run

/rʌn/ v [I/T] (present participle running, past tense ran /ræn/, past participle run) (OPERATE)

Definition

› to manage or operate something: [T] She runs the business out of her home. [I] She left the engine running while she went into the store. [T] Can you run both of these programs at once? [T] They’re running tests on his heart functions. › If something runs on a particular type of energy, it uses that type of energy to operate: [I] Some calculators run on solar power .

(Definition of run v (OPERATE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)