Dictionary entry details
• RUN OUT (verb)
Meaning:
Become used up; be exhausted
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Our supplies finally ran out
Hypernyms (to "run out" is one way to...):
cease; end; finish; stop; terminate (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Flow off gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
drain; run out
Context example:
The rain water drains into this big vat
Hypernyms (to "run out" is one way to...):
course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
The water run outs
Meaning:
Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bolt out; beetle off; run off; run out; bolt
Context examples:
The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas / When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out
Hypernyms (to "run out" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Lose validity
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
expire; run out
Context example:
My passports expired last month
Hypernyms (to "run out" is one way to...):
discontinue (come or be at an end)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Flow, run or fall out and become lost
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
spill; run out
Context examples:
The milk spilled across the floor / The wine spilled onto the table
Hypernyms (to "run out" is one way to...):
course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "run out"):
brim over; overflow; overrun; run over; well over (flow or run over (a limit or brim))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Exhaust the supply of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting
Hypernyms (to "run out" is one way to...):
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Prove insufficient
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
give out; run out; fail
Context example:
The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
poop out; conk out; peter out; run down; run out
Context example:
At the end of the march, I pooped out
Hypernyms (to "run out" is one way to...):
fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (get tired of something or somebody)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
