ALL meanings of running
run·ning
R r - verb with object running to cause to move easily, freely, or smoothly: to run a rope in a pulley. 1
- verb with object running Golf. to cause (a golf ball) to move forward along the ground after landing from a stroke: He ran his ball seven feet past the hole. 1
- verb with object running to sew or use a running stitch: to run a seam. 1
- verb with object running to cause stitches in (a garment or fabric) to unravel or come undone: to run a stocking on a protruding nail. 1
- verb with object running to bring, lead, or force into a certain state or condition: He ran his troops into an ambush. They ran themselves into debt. 1
- verb with object running to drive, force, or thrust: to run a nail into a board; to run one's head against a wall; to run one's hand into one's pocket. 1
- verb with object running to graze; pasture: They run sixty head of cattle on their ranch. 1
- verb with object running to extend (something) in a particular direction or to a given point or place: to run a partition across a room; to run a telephone cable from Boston to Buffalo. 1
- verb with object running Carpentry. to make (millwork) from boards. 1
- verb with object running to cause to fuse and flow, as metal for casting in a mold. 1
- verb with object running to draw, trace, or mark out, as a line: to run a line over a surface; to run a line through a word. 1
- verb with object running to cost (an amount or approximate amount): This watch runs $30. 1
- verb with object running to cost (a person) an amount or approximate amount: The car repair will run you a couple of hundred at least. 1
- noun running an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast. 1
- noun running a hurrying to or from some point, as on an errand: a run to reach the store before it closes. 1
- noun running a fleeing, especially in great haste; flight: a run from the police who were hot on his trail. 1
- noun running a running pace: The boys set out at a run. 1
- noun running an act or instance or a period of moving rapidly, as in a boat or automobile: a run to shore before the storm. 1
- noun running distance covered, as by racing, running, or during a trip: a three-mile run. 1
- noun running an act or instance or a period of traveling or moving between two places; trip: a truck on its daily run from farm to market; a nonstop run from Louisville to Memphis. 1
- noun running Computers. a single instance of carrying out the sequence of instructions in a program. 1
- noun running Golf. the distance that a golf ball moves along the ground after landing from a stroke: He got a seven-foot run with his chip shot. 1
- noun running a quick trip for a short stay at a place: to take a run up to New York. 1
- noun running Military. bomb run. any portion of a military flight during which the aircraft flies directly toward the target in order to begin its attack: a strafing run. 1
- noun running Aeronautics. the rapid movement, under its own power, of an aircraft on a runway, water, or another surface. a routine flight from one place to another: the evening run from New York to London. 1
- noun running Journalism. beat (def 40b). 1
- noun running an interval or period during which something, as a machine, operates or continues operating: They kept each press in the plant on a 14-hour run. 1
- noun running the amount of anything produced in such a period: a daily run of 400,000 gallons of paint. 1
- noun running pressrun. 1
- noun running a line or place in knitted work where a series of stitches have slipped out or come undone: a run in a stocking. 1
- noun running onward movement, development, progress, course, etc.: the run of our business from a small store to a large chain. 1
- noun running the direction of something or of its component elements: the run of the grain of wood. 1
- noun running the particular course, order, or tendency of something: the normal run of events. 1
- noun running freedom to move around in, pass through, or use something: to allow one's guests the run of the house. 1
- noun running any rapid or easy course of progress: a run from trainee to supervisor. 1
- noun running a continuous series of performances, as of a play: a long run on Broadway. 1
- noun running an uninterrupted course of some state or condition; a spell: a run of good luck; a run of good weather. 1
- noun running a continuous extent of something, as a vein of ore. 1
- noun running an uninterrupted series or sequence of things, events, etc.: a run of 30 scoreless innings. 1
- noun running a sequence of cards in a given suit: a heart run. 1
- noun running Cribbage. a sequence of three or more cards in consecutive denominations without regard to suits. 1
- noun running any extensive continued demand, sale, or the like: a run on umbrellas on a rainy day. 1
- noun running a series of sudden and urgent demands for payment, as on a bank. 1
- noun running a period of being in demand or favor with the public: Her last book had a briefer run than her first. 1
- noun running a period during which liquid flows: They kept each oil well on an eight-hour run. 1
- noun running the amount that flows during such a period: a run of 500 barrels a day. 1
- noun running a small stream; brook; rivulet. 1
- noun running a flow or rush, as of water: The snow melting on the mountains caused a run of water into the valley. 1
- noun running a kind or class, as of goods: a superior run of blouses. 1
- noun running the typical, ordinary, or average kind: The run of 19th-century novels tends to be of a sociological nature. 1