running

See also: Running

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ

AdjectiveEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

• (nose): runny

HyponymsEdit

• long-running

TranslationsEdit

discharging pus

• Irish: silidh, reatha

AdverbEdit

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.

TranslationsEdit

consecutively

• Finnish: juokseva (fi)
• Portuguese: consecutivamente

• Spanish: consecutivo (es)

NounEdit

running (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.

TranslationsEdit

the action of the verb to run

• American Sign Language: S@SideChesthigh-PalmAcross-S@SideTrunkhigh-PalmAcross CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline
• Finnish: juoksu (fi), juokseminen
• German: Rennen (de) n, Laufen (de) n
• Hungarian: futás (hu)

• Portuguese: correr (pt)
• Spanish: administración (es) f, control (es) m, dirección (es) f, manejo (es) m, organización (es) f,
• Telugu: పరుగెత్తుట (te) (parugettuṭa)
• Volapük: vifagol (vo), gol vifik

sport

• Finnish: juoksu (fi)
• German: Laufsport m, Laufen (de) n
• Hungarian: futás (hu)

• Italian: corsa (it) f
• Portuguese: correr (pt)
• Spanish: footing (es) m, jogging (es) m

VerbEdit

running

1. present participle of run

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from running (all parts of speech)

• bungee running
• drug running
• free running
• front running
• hand running
• hit the ground running
• hitting and running

• in running order
• in the running
• off and running
• out of the running
• rat running
• retro running

• running costs
• running dictation
• running sore
• running track
• running water
• up and running

StatisticsEdit

Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: ladies · rise · looks · #885: running · garden · domain · touch

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

running m (uncountable)

1. running, jogging