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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Run \Run\, v. i. [imp. Ranor Run; p. p. Run; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Running.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen,
     ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and
     iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen);
     akin to D. runnen, rennen, OS. & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen,
     rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw. rinna, r["a]nna, Dan. rinde,
     rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr. ? to
     stir up, rouse, Skr. ? (cf. Origin), or perh. to L. rivus
     brook (cf. Rival). [root]11. Cf. Ember, a., Rennet.]
     1. To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly,
        smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate
        or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a
        stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action
        than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.
        Specifically: 
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     2. Of voluntary or personal action:
        (a) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
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                  ``Ha, ha, the fox!'' and after him they ran.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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        (b) To flee, as from fear or danger.
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                  As from a bear a man would run for life. --Shak.
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        (c) To steal off; to depart secretly.
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        (d) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest;
            to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
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                  Know ye not that they which run in a race run
                  all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that
                  ye may obtain.                    --1 Cor. ix.
                                                    24.
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        (e) To pass from one state or condition to another; to
            come into a certain condition; -- often with in or
            into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.
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                  Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to
                  rend my heart with grief and run distracted?
                                                    --Addison.
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        (f) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run
            through life; to run in a circle.
        (g) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as,
            to run from one subject to another.
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                  Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set
                  of precepts foreign to his subject. --Addison.
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        (h) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about
            something; -- with on.
        (i) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as
            upon a bank; -- with on.
        (j) To creep, as serpents.
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     3. Of involuntary motion:
        (a) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course;
            as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring;
            her blood ran cold.
        (b) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
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                  The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix.
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        (c) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
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                  As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run.
                                                    --Addison.
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                  Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire.
                                                    --Woodward.
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        (d) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot;
            as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
        (e) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical
            means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to
            Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
        (f) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from
            Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth
            not to the contrary.
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                  She saw with joy the line immortal run,
                  Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son.
                                                    --Pope.
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        (g) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as,
            the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
        (h) To make progress; to proceed; to pass.
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                  As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad
                  in most part of our lives that it ran much
                  faster.                           --Addison.
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        (i) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or
            motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill
            runs six days in the week.
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                  When we desire anything, our minds run wholly on
                  the good circumstances of it; when it is
                  obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones.
                                                    --Swift.
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        (j) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east
            and west.
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                  Where the generally allowed practice runs
                  counter to it.                    --Locke.
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                  Little is the wisdom, where the flight
                  So runs against all reason.       --Shak.
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        (k) To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
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                  The king's ordinary style runneth, ``Our
                  sovereign lord the king.''        --Bp.
                                                    Sanderson.
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        (l) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
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                  Men gave them their own names, by which they run
                  a great while in Rome.            --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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                  Neither was he ignorant what report ran of
                  himself.                          --Knolles.
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        (m) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run
            up rapidly.
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                  If the richness of the ground cause turnips to
                  run to leaves.                    --Mortimer.
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        (n) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
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                  A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds.
                                                    --Bacon.
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                  Temperate climates run into moderate
                  governments.                      --Swift.
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        (o) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run
            in washing.
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                  In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . .
                  distinguished, but near the borders they run
                  into one another.                 --I. Watts.
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        (p) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in
            force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in
            company; as, certain covenants run with the land.
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                  Customs run only upon our goods imported or
                  exported, and that but once for all; whereas
                  interest runs as well upon our ships as goods,
                  and must be yearly paid.          --Sir J.
                                                    Child.
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        (q) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a
            note has thirty days to run.
        (r) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
        (s) To be played on the stage a number of successive days
            or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.
        (t) (Naut.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from
            reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.
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     4. Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in
        which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a
        supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are
        gathered in the air under the body. --Stillman (The Horse
        in Motion).
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     5. (Athletics) To move rapidly by springing steps so that
        there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches
        the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic
        competition.
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     As things run, according to the usual order, conditions,
        quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or
        specification.
  
     To let run (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to
        slacken or loosen.
  
     To run after, to pursue or follow; to search for; to
        endeavor to find or obtain; as, to run after similes.
        --Locke.
  
     To run away, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without
        control or guidance.
  
     To run away with.
        (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or
            elopement.
        (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs
            away with a carriage.
  
