run out
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become used up; be exhausted
Our supplies finally ran out
Types & categories
- end hypernym
Related & opposite
- run out verb group
Sense 2 verb
flow off gradually
The rain water drains into this big vat
Types & categories
- course hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas
Types & categories
- leave hypernym
Sense 4 verb
lose validity
My passports expired last month
Types & categories
- discontinue hypernym
Related & opposite
- termination derivation
Sense 5 verb
flow, run or fall out and become lost
The milk spilled across the floor
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
exhaust the supply of
We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting
Types & categories
- wipe out hypernym
Related & opposite
- run out verb group
Sense 7 verb
prove insufficient
The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
Sense 8 verb
use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
At the end of the march, I pooped out
Types & categories
- fatigue hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | run out |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | end |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | drain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | drainpipe |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | termination |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | discontinue |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spillage |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spill |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | spill |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | overflow |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | run out |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | wipe out |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | fatigue |