trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse.
Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running.
Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.
Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. William Shakespeare
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. Margaret Thatcher
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. Kurt Vonnegut
It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office. Shirley MacLaine
I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. Rodney Dangerfield