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run⋅ning

  [ruhn-ing]
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–noun
1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
2. managing or directing: the running of a business.
3. an act or instance of racing: the 113th running of the Kentucky Derby.
4. the condition of a track or surface to be run or raced on; footing: Our track team had muddy running today.
5. the amount, quality, or type of a liquid flow.
–adjective
6. galloping, racing, moving, or passing rapidly.
7. (of a horse)
a. going or proceeding rapidly at the gait of a gallop.
b. taught to proceed at a gallop.
8. creeping or climbing, as plants: a running vine.
9. moving or proceeding easily or smoothly.
10. moving when pulled or hauled, as a rope.
11. slipping or sliding easily, as a knot or a noose.
12. operating or functioning, as a machine.
13. (of measurement) linear; straight-line.
14. cursive, as handwriting.
15. flowing, as a stream.
16. liquid or fluid.
17. present; current: the running month.
18. prevalent, as a condition or state: running prices.
19. going or carried on continuously; sustained: a running commentary.
20. extending or repeated continuously: a running pattern.
21. performed with or during a run: a running leap.
22. discharging pus or other matter: a running sore.
23. Nautical. noting any of various objects or assemblages of objects that may be moved in ordinary use: running bowsprit; running gaff.
24. Nautical, Machinery.
a. noting any block of a tackle that moves.
b. noting the part of the fall of a tackle that moves through the blocks (opposed to standing ).
–adverb
25. in succession; consecutively: He slept badly for three nights running.
—Idioms
26. in the running,
a. participating or entered as a competitor.
b. under consideration as a candidate or possible choice: Who is still in the running for the directorship?
c. among the winners or those making a good showing.
27. out of the running,
a. not competing in a contest or race.
b. not among the winners or runners-up in a contest or race: to finish out of the running.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME; see run, -ing 1 , -ing 2
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run·ning   (rŭn'ĭng)   
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of running.

  2. The power or ability to run.

  3. Sports The exercise or sport of someone who runs.

adj.  

  1. Ongoing over a period of time: a running conversation; a running joke among us.

  2. Set in continuous or unbroken lines: running text.

  3. Printed at the top or bottom of every page or every other page: a running title; a running footer.

adv.  In a consecutive way: four years running.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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out of the running

see under in the running.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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