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Meaning of RUNNING(A)

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start"
  2. [adj]  (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "a mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water"
  3. [adj]  continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke among us"
  4. [adj]  (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
  5. [adj]  (football) of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays"
  6. [adj]  measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot"
  7. [adj]  running away from (or as if from) danger; "the fleeing survivors"
  8. [adj]  moving quickly on foot; "heard running footsteps behind him"; "scampering children"
 
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 Synonyms: continual, fleeing(a), flowing, flying, functional, functioning, gushing, jetting, lengthways, lengthwise, linear, moving, operative, pouring, scampering(a), spouting, spurting, squirting, streaming, working(a)
 
 Antonyms: pass(a), passing(a), standing(a)
 

 

 

 

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