• (British, America) IPA: /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/

running (not comparable)

1. Moving or advancing at a run.
   1. Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
2. Present, current.

   running month

3. Flowing; easy; cursive.

   running handwriting

4. Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.

   a running explanation

   • 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, […] , London: Printed by J.M. for James Alleſtry, […] , OCLC 78038412 ↗:

     a running conquest

   • What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?

5. Having a continuous design or pattern.

   running bond; running ornament

6. Consecutive.
7. (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.

   a running vine

8. (medicine) Discharging pus.

   a running sore

9. (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.

   a running nose

• (nose) runny

• German: laufend

• German: eiternd, nässend

• German: laufend

running (not comparable)

1. (informal) consecutively; in a row

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

• Portuguese: consecutivamente
• Russian: подря́д
• Spanish: consecutivo

running

1. The action of the verb to run.

   His running of the business leaves something to be desired.

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

   Running is good exercise.

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

   the first running of a still

4. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

• French: course, course à pied
• German: Rennen, Laufen
• Portuguese: correr
• Russian: бег
• Spanish: administración, control, dirección, manejo, organización,

• German: Laufsport, Laufen
• Italian: corsa
• Portuguese: correr
• Russian: бег
• Spanish: footing, jogging

1. present participle of run#English|run

1. (colloquial) Approaching; about; roughly.

1. Surname