Running

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1. Verb form

of Run

2. Adjective

Moving or advancing by running.

3. Adjective

Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.

4. Adjective

trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse.

5. 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.

6. Adjective

Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.

7. Adjective

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

8. Adjective

Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.

9. Adjective

Discharging pus; as, a running sore.

10. Noun

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

11. 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.

12. Noun

The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
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