Running

Run´ning

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.

Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.

Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.

What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?

- Hare.

(Bot.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.

(Med.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.

Running block
(Mech.) a block in an arrangement of pulleys which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or lowered.

Running board
a narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive.

Running bowsprit
(Naut.) Same as Reefing bowsprit.

Running days
(Com.) the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under a charter party, including Sundays and not limited to the working days.

Running fire
a constant fire of musketry or cannon. - Simmonds.

Running gear
the wheels and axles of a vehicle, and their attachments, in distinction from the body; all the working parts of a locomotive or other machine, in distinction from the framework.

Running hand
a style of rapid writing in which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed without lifting the pen; - distinguished from round hand.

Running part
(Naut.) that part of a rope that is hauled upon, - in distinction from the standing part.

Running rigging
(Naut.) that part of a ship's rigging or ropes which passes through blocks, etc.; - in distinction from standing rigging.

Running title
(Print.) the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin.

The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.

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.

The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

At long running
in the long run. - Jer. Taylor.

Noun	1.	running - (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" Synonyms: running game, running play, run
	2.	running - the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" Synonyms: run
	3.	running - the state of being in operation; "the engine is running smoothly"
	4.	running - the act of administering or being in charge of something; "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time"
	5.	running - the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track Synonyms: track
Adj.	1.	running - moving quickly on foot; "heard running footsteps behind him"
	2.	running - (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "a mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water" Antonyms: standing - (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water"
	3.	running - continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke among us"
	4.	running - of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays" Antonyms: pass, passing - of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" pass, passing - of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
	5.	running - executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start" Antonyms: standing - executed in or initiated from a standing position; "a standing ovation"; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation"
	6.	running - measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot" Synonyms: linear
	7.	running - (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" Synonyms: working, operative, functional

To dream that you are running away from someone, indicates an issue that you are trying to avoid. You are not taking or accepting responsibility for your actions. In particular, if you are running from an attacker or any danger, then it suggests that you are not facing and confronting your fears. To dream that you are trying to run but cannot make your feet move as fast as you want them to, signifies lack of self-esteem and self-confidence. It may also reflect your actual state of REM paralysis while in the dream state. To dream that you are running alone, signifies that you will advance to a higher position and surpass your friends in the race for wealth. Alternatively, you may be running from some situation or from temptation. To dream that you are running with others, signifies festive and prosperous times.acting, action, active, activity, actual, actuation, affluent, agency, agile, alive, articulated, as is, ascending, at work, authority, autograph, autographic, average, axial, back, back-flowing, backward, being, besetting, breakneck, calligraphic, candidacy, candidature, care, catenated, ceaseless, charge, chirographic, colliquation, command, common, competition, concatenated, conduct, confluent, connected, consecutively, constant, contemporaneous, contemporary, contest, continual, continually, continued, continuing, continuous, continuously, control, coursing, current, cursive, cyclical, dashing, decoagulation, decurrent, defluent, deliquescence, deliquium, descending, diffluent, direct, direction, dissolution, dissolving, dominant, double-quick, down-trending, downward, drifting, driving, dynamic, dynamics, eagle-winged, effortless, endless, engrossed, epidemic, event, execution, exercise, existent, existing, expeditious, express, extant, fast, featureless, festering, fleet, flowing, fluent, fluidification, fluidization, fluxional, fluxive, flying, fresh, functional, functioning, fusibility, fusing, fusion, galloping, game, gapless, gleet, going, going on, governance, government, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphometric, guidance, gulfy, gushing, gyrational, gyratory, hair-trigger, hand running, handling, hasty, headlong, holograph, holographic, husbandry, hustling, ichor, immanent, immediate, in Indian file, in a chain, in a line, in a row, in a series, in column, in exercise, in file, in force, in hand, in longhand, in operation, in play, in practice, in process, in shorthand, in single file, in succession, in the works, in turn, in writing, inaction, incessant, inscribed, instant, intendance, interminable, italic, italicized, joined, jointless, kinematics, kinesipathy, kinesis, kinesitherapy, kinetics, latest, leaching, lead, leading, leukorrhea, light of heel, light-footed, linked, liquation, liquefaction, liquescence, liquescency, live, lively, lixiviation, longhand, management, managery, managing, manipulation, manuscript, match, matter, mattering, mazy, meandering, meet, melting, mercurial, mobilization, modern, monotonous, motion, motivation, mounting, move, movement, moving, never-ending, new, night and day, nimble, nimble-footed, nonstop, normal, occupation, on foot, on paper, on the fire, ongoing, operancy, operating, operation, operational, operative, ordering, ordinary, pandemic, passing, peccant humor, penciled, penned, percolation, perennial, performance, performing, periodic, perpetual, pilotage, plunging, popular, pouring, practice, precipitate, predominant, predominating, present, present-age, present-day, present-time, prevailing, prevalent, printed, profluent, progressive, progressively, prompt, purulence, pus, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, race, racing, rampant, rankling, rapid, reckless, recurrent, reflowing, refluent, regnant, regressive, regulation, reigning, repetitive, responsibility, restlessness, retrogressive, rife, rising, rotary, rotational, rotatory, round-the-clock, routine, ruling, running for office, rushing, sanies, scriptorial, scriptural, seamless, sequentially, serially, seriatim, serpentine, serried, shorthand, sideward, sinking, sluggish, smooth, snappy, soaring, solubilization, solution, spanking, speedy, stable, standard, standing, standing for office, steady, steerage, steering, step by step, stereotyped, stir, stirring, straight, streaming, stylographic, successively, superintendence, superintendency, supervision, suppuration, surging, surgy, sustained, swift, that be, that is, thaw, thawing, the conn, the helm, the wheel, thermoplasticity, tidal, topical, tournament, turn about, twenty-four-hour, unbroken, unceasing, unclotting, undifferentiated, unending, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, uninterruptedly, unrelieved, unremitting, unrest, unstopped, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, up-trending, upward, usual, velocity, vortical, winged, work, working, workings, written

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