Scampered Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "RAN" which means:

noun
• • A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
• • The act of testing something
• • A race run on foot
• • An unbroken series of events
• • (american football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
• • A regular trip
• • The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
• • The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
• • Unrestricted freedom to use
• • The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
• • A small stream
• • A race between candidates for elective office
• • A row of unravelled stitches
• • The pouring forth of a fluid
• • An unbroken chronological sequence
• • A short trip
verb
• • Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• • Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
• • Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
• • Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
• • Have a particular form
• • Move along, of liquids
• • Perform as expected when applied
• • Change or be different within limits
• • Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
• • Cause to emit recorded audio or video
• • Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
• • Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
• • Be operating, running or functioning
• • Change from one state to another
• • Cause to perform
• • Be affected by; be subjected to
• • Continue to exist
• • Occur persistently
• • Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
• • Include as the content; broadcast or publicize
• • Conduct to completion
• • Pass over, across, or through
• • Cause something to pass or lead somewhere
• • Make without a miss
• • Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
• • Cause an animal to move fast
• • Be diffused
• • Sail before the wind
• • Cover by running; run a certain distance
• • Extend or continue for a certain period of time
• • Set animals loose to graze
• • Keep company
• • Run with the ball; in such sports as football
• • Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
• • Travel a route regularly
• • Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
• • Compete in a race
• • Progress by being changed
• • Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
• • Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
• • Become undone

An example sentence would be:

• • "He ran to catch the bus."
• • "She ran a marathon last weekend."

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