running

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ

Adjective

running (not comparable)

1. Moving or advancing by running.
   1. Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
2. successive; one following the other without break or intervention

   to be away two running days

3. Flowing; easy; cursive.

   running handwriting

4. Continuous; keeping along step by step.

   a running explanation

   • Milton

     a running conquest

   • Hare

     What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?

5. (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.

   a running vine

6. (medicine) Discharging pus.

   a running sore

7. (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.

   a running nose

Adverb

running (not comparable)

1. (informal) consecutively; in a row

   Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.

Noun

running (countable and uncountable, plural runnings)

1. The action of the verb to run.

   His running of the business leaves something to be desired.

2. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason

   Running is good exercise.

3. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.

   the first running of a still

4. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

Verb

running

1. present participle of run

Derived terms

Noun

running m (uncountable)

1. running, jogging