run off
verb
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
The thief made off with our silver
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- decampment derivation
- bolt derivation
- absconder derivation
Sense 2 verb
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas
Types & categories
- leave hypernym
Sense 3 verb
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
Drive away potential burglars
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- rouse verb group
Sense 4 verb
run away secretly with one's beloved
The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas
Types & categories
- flee hypernym
Related & opposite
- elopement derivation
Sense 5 verb
run off as waste
The water wastes back into the ocean
Types & categories
- course hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
reproduce by xerography
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- photocopier derivation
- photocopy derivation
- xerographic copier derivation
- xerox derivation
Sense 7 verb
decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
Types & categories
- compete hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | decampment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bolt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | absconder |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | levant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | rouse |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | frighten |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear the air |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | banish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoo off |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | elopement |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | flee |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | runoff |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | waste |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | photocopier |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | photocopy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | xerographic copier |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | xerox |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | reproduce |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | microcopy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | photostat |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | runoff |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | game |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | compete |