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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
/ ˈʌɪŋ /
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 Word Forms
- ɱ-ܲnԲ adjective
Word 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
The 17-year-old said: "How many people can say they spent their 18th birthday running the London Marathon? It's going to feel like a massive achievement for me once it's all done."
The pick doubled down on offensive firepower after the team took running back Omarion Hampton in the first round with the 22nd pick Thursday.
With the state running out of its current combination of license plate numbers and letters, California plans to launch a new license plate sequence for newly registered vehicles starting next year.
It is likely the bill will receive Royal Assent and become law, with the scheme possibly up and running by 2027.
Executive editor Tanya Simon, who is running the program on an interim basis, is the daughter of the late Bob Simon, a well-known correspondent for the program.
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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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