Definition of running

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of running is as below...

Running (a.) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.

Lern More About Running

Runningly :: Runningly (adv.) In a running manner.
Sandglass :: Sandglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.
Courant :: Courant (a.) Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.
Water Cress :: Water cress () A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic..
Complicate :: Complicate (a.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise..
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.
Running :: Running (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ru.
Cursorily :: Cursorily (adv.) In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.
Run :: Run (n.) A roulade, or series of running tones..
Cursory :: Cursory (a.) Running about; not stationary.
Rush :: Rush (n.) The act of running with the ball.
Roulade :: Roulade (n.) A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios..
Eddy :: Eddy (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current..
Zigzag :: Zigzag (n.) A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3..
Plagal :: Plagal (a.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave..
Mooruk :: Mooruk (n.) A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue..
Curtail Dog :: Curtail dog () A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting..
Transfluent :: Transfluent (a.) Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream..
Buddle :: Buddle (n.) An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions..
Overrunning :: Overrunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overru.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us