Definitions
1.Verbpresent participle and gerund of run
2.AdjectiveMoving or advancing at a run.
Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
3.AdjectiveOf a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
4.AdjectivePresent, current."running month"
5.AdjectiveFlowing; easy; cursive."running handwriting"
6.AdjectiveContinuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step."a running commentary, a running explanation, my running theory"
7.AdjectiveHaving a continuous design or pattern."running bond; running ornament"
8.AdjectiveConsecutive ."He won the title for three running years."
9.AdjectiveExtending by a slender climbing or trailing stem."a running vine"
10.AdjectiveDischarging pus."a running sore"
11.AdjectiveDischarging snot or mucus."a running nose"
12.AdverbConsecutively; in a row."Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running."
13.NounThe action of the verb to run."His running of the business leaves something to be desired."
14.NounThe activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason."Running is good exercise."
15.NounThat which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation."the first running of a still"
16.NounThe discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
17.NounThe act of running errands."I'm gonna go out and do my running."
18.NounThe dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value.
19.PrepositionApproaching; about; roughly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)