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run • ning / ' rAnig / noun [ noncount ]

( SPORTS ) the sport of running Let's go running tomorrow morning.

run • ny / ' rAni / adjective ( run - ni - er , run - ni - est )

If you have a runny nose, a lot of liquid comes out of it, for example because you have a cold.

If a substance is runny , it has more liquid than is usual The cake batter is too runny.

run • Way / ' rAnwei / noun [ count ] ( plural run - ways )

a long piece of ground where airplanes take off and land

ru • ral / rural / adjective

connected with the country, not the city rural areas —Look at urban .

rUSh 1©/гл_Г/ verb (rush - es , rush ing,rushed )

1 to move or do something very quickly or too quickly The children rushed out of school. We rushed to finish the work on time.

2 to take someone or something quickly to a place She was rushed to the hospital.

rush into something to do something without

thinking about it enough first

We shouldn't have rushed into buying this house.

rush2 / га/ / noun [ singular ]

a sudden quick movement

At the end of the football game there was a rush for the exits.

a situation when you need to move or do something very quickly

I can't stop now — I'm in a rush. Don't eat so fast. There's no rush.

—SYNONYM hurry

rush hour / ' га/ |auar /

[count]

the time when the roads are busy because a lot of people are going to or coming from work

rust / rAst / noun [ noncount ]

( CHEMISTRY ) a red-brown substance that you sometimes see on metal that has been wet

rust verb ( rusts , rust ing , rust - ed )

My bike rusted because I left it out in the rain.

rus • tle / ' rAsl / verb

( rus - tles , rus - tling , rus - tled )

to make a sound like dry leaves moving together; to make something make this sound

Stop rustling your newspaper — I can't hear the radio!

rus • tle noun [ singular ]

the rustle of leaves

rust • y / ' rAsti / adjective ( rust i - er, rust - i - est)

(used about things made of metal) covered with a red- brown substance (called rust ) because it got wet a rusty nail

rut / rAt / noun

[count]

a deep track that a wheel makes in the ground

be in a rut

to have a boring life that is difficult to change I quit my job because I felt I was stuck in a rut.

ruth • less / ' rueias / adjective

hard and cruel; determined to get what you want without caring for others a ruthless dictator

ruth • less • ly / ' rueiasli / adverb

rye / rai / noun

[noncount]

a plant that is grown for its grain, which is used to make flour and a type of alcoholic drink (called whiskey ) rye bread

Ss

S, s / es / noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural S's, s's / ' esaz / )

the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet "Sun" begins with an "S."

the Sab • bath / дэ ' srebae / noun [ singular ]

( RELIGION ) the day of the week for rest and prayer in some religions. This is usually Sunday for Christians and Saturday for Jews.

sack / srek / noun

[count]

a big, strong bag for carrying heavy things a sack of potatoes

sa •cred / ' seikrad / adjective

( RELIGION ) with a special religious meaning A church is a sacred building.

sac • ri • fice 1 / ' srekrafais / noun

[ count, noncount ]

when you stop doing or having something important so that you can get or do something else

They made a lot of sacrifices to pay for their son to go to college.

( RELIGION ) an animal or other thing that is given to a god

sac • ri • fice 2 / ' srekrafais / verb

(sac - ri fic es, sac ri fic - ing , sac - ri - ficed )

to stop doing or having something important so that you can help someone or to get something else