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[ ruhn-ing ] / ˈrʌn ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR running ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of a person, animal, or thing that runs. managing or directing: the running of a business. an act or instance of racing: the 113th running of the Kentucky Derby. the condition of a track or surface to be run or raced on; footing: Our track team had muddy running today. the amount, quality, or type of a liquid flow. adjectivegalloping, racing, moving, or passing rapidly. (of a horse) - going or proceeding rapidly at the gait of a gallop.
- taught to proceed at a gallop.
creeping or climbing, as plants: a running vine. moving or proceeding easily or smoothly. moving when pulled or hauled, as a rope. slipping or sliding easily, as a knot or a noose. operating or functioning, as a machine. (of measurement) linear; straight-line. cursive, as handwriting. flowing, as a stream. liquid or fluid. present; current: the running month. prevalent, as a condition or state: running prices. going or carried on continuously; sustained: a running commentary. extending or repeated continuously: a running pattern. performed with or during a run: a running leap. discharging pus or other matter: a running sore. Nautical. noting any of various objects or assemblages of objects that may be moved in ordinary use: running bowsprit; running gaff. Nautical, Machinery. - noting any block of a tackle that moves.
- noting the part of the fall of a tackle that moves through the blocks (opposed to standing).
adverbin succession; consecutively: He slept badly for three nights running. Idioms for runningin the running, - participating or entered as a competitor.
- under consideration as a candidate or possible choice: Who is still in the running for the directorship?
- among the winners or those making a good showing.
out of the running, - not competing in a contest or race.
- not among the winners or runners-up in a contest or race: to finish out of the running.
Origin of runningMiddle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at run, -ing1, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM runningwell-running, adjectiveWords nearby runningrunner, runner bean, runner foot, runner's high, runner-up, running, running back, running belay, running board, running bond, running broad jump Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for runningThe running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping. How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Several Republicans won primaries in 2014 by running as ideologically pure conservatives who wanted new leadership in the House. Kamikaze Congress Prepares to Strike Boehner|Ben Jacobs|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST But the ads are not just intended to remind the Google-curious that Paul exists and is thinking about running for president. Rand Paul’s Passive-Aggressive Trolling Campaign|Olivia Nuzzi|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST AIDS insanity: When running for the US Senate in 1992, Huckabee called for a quarantine of people who had AIDS. The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A running joke inside the tribe is that the group is like that club with a hundred people waiting outside to get in. ‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement|Charlise Ferguson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST On the 19th the pioneer boat, running some distance ahead of the others, was again upset by a wave. The Romance of the Colorado River|Frederick S. Dellenbaugh The cross-head is a small piece of aluminum bronze, running on round guides that also serve as cylinder braces. Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II|S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly Porcelain bath tubs and running hot water were found in Hongkong, the first we noted since leaving South Africa. Seven Legs Across the Seas|Samuel Murray For fully a week this running fight was kept up; then the two fleets came face to face with each other off the town of Calais. Stories from English History|Hilda T. Skae Running from thence down the line of dots toward the center we reach Kan, immediately above which is the character for 13. Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts|Cyrus Thomas
British Dictionary definitions for running
adjectivemaintained continuously; incessanta running battle; running commentary (postpositive) without interruption; consecutivehe lectured for two hours running denoting or relating to the scheduled operation of a public vehiclethe running time of a train accomplished at a runa running jump (of a knot) sliding along the rope from which it is made, so as to form a noose which becomes smaller when the rope is pulled (of a wound, sore, etc) discharging pus or a serous fluid denoting or relating to operations for maintenancerunning repairs prevalent; currentrunning prices repeated or continuousa running design (of certain plants, plant stems, etc) creeping along the ground flowingrunning water (of handwriting) having the letters run together nounmanagement or organizationthe running of a company operation or maintenancethe running of a machine competition or a competitive situation (in the phrases in the running, out of the running) make the running to set the pace in a competition or race rare the power or ability to run Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with running
In addition to the idioms beginning with running - running on empty
- running start
also see: - hit the ground running
- in the running
- meter is running
- off and running
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to runningfunctioning, constant, working, proceeding, dynamic, smooth, live, going, moving, active, producing, operative, executing, cursive, control, direction, handling, conduct, administration, charge |