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running

  • adjective
  • /ˈɹʌniŋ/

Moving or advancing at a run.

Other meanings

  1. Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.

  2. Present, current.

    “running month”

Related words

  • byrunning
  • running start
  • clock is running
  • inrunning
  • nonrunning
  • runningly
  • smoothrunning
  • free-running
  • long-running
  • running sand
  • smooth-running
  • running footman

Example sentences

  • “The dinosaur was going round running riot.”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0
  • “He was running around in the desert.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
  • “Running through the fields, I felt alive.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “running” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.