📖 R — The English dictionary · page 55

runny — Everyday, meaning 1: Runny means more liquid than usual, so it flows easily («runny honey», «a runny egg»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A runny nose has a lot of liquid coming out of it, usually because of a cold or allergy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Runny eyes are watery.↗ Example: I have a runny nose, so I need a tissue.↗ · I like my egg with a runny yolk.↗ · Runny honey is easy to pour.↗ · The paint was too runny and dripped down the wall.↗ · Hay fever gives me runny eyes.↗ · Water is runnier than syrup.↗ · The ice cream went runny in the sun.↗ · If your nose is runny, use a tissue and wash your hands.↗

runway — Everyday, meaning 1: A runway is a long, flat strip of hard ground at an airport where planes take off and land.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A runway is also the long, narrow stage that models walk along at a fashion show (also called a catwalk).↗ Example: The plane raced down the runway and took off.↗ · The runway lights guide pilots at night.↗ · The airport is building a new runway.↗ · We waited on the runway for twenty minutes.↗ · The model walked down the runway in a gold dress.↗ · This runway is three kilometres long.↗

rupee — Everyday, meaning 1: The rupee is the money used in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius and other countries.↗ Example: The book cost 200 rupees.↗ · India's money is called the rupee.↗ · We changed pounds into rupees.↗ · A rupee is divided into 100 paise.↗ · The note was 500 rupees.↗ · Sri Lanka also uses the rupee.↗ · "Fifty thousand rupees," the prince replied.↗

rupture — Everyday, meaning 1: To rupture is to burst or break open suddenly, like a pipe or a body part.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A rupture is a burst or break.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A rupture is a sudden break in a friendship or agreement.↗ Example: A water pipe ruptured in the freezing cold.↗ · He was rushed to hospital with a ruptured appendix.↗ · The dam could rupture if the water rises.↗ · The footballer ruptured a tendon in his ankle.↗ · The argument caused a rupture between the friends.↗ · The earthquake ruptured the road.↗

rural — Everyday, meaning 1: Rural means to do with the countryside, not towns or cities.↗ Example: We live in a rural area with lots of farms.↗ · Rural schools are often small.↗ · Rural buses do not come often.↗ · Many people moved from rural areas to cities.↗ · Rural life can be quiet.↗ · The map shows rural and urban areas.↗ · When completed, it was a sweet rural bower, roofed overhead with an arch of living boughs.↗

rush — Everyday, meaning 1: To move or do something very fast, often too fast.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make someone hurry.↗ e.g. "Don't rush me!"↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a noun, a hurry.↗ e.g. "I'm in a rush."↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A sudden strong movement or feeling.↗ e.g. "a rush of water", "a rush of joy".↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A busy time.↗ e.g. "rush hour".↗ Everyday, meaning 6: A tall grass-like plant growing near water.↗ Example: Don't rush your homework.↗ · We were in a rush this morning.↗ · Traffic is bad at rush hour.↗ · Water rushed into the cave.↗ · She rushed to help her friend.↗ · Walk, don't rush, near the pool.↗ · There's no rush; take your time.↗ · Ducks hid among the rushes.↗ · Then the hungry lion rushed in.↗ · The Word is in them as they rush forth and as they return, they speak as from the whirlwind, and returning fall prostrate in adoration before the Throne.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Word is in them as they rush forth and as they return, they speak as from the whirl- wind, and returning fall prostrate in adoration before the Throne.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Can the rush shoot up without mire?↗ (Writings JOB.8.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And they rushed into the Jordan before the king.↗ (Prophets 2SA.19.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.↗ (Writings JOB.41.12, JPS 1917)↗

rushen — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Made of rushes, the tough stalks of marsh plants; here it is the name of a girl who wears a coat of rushes.↗ Example: "But what will become of the dinner?" said Rushen Coatie.↗ (More English Fairy Tales) · So they called her Rushen Coatie, and made her sit in the kitchen nook, amid the ashes.↗ (More English Fairy Tales) · The daughter soon found out that the red calf gave food to Rushen Coatie, and told her mother.↗ (More English Fairy Tales)

rushing — Everyday, meaning 1: Rushing means moving or doing something very fast, often because there is little time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rushing water or wind moves fast and with force.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Rushing someone means making them hurry.↗ Example: We were rushing to catch the bus.↗ · Stop rushing and check your answers.↗ · The rushing river was too strong to cross.↗ · Don't go rushing down the stairs.↗ · I could hear the wind rushing through the trees.↗ · Mum is always rushing in the morning.↗ · She made mistakes because she was rushing her homework.↗ · The firefighters came rushing to help.↗ · ‘I am here!’ shrieked Farmer Weatherbeard, rushing out of doors.↗ · The word of God is in them as they burst forth, and as they return; they obey the divine command, rushing along as a whirlwind, returning to prostrate themselves at his throne.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!↗ (Prophets ISA.17.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Then a spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing: 'Blessed be the glory of the LORD from His place'; (Prophets EZK.3.12, JPS 1917)↗ · also the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.↗ (Prophets EZK.3.13, JPS 1917)↗

