Navigate the Semantic Web

Explore the depths of the English language through our interactive lexical database. Discover connections, hierarchies, and meanings.

Try:

Definitions

Beyond the Basics

Dive deep into the meaning of words. WordNet organizes words into sets of synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept.

Precise MeaningsPart of SpeechUsage Examples
Explore Definitions

run

[ rʌn ]
VERBSense 1

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

NOUNSense 1

An act or spell of running.

42
Senses