     To run down.
        (a) To cease to work or operate on account of the
            exhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks,
            watches, etc.
        (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
  
     To run down a coast, to sail along it.
  
     To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
        office.
  
     To run in or To run into.
        (a) To enter; to step in.
        (b) To come in collision with.
  
     To run into To meet, by chance; as, I ran into my brother
        at the grocery store.
  
     To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
  
     To run in with.
        (a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
        (b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
            to run in with the land.
  
     To run mad, To run mad after or To run mad on. See
        under Mad.
  
     To run on.
        (a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
            year or two without a settlement.
        (b) To talk incessantly.
        (c) To continue a course.
        (d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
            sarcasm; to bear hard on.
        (e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
            making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
  
     To run out.
        (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
            at Michaelmas.
        (b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
            all out into legs.'' --Hammond.
        (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
            digressions.
        (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
            extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
            soon run out.
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                  And had her stock been less, no doubt
                  She must have long ago run out.   --Dryden.
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     To run over.
        (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
            over.
        (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
        (c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
  
     To run riot, to go to excess.
  
     To run through.
        (a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
        (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
  
     To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
        seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
        growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
  
     To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
        accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
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              But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
              run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     To run with.
        (a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
            streets ran with blood.
        (b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
            ``Its rivers ran with gold.'' --J. H. Newman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Running \Run"ning\, n.
     The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running
     was slow.
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     2. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which
        flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as,
        the first running of a still.
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     3. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
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     At long running, in the long run. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Running \Run"ning\, a.
     1. Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse:
        (a) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
        (b) trained and kept for running races; as, a running
            horse. --Law.
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     2. Successive; one following the other without break or
        intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away
        two days running; to sow land two years running.
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     3. Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
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     4. Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the
        facts with a running explanation. ``A running conquest.''
        --Milton.
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              What are art and science if not a running commentary
              on Nature?                            --Hare.
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     5. (Bot.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem;
        as, a running vine.
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     6. (Med.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
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     Running block (Mech.), a block in an arrangement of pulleys
        which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or
        lowered.
  
     Running board, a narrow platform extending along the side
        of a locomotive.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Run \Run\, v. i. [imp. Ranor Run; p. p. Run; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Running.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen,
     ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and
     iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen);
     akin to D. runnen, rennen, OS. & OHG. rinnan, G. rinnen,
     rennen, Icel. renna, rinna, Sw. rinna, r["a]nna, Dan. rinde,
     rende, Goth. rinnan, and perh. to L. oriri to rise, Gr. ? to
     stir up, rouse, Skr. ? (cf. Origin), or perh. to L. rivus
     brook (cf. Rival). [root]11. Cf. Ember, a., Rennet.]
     1. To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly,
        smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate
        or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a
        stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action
        than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.
        Specifically:
  
     2. Of voluntary or personal action:
        (a) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
  
                  ``Ha, ha, the fox!'' and after him they ran.
                                                    --Chaucer.
        (b) To flee, as from fear or danger.
  
                  As from a bear a man would run for life. --Shak.
        (c) To steal off; to depart secretly.
  
                  My conscience will serve me to run from this
                  jew.                              --Shak.
        (d) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest;
            to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
  
                  Know ye not that they which run in a race run
                  all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that
                  ye may obtain.                    --1 Cor. ix.
                                                    24.
        (e) To pass from one state or condition to another; to
            come into a certain condition; -- often with in or
            into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.
  
                  Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to
                  rend my heart with grief and run distracted?
                                                    --Addison.
        (f) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run
            through life; to run in a circle.
        (g) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as,
            to run from one subject to another.
  
                  Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set
                  of precepts foreign to his subject. --Addison.
        (h) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about
            something; -- with on.
        (i) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as
            upon a bank; -- with on.
        (j) To creep, as serpents.
  
     3. Of involuntary motion:
        (a) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course;
            as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring;
            her blood ran cold.
        (b) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
  
                  The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix.
                                                    23.
        (c) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
  
                  As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run.
                                                    --Addison.
  
                  Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire.
                                                    --Woodward.
        (d) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot;
            as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
        (e) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical
            means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to
            Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
        (f) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from
            Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth
            not to the contrary.
  
