(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Run
(a.) Moving or advancing by running.
(a.) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
(a.) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
(a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the
facts with a running explanation.
(a.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a
running vine.
(a.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
(n.) The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running
was slow.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
