running

Plural: runnings

Noun

• The action of moving quickly on foot; a race.
• (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
  • "the coach put great emphasis on running"
• the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
• the state of being in operation
  • "the engine is running smoothly"
• the act of administering or being in charge of something
  • "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time"
• the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
• The action of the verb to run.
• The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
• That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
• The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
• The act of running errands.
• The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value.

Verb

• move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
• direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
  • "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
• have a particular form
• move along, of liquids
• perform as expected when applied
• change or be different within limits
• run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
  • "Who's running for treasurer this year?"
• cause to emit recorded audio or video
• move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
  • "who are these people running around in the building?"
• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
• be operating, running or functioning
  • "The car is still running--turn it off!"
• change from one state to another
• cause to perform
• be affected by; be subjected to
• continue to exist
• occur persistently
• carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
• include as the content; broadcast or publicize
• carry out
• pass over, across, or through
• cause something to pass or lead somewhere
• make without a miss
• deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
• cause an animal to move fast
• be diffused
• sail before the wind
• cover by running; run a certain distance
• extend or continue for a certain period of time
• set animals loose to graze
• keep company
• run with the ball; in such sports as football
• travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
• travel a route regularly
• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
  • "The dogs are running deer"
• compete in a race
  • "he is running the Marathon this year"
• progress by being changed
• reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
• come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
  • "Her nylons were running"
• become undone
• present participle and gerund of run

Adjective

• (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
  • "as mountain stream with freely running water"
  • "hovels without running water"
• of advancing the ball by running
  • "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays"
• executed or initiated by running
  • "running plays worked better than pass plays"
  • "took a running jump"
  • "a running start"

Adjective Satellite

• continually repeated over a period of time
  • "a running joke among us"
• measured lengthwise
  • "cost of lumber per running foot"
• (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
  • "in running (or working) order"

Adj

• Moving or advancing at a run.
• Moving or advancing at a run.
• Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
• Present, current.
• Flowing; easy; cursive.
• Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
• Having a continuous design or pattern.
• Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below).
• Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
• Discharging pus.
• Discharging snot or mucus.

Adv

• Consecutively; in a row.

Prep

• Approaching; about; roughly.

Examples

• a running commentary, a running explanation, my running theory
• a running nose
• a running sore
• a running vine
• He won the title for three running years.
• His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
• I'm gonna go out and do my running.
• In the running for the Scrabble championship, every point counted.
• Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.
• running handwriting
• Running is good exercise.
• running month
• the first running of a still

Synonyms

be given, black market, bleed, break away, bunk, campaign, carry, consort, course, die hard, draw, endure, escape, execute, extend, feed, flow, fly the coop, function, functional, go, guide, head for the hills, hightail it, hunt, hunt down, incline, ladder, lam, lead, lean, linear, melt, melt down, move, operate, operative, pass, persist, play, ply, prevail, race, range, run, run away, run for, running game, running play, scarper, scat, take to the woods, tend, track, track down, turn tail, unravel, work, working, runny

Antonyms

idle, malfunction, passing, standing

Anagrams of running