                  She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each
                  sire impressed, and glaring in his son. --Pope.
        (g) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as,
            the stage runs between the hotel and the station.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Running \Run"ning\, a.
     1. Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse;
        (a) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
        (b) trained and kept for running races; as, a running
            horse. --Law.
  
     2. Successive; one following the other without break or
        intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away
        two days running; to sow land two years running.
  
     3. Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
  
     4. Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the
        facts with a running explanation. ``A running conquest.''
        --Milton.
  
              What are art and science if not a running commentary
              on Nature?                            --Hare.
  
     5. (Bot.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem;
        as, a running vine.
  
     6. (Med.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
  
     Running block (Mech.), a block in an arrangement of pulleys
        which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or
        lowered.
  
     Running board, a narrow platform extending along the side
        of a locomotive.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Running \Run"ning\, n.
     The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running
     was slow.
  
     2. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which
        flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as,
        the first running of a still.
  
     3. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
  
     At long running, in the long run. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  running
       adj 1: moving quickly on foot; "heard running footsteps behind him"
              [syn: running(a)]
       2: (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "a mountain
          stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running
          water" [syn: running(a)] [ant: standing(a)]
       3: continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke
          among us" [syn: running(a)]
       4: of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays
          worked better than its pass plays" [syn: running(a)]
          [ant: passing(a)]
       5: executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked
          better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running
          start" [syn: running(a)] [ant: standing(a)]
       6: measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot" [syn:
           linear, running(a)]
       7: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in
          running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
          [syn: running(a), operative, functional, working(a)]
       n 1: (American football) a play in which a player runs with the
            ball; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the
            coach put great emphasis on running" [syn: run, running
            play, running game]
       2: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he
          broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: run]
       3: the state of being in operation; "the engine is running
          smoothly"
       4: the act of administering or being in charge of something;
          "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at
          the same time"
       5: the act of participating in an athletic competition
          involving running on a track [syn: track]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  run
       n 1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases
            safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the
            9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: tally]
       2: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials
          the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called
          each flip of the coin a new trial" [syn: test, trial]
       3: a race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile
          run" [syn: footrace, foot race]
       4: an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck";
          "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" [syn: streak]
       5: (American football) a play in which a player runs with the
          ball; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the
          coach put great emphasis on running" [syn: running, running
          play, running game]
       6: a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"
       7: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he
          broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: running]
       8: the continuous period of time during which something (a
          machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation;
          "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run"
       9: unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house"
       10: the production achieved during a continuous period of
           operation (of a machine or factory etc.); "a daily run of
           100,000 gallons of paint"
       11: a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet]
       12: a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed
           his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a
           Senate run" [syn: political campaign, campaign]
       13: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her
           stocking" [syn: ladder, ravel]
       14: the pouring forth of a fluid [syn: discharge, outpouring]
       15: an unbroken chronological sequence; "the play had a long run
           on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories"
       16: a short trip; "take a run into town"
       v 1: move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground
            at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath";
            "The children ran to the store"
       2: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
          man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed
          up" [syn: scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail
          it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape,
           fly the coop, break away]
       3: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or
          extend between two points or beyond a certain point;
          "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge
          doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth
          year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of
          her personal assets" [syn: go, pass, lead, extend]
       4: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is
          running a relief operation in the Sudan" [syn: operate]
       5: have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as
          follows"; "as the saying goes..." [syn: go]
       6: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the
          Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: flow, feed,
           course]
       7: perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't
          go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run
          well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" [syn: function,
           work, operate, go] [ant: malfunction]
       8: change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the
          losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion";
          "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The
          instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students
          range from very bright to dull" [syn: range]
       9: run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's
          running for treasurer this year?" [syn: campaign]
       10: cause to emit recorded sounds; "They ran the tapes over and
           over again"; "Can you play my favorite record?" [syn: play]
       11: 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?"; "She runs around
           telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run
           free"
       12: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be
           inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures";
           "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
           [syn: tend, be given, lean, incline]
       13: carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a
           machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the
           Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction" [syn: execute]
       14: be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still
           running--turn it off!" [ant: idle]
       15: change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue";
           "run riot"
       16: cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"
       17: be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a
           risk"
       18: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of
           Elvis endures" [syn: prevail, persist, die hard, endure]
       19: occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family"
       20: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the
           ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant
           review"; "All major networks carried the press
           conference" [syn: carry]
       21: carry out; "run an errand"
       22: guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her
           body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine";
           "He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, draw,
            pass]
       23: cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire
           behind the cabinet" [syn: lead]
       24: make without a miss
       25: deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor [syn: black
           market]
       26: cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"
       27: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to
           run" [syn: bleed]
       28: sail before the wind
       29: cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles
           that day"
       30: extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film
           runs 5 hours" [syn: run for]
       31: set animals loose to graze
       32: keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls ot produce
           offspring" [syn: consort]
       33: run with the ball; in such sports as football
       34: travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the
           store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a
           lover there"
       35: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the
           coast" [syn: ply]
       36: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering
           often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running
           deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" [syn: hunt, hunt
           down, track down]
       37: compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year";
           "let's race and see who gets there first" [syn: race]
       38: progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through
           several more drafts"; "run through your presentation
           before the meeting" [syn: move, go]
       39: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid
           state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down
           gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" [syn: melt, melt
           down]
       40: come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were
           running" [syn: ladder]
       41: become undone; "the sweater unraveled" [syn: unravel]
       [also: running, ran]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  running
       See run

