📖 Definitions of "Running"
- 1
To move swiftly.
- 2
(fluids) To flow.
- 3
(of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- 4
To control or manage, be in charge of.
"He is running the candidate's expensive campaign."
- 1
The action of the verb to run.
"His running of the business leaves something to be desired."
- 2
The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
"Running is good exercise."
- 3
That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
"the first running of a still"
- 4
The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
- 1
Moving or advancing at a run.
- 2
Present, current.
"running month"
- 3
Flowing; easy; cursive.
"running handwriting"
- 4
Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
"a running explanation"
- 1
Consecutively; in a row
"Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running."
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