run in

Meanings

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

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)

1. To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
2. To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
3. To start a new regime slowly.
4. To score (a try).
5. To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
6. To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
7. simple past and past participle of run in