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ran

1 American  
[ran] / ræn /

verb

  1. simple past tense of run.

Ran 2 American  
[rahn] / rɑn /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

  1. a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.

RAN 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Royal Australian Navy

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ran 2 British  
/ ræn /

verb

  1. the past tense of run

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He ran until the stink and assailants were miles behind, until the tears had dried on his furry cheeks.

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“When the trap snapped, he ran off with the food and left her there. The hunter set her free.”

From Literature

Upstairs on Tante Jans’s tall mahogany chair sat the lady who ran the rooming house where Otto lived.

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He dropped to all fours and ran as one of the boars charged, his swinging tusks wiping Clare’s hind legs out from beneath him.

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Betsie ran to make more coffee and put her taartjes in the oven while Toos and I hurried to the doors.

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