running
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
prep
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: By surface analysis, run + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: runnings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Moving or advancing at a run.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Moving or advancing at a run.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Present, current.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: running month
gloss: Flowing; easy; cursive.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: running handwriting
gloss: Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a running commentary, a running explanation, my running theory
Thus a constant running fire was kept up, and no interval allowed for the enemy to stand to their guns in safety […]
a running conquest
What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?
gloss: Having a continuous design or pattern.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: running bond; running ornament
gloss: Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He won the title for three running years.
gloss: Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a running vine
gloss: Discharging pus.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a running sore
gloss: Discharging snot or mucus.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a running nose
gloss: Consecutively; in a row.
pos: adv
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.
gloss: The action of the verb to run.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
The train operating company owning group warned in early December that it was unable to publish its results for the year to July 3 2021, following an investigation into the running of Southeastern, which was stripped of its franchise in October [...].
gloss: The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Running is good exercise.
gloss: That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the first running of a still
gloss: The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of running errands.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
uncountable
examples: I'm gonna go out and do my running.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Approaching; about; roughly.
pos: prep
tags: colloquial
Derived words: byrunning
inrunning
clock is running
free-running
long-running
non-running
nonrunning
Running Creek
running hyena
runningly
running room
running sand
running start
Running Stream
smooth-running
smoothrunning
take a running jump
baserunning
bookrunning
fellrunning
free running
freerunning
gunrunning
make all the running
make the running
river running
road running
rumrunning
running coupling
running game
running lights
running-mate
running stroller
runningwear
skyrunning
tunnel running
ultrarunning
Translations:
lang: Bengali
word: ছুটন্ত
roman: chuṭôntô
lang: Bengali
word: চলন্ত
roman: côlôntô
lang: Bengali
word: চলতি
roman: coloti
lang: Bengali
word: ধাবমান
roman: dhabôman
lang: Bulgarian
word: бягащ
roman: bjagašt
lang: Bulgarian
word: тичащ
roman: tičašt
lang: Finnish
word: juokseva
lang: Galician
word: corrente
lang: Manchu
word: ᠰᡠᠵᡠᡵᡝ
roman: sujure
lang: Nyunga
word: baardanginy