Lexic.us

Definition of Runaway

1. Adjective. Completely out of control. "Runaway inflation"

2. Noun. An easy victory.

3. Noun. Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation. "Fugitives from the sweatshops"

Definition of Runaway

1. n. One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.

2. a. Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.

Definition of Runaway

1. Noun. A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations. ¹

2. Noun. A train that is out of control. ¹

3. Noun. (context: usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium. ¹

4. Noun. An overwhelming victory. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Runaway

1. one that runs away [n -AWAYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Runaway

run up the score run wild run with run with scissors run with the hare and hunt with the hounds run year run years runabout runabouts runagate

runagates runaround runarounds runathon runathons runaway (current term) runaway behaviour runaway bride runaway electrons runaway pacemaker

runaway robin runaways runback runbacks runbook runcation runch runches runcible runcible spoon

Literary usage of Runaway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and Constitution by Virginia, John Mercer Patton, Conway Robinson (1849)
"Court may discharge the negro if not a runaway ; fees, «bc how paid in such case ... Delivery of runaway to owner may 8. Jailor liable to appréhender for be ..."

2. The Police Control of the Slave in South Carolina by Howell Meadoes Henry (1914)
"It was not lawful for the captor to retain a runaway slave in his custody, ... The sheriff upon receiving a runaway gave notice in the newspapers. ..."

3. The Police Control of the Slave in South Carolina by Howell Meadoes Henry (1914)
"It was not lawful for the captor to retain a runaway slave in his custody, ... The sheriff upon receiving a runaway gave notice in the newspapers. ..."

4. The Police Control of the Slave in South Carolina by Howell Meadoes Henry (1914)
"It was not lawful for the captor to retain a runaway slave in his custody, ... The sheriff upon receiving a runaway gave notice in the newspapers. ..."

5. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1904)
"Provided always, That when the Owner of such Negro or runaway shall demand the same, the Person to whom such Negro or runaway shall be let out to Hire ..."

6. A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United by George McDowell Stroud (1827)
"It is in these words: " Hereafter, when any servant or slave shall be committed to the gaol of any county in this state, as a runaway, agreeably to the laws ..."

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