running

present participle and gerund of runform-ofgerundparticiple

Moving or advancing at a run.not-comparable

Moving or advancing at a run.; Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.not-comparable

Present, current.not-comparable

• running month

Flowing; easy; cursive.not-comparable

• running handwriting

Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.not-comparable

• a running commentary, a running explanation, my running theory

Having a continuous design or pattern.not-comparable

• running bond; running ornament

Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below).not-comparable

• He won the title for three running years.

Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.not-comparable

• a running vine

Discharging pus.not-comparable

• a running sore

Discharging snot or mucus.not-comparable

• a running nose

Consecutively; in a row.informalnot-comparable

• Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.

The action of the verb to run.countableuncountable

• His running of the business leaves something to be desired.

The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.countableuncountable

• Running is good exercise.

That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.countableuncountable

• the first running of a still

The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.countableuncountable

The act of running errands.colloquialcountableuncountable

• I'm gonna go out and do my running.

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.countableuncountable

Approaching; about; roughly.colloquial