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  running
     Spanish n.
     (l en running), jogging

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Running
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  running
     a.
     1 Moving or advancing at a run.
     2 # Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
     3 present, current.
     4 flowing; easy; cursive.
     5 continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
     6 Having a continuous design or pattern.
     7 consecutive (q: much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see
  below).
     8 (lb en botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
     9 (lb en medicine) Discharging pus.
     10 (lb en medicine of a nose) discharge snot or mucus.
     adv.
     (lb en informal) consecutively; in a row.
     n.
     1 The action of the verb (m en to run).
     2 The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for
  any other reason.
     3 That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a
  certain time or during a certain operation.
     4 The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
     5 (lb en colloquial) The act of run errands.
     prep.
     (lb en colloquial) Approaching; about; roughly. (rfex: en)
  <!--Chambers 1908-->
     vb.
     (present participle of en run nocat=1 cap=1).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Running
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  running
     Spanish n.
     (l en running), jogging

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Running
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  running
     Spanish n.
     (l en running), jogging

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Running
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  running
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm r un ning)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  running
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en run ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb run)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  baan

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  الركض

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  running //ˈɹʌniŋ// 
  1. пълзящ
  botany: extending by slender stem
  2. непрекъснат, плавен
  continuous, keeping along step by step
  3. сълзящ
  discharging snot or mucus
  4. бягащ, тичащ
  moving by running
  5. текущ
  present, current

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  running //ˈɹʌniŋ// 
  последователно
  consecutively

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  running //ˈɹʌniŋ// 
  1. сълзене
  discharge from a sore
  2. дебит
  quantity of liquid which flows in a certain time
  3. бягане
  sport
  4. бяг, бя́гане
  the action of the verb to run

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/ 
  běhání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  chod

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  tekoucí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/ 
  probíhající

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/ 
  běžící

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/ 
  proudící

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/ 
  průběžný

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/ 
  rhedegol 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  Gang , Lauf , Laufen  [mach.]
           Note: Funktionieren einer Maschine
     Synonym: operation
  
   see: rough running, start up a machine
  
           Note: working of a machine

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  Laufsport  [sport]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  Rennen 
     Synonym: racing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  Versuch 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  abfärbend, ausfärbend, ausblutend
     Synonym: bleeding on
  
   see: run, bleed on sth., run, bled on
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  ausgehend, sich auswaschend
   see: run, run
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  betreibend
   see: run, run, runs, run
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  einlassend, einfüllend
   see: run, run
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  fahrend
   see: run, run, step up/cut down production, increase/reduce an offer/a product range
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  kandidierend
     Synonym: standing as a candidate
  
   see: run, stand as a candidate, run, stood as a candidate
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  laufend
   see: run, run, I/he/she ran, we ran, He ran like lightning.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  mitlaufend
        "The tape is running."  - Das Band läuft mit.
     Synonym: operating
  
