running
/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/ adjective, adverb, noun, preposition, proper noun
Also a form of run
Forms runnings
- adjective Moving or advancing at a run.
- adjective Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
- adjective Present, current. “running month”
- adjective Flowing; easy; cursive. “running handwriting”
- adjective Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step. “a running commentary, a running explanation, my running theory”
- adjective Having a continuous design or pattern. “running bond; running ornament”
- adjective Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below). “He won the title for three running years.”
- adjective (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem. “a running vine”
- adverb (informal) Consecutively; in a row. “Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.”
- noun The action of the verb to run. “His running of the business leaves something to be desired.”
- noun The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason. “Running is good exercise.”
- noun 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”
- noun The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
- noun (colloquial) The act of running errands. “I'm gonna go out and do my running.”
- noun (physics) 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.
- preposition (colloquial) Approaching; about; roughly.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
runny run running play running game track linear operative functional working
Antonyms
Etymology
By surface analysis, run + -ing.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse; (a) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
- adjective 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.
- noun The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
- noun 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.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “running”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details