Definition of running

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Running (a.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore..

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Intercurrent :: Intercurrent (a.) Running between or among; intervening.
Walk :: Walk (n.) The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping..
Purl :: Purl (v. i.) To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions..
Confluence :: Confluence (n.) Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage..
Stumble :: Stumble (n.) A trip in walking or running.
Circumcursation :: Circumcursation (n.) The act of running about; also, rambling language..
Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake..
Running :: Running (a.) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse..
Eddy :: Eddy (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary 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..
Xystus :: Xystus (n.) A long and open portico, for athletic exercises, as wrestling, running, etc., for use in winter or in stormy weather..
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
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..
Zigzag :: Zigzag (a.) Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an onward course..
Pound :: Pound (v. i.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds..
Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out..
Burton :: Burton (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part..
Hand :: Hand (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature..
Rush :: Rush (n.) The act of running with the ball.
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