The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to “Runs well”, 5 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : PURR
purr, make vibrant sounds – v
indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats
SYNONYMS
burr, buzz, chirr, churr, drone, hum, thrum, whir
IN A SENTENCE
The cat was purring contentedly in my lap.
The cars were purring along the highway.
“You look tense. Let me buy you a drink,” he purred.
ETYMOLOGY
“uttering a low, murmuring sound expressive of satisfaction or pleasure, as a cat,” 1610s, of imitative origin. Related: Purred; purring. As a noun, “sound made by a purring cat,” from c. 1600. A similar imitative word, curr “make a low murmuring sound, purr” (1670s), was used of doves and cats.
OF CATS
A purr is a tonal fluttering sound made by some species of felids and two species of genets. It varies in loudness and tone among species and in the same animal. Felids are a family of mammals that belong to the order Carnivora and are informally known as cats. This designation includes larger, outdoor cats and the domestic cat (Felis catus).
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- JOGS Runs easily
- TROTS Runs easily, as a horse
- CANTERS Runs easily
- LOPES Runs easily
- HUM Run well
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- LOPEZ American actress Jennifer runs easily to last character
- AT A STROKE With a little clothing, run well all of a sudden
- GNUS They run well, naturally, and their rise is celebrated
- ARBORETUM Run well within a corporation, there’s high growth
- GOBBLEDYGOOK Did wolf run well to catch coney’s tail? Nonsense!
- OUT OF TRAINING During trip, public transport’s unlikely to run well?
- CHUM Local companion could start to run well
- N B A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys. Others may find you especially witty and eccent
- UNWELL In the long run, we’ll get sick (6)
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