runaway
/ˈɹʌnəweɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
noun
A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
noun
An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
noun
The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
noun
An overwhelming victory.
Example Sentences
- "Runaways are vulnerable to criminal exploitation."
- "Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled?"
- "If any man of his owne heade and without leaue, walke out of his precint and boundes, taken without the princes letters, he is broughte againe for a fugitiue or a runaway with great shame and rebuke, and is sharpely punished."
- "On New Year's Day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is fearful to contemplate, was averted by the aid of the telegraph. A collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend; and the driver having leaped from his engine, the latter started alone at full speed to London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph to London and other stations; and while the line was kept clear, an engine and other arrangements were prepared as a buttress to receive the runaway."
- "Runaways are rendered impossible, as the machine can be instantly stopped by means of a double brake connected with the driver's seat"
- "We hear many ideas advanced as to the cause of engines running away, more especially in electric stations, while the wonder is that the runaways are so few."