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running   (TTS Sound)

The noun running has 5 senses

• run, running, running play, running game -- ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running")


• run, running -- (the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit")


• running -- (the state of being in operation; "the engine is running smoothly")


• running -- (the act of administering or being in charge of something; "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time")


• track, running -- (the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track)

The verb run has 41 senses

• run -- (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store")


• scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away -- (flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up")


• run, go, pass, lead, extend -- (stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets")


• operate, run -- (direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan")


• run, go -- (have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes...")


• run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")


• function, work, operate, go, run -- (perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore")


• range, run -- (change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull")


• campaign, run -- (run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?")


• play, run -- (cause to emit recorded audio or video; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video")


• run -- (move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free")


• tend, be given, lean, incline, run -- (have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence")


• run -- (be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!")


• run -- (change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot")


• run -- (cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process")


• run -- (be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk")


• prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure -- (continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures")


• run -- (occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family")


• run, execute -- (carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction")


• carry, run -- (include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference")


• run -- (carry out; "run an errand")


• guide, run, draw, pass -- (pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers")


• run, lead -- (cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet")


• run -- (make without a miss)


• run, black market -- (deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor)


• run -- (cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs")


• run, bleed -- (be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run")


• run -- (sail before the wind)


• run -- (cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day")


• run, run for -- (extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours")


• run -- (set animals loose to graze)


• run, consort -- (keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring")


• run -- (run with the ball; in such sports as football)


• run -- (travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there")


• ply, run -- (travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast")


• hunt, run, hunt down, track down -- (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods")


• race, run -- (compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first")


• move, go, run -- (progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting")


• melt, run, melt down -- (reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun")


• ladder, run -- (come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running")


• run, unravel -- (become undone; "the sweater unraveled")

The adj running has 6 senses

• running -- ((of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water")


• running -- (continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke among us")


• running -- (of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays")


• running -- (executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start")


• linear, running -- (measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot")


• running, operative, functional, working -- ((of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes")