Running
['rʌnɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of administering or being in charge of something; 'he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time'.
(noun.) the state of being in operation; 'the engine is running smoothly'.
(adj.) continually repeated over a period of time; 'a running joke among us' .
(adj.) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; 'in running (or working) order'; 'a functional set of brakes' .
(adj.) executed or initiated by running; 'running plays worked better than pass plays'; 'took a running jump'; 'a running start' .
(adj.) (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; 'as mountain stream with freely running water'; 'hovels without running water' .
(adj.) of advancing the ball by running; 'the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Run
(a.) Moving or advancing by running.
(a.) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
(a.) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
(a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.
(a.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
(a.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
(n.) The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of running in company with others, is a sign that you will participate in some festivity, and you will find that your affairs are growing towards fortune. If you stumble or fall, you will lose property and reputation. Running alone, indicates that you will outstrip your friends in the race for wealth, and you will occupy a higher place in social life. If you run from danger, you will be threatened with losses, and you will despair of adjusting matters agreeably. To see others thus running, you will be oppressed by the threatened downfall of friends. To see stock running, warns you to be careful in making new trades or undertaking new tasks.
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Examples
- Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands, said Mrs. March decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He looked at her--oh, how fondly--as she came running towards him, her hands before her, ready to give them to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- First of all tack tarred building paper to the studding, running the strips up and down and having them catch on every third studding. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Then she came running up the trail. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Chinnock said: 'Does he KNOW anything about running a station like this? Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Muhammad was knocked down and nearly killed, and there was much running away among his followers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When he is very drunk, his mind is always running on regicide. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But they could not really talk, because of the glassy ravel of women's excited, cold laughter and running voices. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I found him in the hands of a faker, and took the liberty of running him just as he was sent over. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Modern science uses the force of such exploding gases for the accomplishment of work, such as running of automobiles and launches. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- By accident the noose fell squarely about the running ape's neck, bringing him to a sudden and surprising halt. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- My pen is running away into mere speculation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Numbers of people were there before me, all running in one direction, to the beach. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At the sand-hillocks we were met by the under-groom, running to us from the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Running, wrestling, cudgel-playing, throwing the javelin, drawing the bow, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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