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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Hydrometrical :: Hydrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water..
Pitot''s Tube :: Pitot's tube () A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter..
Spinner :: Spinnaker (n.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind..
Median :: Median (a.) Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove..
Hydrometry :: Hydrometry (n.) The art or operation of measuring the velocity or discharge of running water, as in rivers, etc..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest..
Complicate :: Complicate (a.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise..
Rush :: Rush (n.) The act of running with the ball.
Decursive :: Decursive (a.) Running down; decurrent.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.
Running :: Running (n.) The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow..
Sleighing :: Sleighing (n.) The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.
By-bidder :: By-bidder (n.) One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles..
Silt :: Silt (n.) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
Countercurrent :: Countercurrent (a.) Running in an opposite direction.
Counter-courant :: Counter-courant (a.) Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.
Intercurrent :: Intercurrent (a.) Running between or among; intervening.
Streamy :: Streamy (a.) Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful..
Countercurrent :: Countercurrent (n.) A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
Race :: Race (n.) Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races..
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