   see: run, operate, run, operated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  prallend
     Synonyms: banging, crashing, bumping
  
   see: bang, crash, bump, run (person) into sth., banged, crashed, bumped, run into, hit your head on/against the door
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  rennend, schnell laufend
   see: run, run, runs, I/he/she ran, we ran
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  rinnend, strömend, fließend
     Synonyms: streaming, flowing
  
   see: run, stream, flow, run, streamed, flowed, it runs, it ran, running nose
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  treibend, jagend
   see: run, run, She ran him out of the house.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  zerfließend, auseinander fließend
     Synonym: dissolving
  
   see: dissolve, run, dissolved, run
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  
  τρεχόμενος, που τρέχει, τρέχιμο, τρέξιμο

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  running //ˈɹʌniŋ// 
  1. kiipeävä
  botany: extending by slender stem
  2. jatkuva
  continuous, keeping along step by step
  3. vuotava 2.
  discharging pus
   3.
  discharging snot or mucus
  4. sujuva
  easy, cursive
  5. juokseva
  moving by running
  6. kuluva
  present, current

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  running //ˈɹʌniŋ// 
  peräkkäin
  consecutively

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  running //ˈɹʌniŋ// 
  1. vuoto
  discharge from a sore
  2. juoksutus, valuma, virtaama
  quantity of liquid which flows in a certain time
  3. juoksu
  sport
  4. juokseminen, juoksu
  the action of the verb to run

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/ 
  1. लगातार, एक~के~बाद~एक
        "Martina hingis won the world cup championship Three times running."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  Running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  radi, uključen

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  curenje, kretanje, pokrenut, pokretanje, propuštanje, rad, radnja, trka, trčanje, trčeći

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  1. üzemben tartás
  2. járatás
  3. járat
  4. folytatólagos
  5. kezelés
  6. rohanás
  7. szaladó
  8. futó
  9. elôöltés
  10. laza
  11. futás
  12. szaladás
  13. gennyedzô
  14. vonulási irány
  15. folyamat
  16. irányítás
  17. folyékony
  18. nedvezô
  19. irány
  20. csepegés
  21. csempészés
  22. gennyedés
  23. vezetés
  24. igazgatás
  25. gennyedô
  26. folyás
  27. mozgó
  28. rohanó
  29. folyó (víz)
  30. csorgás

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  running //ˈɹʌniŋ// 
  ランニング, 走り, 走る
  the action of the verb to run

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/
  I.   1.  bieganie
   2.  zarządzanie, kierowanie
  II.   1.  biegnący
   2.  [woda]  bieżący
   3.  (two days) running (NUM [:days | :years] :running)
   - dwa dni pod rząd, pod rząd
   4.  be *in/out of* running for sth (be V: [:in | :out% of] :running :for NP)
   - być poważnym kandydatem do czegoś, nie być poważnym kandydatem do czegoś

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  running //ˈɹʌniŋ// 
  löpning
  the action of the verb to run

