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Adjektiivi

1. Alternative form of run-in (styled open when in predicative position)
2. (participial adjective; editing, typography) (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.
3. (participial adjective; mechanical, engineering) (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts.

Substantiivi

1. Alternative spelling of run-in (omitting the hyphens from nouns of this type is nonstandard in formal publications but widely seen in unedited writing)

Verbi

1. (transitive, informal, chiefly passive voice) To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
2. (transitive, British) To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
3. (figuratively) To start a new regime slowly.
4. (rugby) To score (a try).
5. (typography, printing) To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
6. (printing) To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.