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BULL RUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bull Run mean? 

BULL RUN (noun)
  The noun BULL RUN has 2 senses:

1. a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil Warplay

2. either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battlesplay

  Familiarity information: BULL RUN used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BULL RUN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

brook; creek (a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river))

Holonyms ("Bull Run" is a part of...):

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Bull Run; Bull Run

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Holonyms ("Bull Run" is a part of...):

American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)


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