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running
[ ruhn-ing ]
noun
- the 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:
Our track team had muddy running today.
- the amount, quality, or type of a liquid flow.
adjective
- galloping, 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.
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 ( standing ).
adverb
- in succession; consecutively:
He slept badly for three nights running.
running
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adjective
- maintained continuously; incessant
a running battle
running commentary
- postpositive without interruption; consecutive
he lectured for two hours running
- denoting or relating to the scheduled operation of a public vehicle
the running time of a train
- accomplished at a run
a 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 maintenance
running repairs
- prevalent; current
running prices
- repeated or continuous
a running design
- (of certain plants, plant stems, etc) creeping along the ground
- flowing
running water
- (of handwriting) having the letters run together
noun
- management or organization
the running of a company
- operation or maintenance
the running of a machine
- competition or a competitive situation (in the phrases in the running , out of the running )
- make the runningto set the pace in a competition or race
- rare.the power or ability to run
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- in 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.
More idioms and phrases containing running
- hit the ground running
- in the running
- meter is running
- off and running
Example Sentences
Trương doesn’t offer his film’s title card until halfway into its running time.
She has worked in the industry for more than 30 years and for the last 11 she has been running her own business - but she says it's becoming more difficult to stay afloat.
“The Deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed, which is why I am signing an Executive Order to keep TikTok up and running for an additional 75 days.â€
The new extension comes as the Trump administration tries to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership, and keep the popular app running in the US.
An historic canal will be given an emergency water supply to stop it from running dry in days.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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