Running

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Moving or advancing by running.

II. Running ·adj Discharging pus; as, a running sore.

III. Running ·noun The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

IV. Running ·adj Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.

V. Running ·adj Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.

VI. Running ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Run.

VII. Running ·adj trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse.

VIII. Running ·noun The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.

IX. Running ·adj Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.

X. Running ·adj Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.

XI. Running ·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.

XII. Running ·adj 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.

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