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  running /ɹˈʌnɪŋ/
  1. koşuş
  2. koşma
  3. akıntı
  4. akıntı miktarı
  5. koşan
  6. koşuya ait
  7. sarılgan, sürüngen (bitki)
  8. sürekli, devamlı, aralıksız
  9. akan
  10. kolay geçen
  11. üst üste
  12. art arda
  13. işleyen
  14. bitişik (elyazısı)
  15. sıvı
  16. (tıb.) akıntılı, sızıntılı
  17. düz
  18. cari, geçer
  19. tekrarlanmış
  20. koşarak yapılan
  21. sefere ait. running account cari hesap
  22. anında verilen haber. running board araba boyunca uzanan basamak. running fight kovalamaca sırasındaki mücadele ve dövüş. running fire sürekli ateş. running gear arabanın alt düzeni. running glance göz atma. running hand bitiştirilmiş harflerle yazılmış elyazısı. running knot kement düğümü. running light seyir feneri. running mate aynı takımda yarışan at
  23. aynı partiden seçime katılan aday. running title tekrarlanan sayfa başlığı. be in the running kazanma şansı olmak. be out of the running kazanma şansı olmamak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹənɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  374 Moby Thesaurus words for "running":
     acting, action, active, activity, actual, actuation, affluent,
     agency, agile, alive, articulated, as is, ascending, at work,
     authority, autograph, autographic, average, axial, back,
     back-flowing, backward, being, besetting, breakneck, calligraphic,
     candidacy, candidature, care, catenated, ceaseless, charge,
     chirographic, colliquation, command, common, competition,
     concatenated, conduct, confluent, connected, consecutively,
     constant, contemporaneous, contemporary, contest, continual,
     continually, continued, continuing, continuous, continuously,
     control, coursing, current, cursive, cyclical, dashing,
     decoagulation, decurrent, defluent, deliquescence, deliquium,
     descending, diffluent, direct, direction, dissolution, dissolving,
     dominant, double-quick, down-trending, downward, drifting, driving,
     dynamic, dynamics, eagle-winged, effortless, endless, engrossed,
     epidemic, event, execution, exercise, existent, existing,
     expeditious, express, extant, fast, featureless, festering, fleet,
     flowing, fluent, fluidification, fluidization, fluxional, fluxive,
     flying, fresh, functional, functioning, fusibility, fusing, fusion,
     galloping, game, gapless, gleet, going, going on, governance,
     government, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphometric,
     guidance, gulfy, gushing, gyrational, gyratory, hair-trigger,
     hand running, handling, hasty, headlong, holograph, holographic,
     husbandry, hustling, ichor, immanent, immediate, in Indian file,
     in a chain, in a line, in a row, in a series, in column,
     in exercise, in file, in force, in hand, in longhand, in operation,
     in play, in practice, in process, in shorthand, in single file,
     in succession, in the works, in turn, in writing, inaction,
     incessant, inscribed, instant, intendance, interminable, italic,
     italicized, joined, jointless, kinematics, kinesipathy, kinesis,
     kinesitherapy, kinetics, latest, leaching, lead, leading,
     leukorrhea, light of heel, light-footed, linked, liquation,
     liquefaction, liquescence, liquescency, live, lively, lixiviation,
     longhand, management, managery, managing, manipulation, manuscript,
     match, matter, mattering, mazy, meandering, meet, melting,
     mercurial, mobilization, modern, monotonous, motion, motivation,
     mounting, move, movement, moving, never-ending, new, night and day,
     nimble, nimble-footed, nonstop, normal, occupation, on foot,
     on paper, on the fire, ongoing, operancy, operating, operation,
     operational, operative, ordering, ordinary, pandemic, passing,
     peccant humor, penciled, penned, percolation, perennial,
     performance, performing, periodic, perpetual, pilotage, plunging,
     popular, pouring, practice, precipitate, predominant,
     predominating, present, present-age, present-day, present-time,
     prevailing, prevalent, printed, profluent, progressive,
     progressively, prompt, purulence, pus, quick, quick as lightning,
     quick as thought, race, racing, rampant, rankling, rapid, reckless,
     recurrent, reflowing, refluent, regnant, regressive, regulation,
     reigning, repetitive, responsibility, restlessness, retrogressive,
     rife, rising, rotary, rotational, rotatory, round-the-clock,
     routine, ruling, running for office, rushing, sanies, scriptorial,
     scriptural, seamless, sequentially, serially, seriatim, serpentine,
     serried, shorthand, sideward, sinking, sluggish, smooth, snappy,
     soaring, solubilization, solution, spanking, speedy, stable,
     standard, standing, standing for office, steady, steerage,
     steering, step by step, stereotyped, stir, stirring, straight,
     streaming, stylographic, successively, superintendence,
     superintendency, supervision, suppuration, surging, surgy,
     sustained, swift, that be, that is, thaw, thawing, the conn,
     the helm, the wheel, thermoplasticity, tidal, topical, tournament,
     turn about, twenty-four-hour, unbroken, unceasing, unclotting,
     undifferentiated, unending, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent,
     unintermitting, uninterrupted, uninterruptedly, unrelieved,
     unremitting, unrest, unstopped, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute,
     up-trending, upward, usual, velocity, vortical, winged, work,
     working, workings, written
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 赛跑,流出,运转;
  a. 流动的,跑著的,连续的;
  vbl. 跑,运转,经营;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 赛跑,流出,运转
     a. 流动的,跑着的,连续的

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