running
ruh ning
- n (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
the coach put great emphasis on running - n the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- n the state of being in operation
the engine is running smoothly - n the act of administering or being in charge of something
he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time - n the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
- v move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- v flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- v stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- v direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
She is running a relief operation in the Sudan - v have a particular form
- v move along, of liquids
- v perform as expected when applied
- v change or be different within limits
- v run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
Who's running for treasurer this year? - v cause to emit recorded audio or video
- v move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
who are these people running around in the building? - v have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- v be operating, running or functioning
The car is still running--turn it off! - v change from one state to another
- v cause to perform
- v be affected by; be subjected to
- v continue to exist
- v occur persistently
- v carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- v include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- v carry out
- v pass over, across, or through
- v cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- v make without a miss
- v deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- v cause an animal to move fast
- v be diffused
- v sail before the wind
- v cover by running; run a certain distance
- v extend or continue for a certain period of time
- v set animals loose to graze
- v keep company
- v run with the ball; in such sports as football
- v travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- v travel a route regularly
- v pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
The dogs are running deer - v compete in a race
he is running the Marathon this year - v progress by being changed
- v reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- v come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
Her nylons were running - v become undone
- a (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
as mountain stream with freely running water
hovels without running water - s continually repeated over a period of time
a running joke among us - a of advancing the ball by running
the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays - a executed or initiated by running
running plays worked better than pass plays
took a running jump
a running start - s measured lengthwise
cost of lumber per running foot - s (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
in running (or working) order
- Writer Chris McDougall, above the rim of the Sierra Madre Canyon, where the Tarahumara have made their home for centuries Anyone can do running.
- Some of Clinton's own strategists are doubtful that Obama will offer to make her his running mate in no small part because that would mean bringing Bill aboard.
- The first world championship of free running fuels debate over the sport's soul and just how.