ˈɒf.sɛt ˈɑf.sɛt ˈɹʌnɚ ˈɹʌnə ˈsmʌɡ.lə(ɹ) fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along a long narrow carpet (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents he sent a runner over with the contract someone who travels on foot by running a trained athlete who competes in foot races someone who imports or exports without paying duties a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips