runner

noun

1. 1

   fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil

2. 2

   device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along

3. 3

   a long narrow carpet

4. 4

   (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

5. 5

   a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)

6. 6

   a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents

   he sent a runner over with the contract

7. 7

   someone who travels on foot by running

8. 8

   a trained athlete who competes in foot races

9. 9

   someone who imports or exports without paying duties

10. 10

    a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips