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Webster 1913 Edition
Runt
Runt
,Noun.
[Written also
rant
.] [Scot. ]
runt
an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, the trunk of a tree; cf. D. rund
a bullock, an ox or cow, G. rind
. Cf. Rother
, Adj.
1.
(Zool.)
Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; – applied particularly to domestic animals.
2.
(Zool.)
A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.
3.
A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; – used opprobriously.
Before I buy a bargain of such
I’ll buy a college for bears, and live among 'em.
runts
,I’ll buy a college for bears, and live among 'em.
Beau. & Fl.
4.
The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Neither young poles nor old
runts
are durable. Holland.
Webster 1828 Edition
Runt
RUNT
,Noun.
Any animal small below the natural or usual size of the species.
Of tame pigeons, are croppers, carriers and runts.
Definition 2024
runt
runt
English
Noun
runt (plural runts)
- The smallest animal of a litter.
- The smallest child in the family, as in "the runt of the family."
- Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.
- (computing) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
- (typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
- A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. — Holland.
Translations
the smallest or the weakest animal of a litter or a pack
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smallest child in the family
undersized or stunted plant, animal or person
small Ethernet packet
breed of pigeon
hardened stem or stalk of a plant
Anagrams
References
- ↑ Angus Stevenson (editor), Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 6th Edition (Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780199206872)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
runt
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of runnen
- (archaic) plural imperative of runnen
Anagrams
Faroese
Adjective
Declension
| rundur a7 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | rundur | rund | runt |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | rundan | runda | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | rundum | rundari | rundum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (runds) | (rundar/ rundrar) |
(runds) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | rundir | rundar | rund |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | rundar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | rundum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (runda rundra) |
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Adverb
runt
Old French
Adjective
runt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular runde)
- Alternative form of reont
Declension
Declension of runt
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adjective
runt
- absolute indefinite neuter form of rund.
Adverb
runt
- around; aimlessly (about movement)
- gå runt
- walk around
- gå runt
- around; at random locations
- around; in a manner that involves a lot of transportation
See also
- gå runt
- se sig runt
- vända runt
Preposition
runt
- around; denoting a full circle
- around; following a path which curves near an object
- around (a corner)
- around, near (about time)
- Jag kommer runt tre.
- I'll come around three o'clock.
- Jag kommer runt tre.
- about; all round
Synonyms
Derived terms
- runt om
- runt omkring