russian — Everyday, meaning 1: Russian means coming from or connected with Russia, the very large country that stretches from Eastern Europe across northern Asia.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Russian is a person from Russia.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Russian is the main language of Russia, written in the Cyrillic alphabet.↗ Example: My friend's mum speaks Russian.↗ · Russian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet.↗ · We opened the Russian doll and found five more inside.↗ · The Russian winter is very cold.↗ · Baba Yaga is a witch in Russian fairy tales.↗ · A Russian dancer came to perform at our school.↗ · I smell Russian flesh!↗ [188] Who's there?"↗

rust — Everyday, meaning 1: Rust is the reddish-brown, flaky coating that forms on iron or steel when it gets wet and meets air.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To rust means to become covered with rust.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Rust is also a reddish-brown colour.↗ Example: My old bike chain is covered in rust.↗ · Iron rusts when it is left out in the rain.↗ · Paint stops the gate from rusting.↗ · Rust made the metal weak and it broke.↗ · Be careful with rusty nails; they can cut you.↗ · The car had rust on its doors.↗ · Salt water makes metal rust faster.↗ · Gold never rusts.↗ · Others polished the blade until all the rust was removed and it glistened like burnished silver.↗

rustic — Everyday, meaning 1: Simple, plain and natural, like life in the countryside: «a rustic cottage».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) A country person who works on the land, a peasant.↗ Example: The rustic people paused from their work in the field.↗ · A rustic who had seen the race told the king.↗ · We ate bread and cheese at a rustic table.↗

rustle — Everyday, meaning 1: To rustle is to make a soft, light, crackling sound like dry leaves or paper moving.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A rustle is that sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Rustle up» means to make or find something quickly, like a quick snack.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To rustle cattle is to steal them (in old Western stories).↗ Example: The leaves rustled in the wind.↗ · We heard a rustle in the bushes and froze.↗ · Please don't rustle your crisp packet during the film.↗ · Mum rustled up some sandwiches for us.↗ · The paper rustled as she turned the page.↗ · In the cowboy story, thieves rustled the cattle at night.↗ · Not a rustle or a sound could be heard.↗ · May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains; may his fruit rustle like Lebanon; and may they blossom out of the city like grass of the earth.↗ (Writings PSA.72.16, JPS 1917)↗

rusty — Everyday, meaning 1: Covered in rust, the reddish-brown flaky coating that forms on iron and steel when they get wet and meet the air.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Not as good at something as you used to be, because you have not done it for a long time: my French is rusty.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Reddish-brown in colour, like rust.↗ Example: The old gate was rusty and squeaky.↗ · Don't touch that rusty nail; it could cut you.↗ · Leaving the bike out in the rain made the chain rusty.↗ · My piano playing is a bit rusty after the holidays.↗ · The fox had rusty red fur.↗ · We tested which nails got rusty fastest: in water, salt water or air.↗ · The rusty can was hard to open.↗ · Paint stops metal from going rusty.↗ · The door was fastened, but she pressed against the rusty latch, and it gave way.↗

rut — Everyday, meaning 1: A deep line in soft ground made by wheels.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (idiom) A boring way of life or habit that is hard to change.↗ e.g. "stuck in a rut".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (animals) The season when male deer and some other animals fight and look for mates; (verb) to be in this season.↗ Example: The tractor left deep ruts in the muddy field.↗ · My bike wheel got stuck in a rut.↗ · Dad felt stuck in a rut, so he took up drumming.↗ · Let's try something new to get out of this rut.↗ · In the autumn rut, stags roar and lock antlers.↗ · The path was full of ruts and puddles.↗ · A CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut.↗

ruth — Everyday, meaning 1: (old-fashioned) Pity or sorrow for others.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ruth: a girl's or woman's name, and a book of the Bible named after a woman called Ruth.↗ Example: My aunt is called Ruth.↗ · Ruth sits next to me in class.↗ · The ruthless pirate showed no mercy.↗ · The old poem speaks of ruth and sorrow.↗ · The story of Ruth is in the Bible.↗ · The team was ruthless and scored six goals.↗ · Then said Boaz unto Ruth: 'Hearest thou not, my daughter?↗ (Writings RUT.2.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth cleaved unto her.↗ (Writings RUT.1.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And Ruth the Moabitess said: 'Yea, he said unto me: Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.'↗ (Writings RUT.2.21, JPS 1917)↗

ruthless — Everyday, meaning 1: Having no pity; cruel and hard, willing to hurt others to get what you want.↗ Example: The ruthless pirate took all the gold.↗ · A ruthless wind swept the village.↗ · The wicked queen was ruthless to her servants.↗ · O my God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.↗ (Writings PSA.71.4, JPS 1917)↗

rye — Everyday, meaning 1: Rye is a kind of cereal grass grown on farms; its grain is used for flour, bread and animal food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rye bread is a dark, heavy bread made with rye flour.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US, Canada) Rye can mean rye whiskey, a strong alcoholic drink.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Rye is also the name of an old town in East Sussex, England.↗ Example: Rye grows tall and golden in the summer fields.↗ · Grandad likes a ham sandwich on rye bread.↗ · Rye flour makes bread darker and heavier than wheat flour.↗ · Farmers in cold northern countries often grow rye.↗ · Wheat, barley, oats and rye are all cereal grains.↗ · Ryegrass is used on football pitches.↗ · We visited the old cobbled streets of Rye on our trip.↗ · Then the dear sun glowed, and the rye grew ripe--like so much gold did it stand in the fields.↗