running

RUN-ing/ˈɹʌniŋ/

Noun pluralrunnings (some meanings)

19 meanings of running

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1
verb
Present participle and gerund of run. Use it after words like is or was, or to name the action itself.
The kids are running around the yard before dinner.
She kept running until she reached the bus stop.
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2
noununcountable
Moving fast on foot, done as exercise, as a sport, or just for fun.
Running keeps me healthy and helps me sleep better.
He took up running to lose weight after the holidays.
Similarjogging, racing
3
noununcountable
The act of moving, flowing, or working, in any way the verb run describes.
The smooth running of the machine depends on fresh oil.
The running of the school takes up most of her day.
Similaroperation, management, administration, functioning, working
4
adjective
Going on all the time, without a stop or a break.
The teacher kept a running list of every student who came in late.
Dad gave us a running report of the score from the kitchen.
Similarongoing, continuous, constant, perpetual
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5
adjective
Happening now and belonging to the present time.
Bills must be paid before the end of the running month.
Prices on the menu may change during the running year.
Similarcurrent, present
Oppositepast, previous
6
adjective
Smooth and flowing, or in handwriting, with the letters joined together.
She writes in a neat running hand, with all the letters joined.
The song has a light, running tune that is easy to hum.
Similarcursive, flowing, fluent
7
adjective
Done while moving fast on foot.
She took a running jump over the puddle.
He scooped up the ball and made a running throw to first base.
Oppositestanding
8
adverbcolloquial
One after another, with no break in between.
It rained for four days running.
Our team has won three games running.
Similarstraight, consecutively, successively
9
adjective
Having a pattern that goes along without a break.
Like a stripe painted all the way around a cup without lifting the brush.
The bowl has a running pattern of waves around its edge.
Her sweater shows a running design of small flowers.
Similarcontinuous, unbroken, repeating
10
nouncolloquialuncountable
Going from place to place to do small jobs, like shopping or picking things up.
I have a lot of running to do before dinner.
All that running to the bank and the store tired her out.
Similarerrands

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adjective
Dripping liquid, like a nose when you have a cold.
Like a faucet that drips and will not stop.
Her running nose kept her home from school all week.
The cold wind gave him a running nose on the walk home.
Similarrunny
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12
adjective
Coming one right after another, with no break in between.
Like train cars hooked together, each one right behind the last.
It rained for four running days before the sun came back.
He won three running games of checkers against his sister.
Similarconsecutive, successive, straight, uninterrupted
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13
nouncountable or uncountable
The liquid that flows out of something, or the amount that flows in a set time.
The first running from the maple trees tasted the sweetest.
By noon the running from the spring had filled both buckets.
Similarflow, yield, outflow, output
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14
prepositioncolloquial
About or close to a number, used in casual talk about sizes or amounts.
The fish we caught were running three pounds each.
Their neighbor is an older man, running eighty years old.
15
adjective
Describing a horse that gallops in races, not one that trots.
Running horses race under saddle, while trotting horses pull small carts.
Her uncle raises running horses for the races at the county fair.
16
adjective
Growing with a long thin stem that climbs or trails along the ground.
The running vines covered the whole fence by July.
She planted a running rose next to the porch steps.
Similartrailing, climbing, rambling
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17
adjective
Leaking pus, the thick liquid that comes from an infected sore.
The doctor cleaned the running sore on her arm.
Their dog had a running wound on its paw that needed medicine.
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18
noununcountable
The liquid that comes out of a sore that has not healed.
The bandage soaked up the running from the sore on his leg.
Mom cleaned the running from the cut every morning before school.
Similardischarge, pus, drainage, seepage, ooze
19
noununcountable
The way a number scientists measure changes when they test it with more and more energy.
Like a coastline that measures longer and longer the closer you look at it.
Scientists measured the running of the force's strength by smashing particles together harder and harder.
Their charts showed the running clearly, with the value shifting as the energy rose.
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running is a form of run

run, verb: To move fast on your legs, faster than walking, or to do this in a race. Full entry

Forms: run also past participleruns he/she/itrunning -ing formran past tense
Spelling: run → running: double the n, add -ing

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Origin

This is the word "run" plus the ending "-ing".