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noun(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
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nounfish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
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nouna baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
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nouna horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tipstype of:
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nounsomeone who imports or exports without paying duties
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nouna long narrow carpet
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"he sent a runner over with the contract"nouna person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
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nouna trained athlete who competes in foot races
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noundevice consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
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nounsomeone who travels on foot by running
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- out (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
- home (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- run a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- bag a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- force a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
- lead (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- third the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
- steal a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
- base a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- plate (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score