Running (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
  2. managing or directing: the running of a business.
  3. an act or instance of racing: the 113th running of the Kentucky Derby.
  4. the condition of a track or surface to be run or raced on: Our track team had muddy running today.
  5. the amount, quality, or type of a liquid flow.
adjective
  1. galloping, racing, moving, or passing rapidly.
  2. (of a horse)
    • going or proceeding rapidly at the gait of a gallop.
    • taught to proceed at a gallop.
  3. creeping or climbing, as plants: a running vine.
  4. moving or proceeding easily or smoothly.
  5. moving when pulled or hauled, as a rope.
  6. slipping or sliding easily, as a knot or a noose.
  7. operating or functioning, as a machine.
  8. (of measurement) linear; straight-line.
  9. cursive, as handwriting.
  10. flowing, as a stream.
  11. liquid or fluid.
  12. present; current: the running month.
  13. prevalent, as a condition or state: running prices.
  14. going or carried on continuously; sustained: a running commentary.
  15. extending or repeated continuously: a running pattern.
  16. performed with or during a run: a running leap.
  17. discharging pus or other matter: a running sore.
  18. noting any of various objects or assemblages of objects that may be moved in ordinary use: running bowsprit;running gaff.
  19. Nautical, Machinery.
    • noting any block of a tackle that moves.
    • noting the part of the fall of a tackle that moves through the blocks (opposed to standing).
adverb
  1. in succession; consecutively: He slept badly for three nights running.
Idioms
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
adjective
  1. maintained continuously; incessant
  2. without interruption; consecutive
  3. denoting or relating to the scheduled operation of a public vehicle
  4. accomplished at a run
  5. (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
  6. (of a wound, sore, etc) discharging pus or a serous fluid
  7. denoting or relating to operations for maintenance
  8. prevalent; current
  9. repeated or continuous
  10. (of certain plants, plant stems, etc) creeping along the ground
  11. flowing
  12. (of handwriting) having the letters run together
noun
  1. management or organization
  2. operation or maintenance
  3. competition or a competitive situation (in the phrases in the running, out of the running)
  4. to set the pace in a competition or race
  5. the power or ability to run
Running (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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