running

verb
/ˈɹʌniŋ/UK/ˈɹʊnɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of run

  2. Moving or advancing at a run.

  3. Present, current.

    • running month
  4. + 16 more definitions
    1. Flowing

      Flowing; easy; cursive.

      • running handwriting
    2. Continuous

      Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.

      • a running commentary, a running explanation, my running theory
      • Thus a constant running fire was kept up, and no interval allowed for the enemy to stand to their guns in safety […]
      • a running conquest
    3. Having a continuous design or pattern.

      • running bond; running ornament
    4. Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb

      Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below).

      • He won the title for three running years.
    5. Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.

      • a running vine
    6. Discharging pus.

      • a running sore
    7. Discharging snot or mucus.

      • a running nose
    8. Consecutively

      Consecutively; in a row.

      • Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.
    9. The action of the verb to run.

      • His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
    10. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.

      • Running is good exercise.
    11. That which runs or flows

      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
    12. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

    13. The act of running errands.

      • I'm gonna go out and do my running.
    14. The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at…

      The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value.

    15. Approaching

      Approaching; about; roughly.

    16. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at running. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at running. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at running

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA