Running
Running , adjective
1.
Moving or advancing by running.
(a)
Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
(b)
trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse. — Law
2.
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.
3.
Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
4.
Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.
A running conquest.
What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?
5.
(Botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
6.
(Medicine) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
Collocations (10)
Running block (Mechanics) , a block in an arrangement of pulleys which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or lowered.
Running board , a narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive.
Running bowsprit (Nautical) , Same as Reefing bowsprit.
Running days (Commerce) , the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under a charter party, including Sundays and not limited to the working days. — Simmonds
Running fire , a constant fire of musketry or cannon.
Running gear , the wheels and axles of a vehicle, and their attachments, in distinction from the body; all the working parts of a locomotive or other machine, in distinction from the framework.
Running hand , a style of rapid writing in which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed without lifting the pen; -- distinguished from round hand.
Running part (Nautical) , that part of a rope that is hauled upon, -- in distinction from the standing part.
Running rigging (Nautical) , that part of a ship's rigging or ropes which passes through blocks, etc.; -- in distinction from standing rigging.
Running title (Printing) , the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin.
Running , noun
The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
2.
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.
3.
The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
Collocations (1)
At long running , in the long run. [Obsolete] — Jer. Taylor