aircraft take off and on which they land. The plane landed on the runway. aanloopbaan مَدْرَج الطّائِرَه писта pista rozjezdová, přistávací dráha die Rollbahn startbane; landingsbane διάδρομος απογείωσης, προσγείωσης pista lennurada باند فرودگاه kiitorata pisteמסלול दौड़ पथ, धावन पथ, खांचा, लीख avionska pista kifutópálya; leszállópálya landasan pacu flugbraut pista 滑走路 활주로 pakilimo ir nusileidimo takas skrejceļš landasan startbaanrullebane, start-/landingsbane pas, star...
17. A stream bed.
18. having (no) chance of success. She's in the running for the job of director. het kans مُتَجانِس أو غَيْر مُتَجانِس في الخَطْو имам/нямам шанс за победа na corrida (ne)držet krok im Gleichschritt/außer Tritt i takt; ude af takt συγχρονισμένος στο ίδιο βήμα, ασυγχρόνιστος en medio; del medio ühes taktis, taktist väljas حذف شده از مسابقه hyvät, huonot mahdollisuudet au pas; rompre le pas יֵש/אֵין סִיכּוּי לְנַצֵח विजय की थोड़ी भी आशा नहीं držati/ne držati korak sa, ukorak/raskorak lépést tart vk...
19. escaping; running away. He's on the run from the police. op vrye voet هارِب، فار бягащ em fuga na útěku auf der Flucht på flugt υπό καταδίωξη, σε φυγή en fuga paos در حال فرار؛ دویدن pakosalla en fuite בִּמנוּסָה दौड़ता हुआ, हड़बड़ी में biti u bijegu menekül melarikan diri á flótta in fuga 逃走中の 도주하여 pabėgęs, besislapstantis bēguļot; slapstīties melarikan diri op de vluchtpå flukt w ucieczce منډی وهل،د فرار په حال کی em fuga pe/în fugă в бегах na úteku na begu u bekstvu på flykt (rymmen) กำลัง...
20. to meet. I ran across an old friend. ontmoet, toevallig ontmoet يَلْتَقي صُدْفَةً посрещам encontrar náhodou potkat jemandem in die Arme laufen løbe ind i συναντώ τυχαία cruzarse con, encontrar por casualidad kokku sattuma ملاقت کردن؛ اتفاقا بر خورد کردن törmätä rencontrer qqn par hasard לְהִתַקֵל सहसा मिल जाना naići na, slučajno sresti összeszalad vkivel bertemu hitta, rekast á imbattersi, incontrare per caso 出会う 우연히 만나다 netikėtai sutikti nejauši satikt terserempak tegen het lijf lopentreffe...
21. to chase. The dog ran after a cat. jaag يُلاحِق، يُطارِد преследвам correr atrás běžet za hinterherjagen løbe efter κυνηγώ, καταδιώκωperseguir, correr tras/detrás de taga ajama تعقیب کردن jahdata courir après לִרדוֹף पीछे लगना, पीछ-पीछे फिरना trčati za, slijediti fut vki/vmi után mengejar elta rincorrere 追う 추적하다 vyti(s) dzīties pakaļ; vajāt mengejar achterna zitten løpe/jage etter gonić تعقیبول correr atrás a fugi după преследовать bežať za zasledovati (koga) juriti springa efter, jaga วิ่งไล...

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“The invention comprehends an inclined runway or cable connected at its upper end in any desirable way to a point adjacent the bin, pocket, or chute to which the coal is to be delivered and connected at its lower end to a post or other point of attachment located at the side of the pile of coal. […] The coal tub or carrier by means of which the coal is conveyed is suspended from and adapted to run along the runway or cable, […]”

“From many years’ experience with automobiles, I have known the manner of signaling by horn to the garage keeper or elevator man the desire to enter the building. As many garages are located in residence districts, this is truly a very annoying custom and should be stopped. To overcome this nuisance a handy electric push button could be mounted on posts on either side of the runway, about five feet high, so that they could be easily reached as the car approaches the garage door. These posts could be placed near the curb, and two are recommended to serve cars with left or right side drive.”

“Q. Was the fence all blocked by the freight? […] A. No, there was a runway left, so they could drive trucks through there inside the space.”

“A TAKE-DOWN CANOE RUNWAY. A very handy adjunct to the camp of a canoeist is a runway that can be taken apart and transported easily.”

“There is a water-break formed by a small terrace of rock in mid-stream, and purling with a hollow, delicious monotone—an island of pebbles is above, with here and there smaller ones near the "forks." This pebbly island is directly on the runway, or customary trail which the hunted deer pursues through the forests. […] I fix my eyes steadily upon the runway—straining them almost from their sockets—still no deer.”

“These streams have always been, and, of right ought to be, the runways for shad and salmon, when these fishes are seeking a spawning bed;[…]. The public at large, […] are entitled to have the full benefit of these runways free from any such permanent obstructions as will prevent the ready passage of fish up stream, or will destroy them uselessly on their return to the river and sea.”

“The runways rapidly narrow in both diameters, and as they reach that portion of the way which is substantially horizontal, they are of a size to allow an adult marmot to readily pass through.”

“In the mornings hoar-frost lay thick upon the ground, and thin ice formed in currentless shallows and overlay the muskrat runways.”

“He halfheartedly paid attention to the flurry of activity on the runway, until a thunderous round of applause suddenly broke out. He then sat up straight, giving his full attention to the striking, attention-grabbing model who'd just strolled onto the runway.”

“At a time when “heroin chic” ruled the runway, the press tormented the granddaughter of Roald Dahl about her curvier body.”

“Proper footwear is a must for javelin throwing. To some degree the surface of the runway will dictate the type of shoe.”

“The main goal of the approach run is to attain the maximum controllable running speed on the runway immediately prior to the throw.”

“Down at the end of the field when ready for the take-off, I'd taxi the ship off the runway and tell him why I did that—"so as not to block incoming ships," and I'd tell him at the same time why the incoming ship was supposed to land in the first third of the field and why in the take-off we were going all the way to the end of the runway and not try to take off up the middle of the runway.”

“Space Shuttle. A human-operated space vehicle launched by a rocket to orbit the Earth and then return to Earth and land undamaged on a runway like a conventional airplane.”

“They hurried across the waiting hall to the departure gates. Through the windows he could see the floodlights on the field, shining on the runways. Planes pulled up in rows at the gates, assembly-line style, workers swarming over them like ants even before they stopped.”

“Dozens of residents assembled cars and 4-wheelers to light the runway so the plane could land and pick up a child who needed medical attention, Nelson said.”

“There have been seven close calls on US runways this year, which has led to a fair amount of news coverage, some alarm among the flying public and a lot of calls for answers.”

“So, if you have $1.8M in the bank and monthly burn rate of $150,000, you have a runway of 12 months.”

“There was so much investment—as much capital as twice the GDP of Tuvalu—which meant we must have enough runway, right?”

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