Definition of running

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

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Tram :: Tram (n.) A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore..
Sea Room :: Sea room () Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground..
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand..
Walk :: Walk (n.) The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping..
Moss :: Moss (n.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water..
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..
Heel :: Heel (v. t.) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like..
Eddy :: Eddy (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current..
Percurrent :: Percurrent (a.) Running through the entire length.
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..
Cursive :: Cursive (a.) Running; flowing.
Inlet :: Inlet (n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands..
Complicate :: Complicate (a.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise..
Torrent :: Torrent (n.) A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice..
Steamboating :: Steamboating (n.) The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats..
Corrasion :: Corrasion (n.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water..
Stumble :: Stumble (n.) A trip in walking or running.
Zigzag :: Zigzag (n.) A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3..
Runaway :: Runaway (n.) The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday..
Running :: Running (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ru.
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