running — Semantide dictionary

Loading…

Searching for running…

The Semantide dictionary follows a thread — from a word to its readings, forms, characters, and the sentences it lives in.

Part of the family

Dictionaries

日本語 · Japanese
中文 · Chinese
Français · French
English

Learn

Search guide
Japanese vocabulary
Questions
Our approach

Project

Data & licences

Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

86 results for running

Top matchCommon

running/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/

Adj
Moving or advancing at a run.
not-comparable
Moving or advancing at a run.; Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
not-comparable
Present, current.
not-comparable
running month
Flowing; easy; cursive.
not-comparable
running handwriting
Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
not-comparable
a running commentary, a running explanation, my running theory
Having a continuous design or pattern.
not-comparable
running bond; running ornament
Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below).
not-comparable
He won the title for three running years.
Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
biologybotanynatural-sciencesnot-comparable
a running vine
Discharging pus.
medicinesciencesnot-comparable
a running sore
Discharging snot or mucus.
medicinesciencesnot-comparable
a running nose

All86 Words6 Sentences80

More words

All 6

Sentences

All 80

running/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/

NounThe action of the verb to run. · The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason. · That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.

Common

running/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/

Adverb (fukushi)Consecutively; in a row.

Common

running/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/

PrepApproaching; about; roughly.

NameA surname.

VerbTo move swiftly.; To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. · To move swiftly.; To go at a fast pace; to move quickly. · To move swiftly.; To cover (a course or a distance) by running.

Common

Then I walked about, till I found on the further side, a great river of sweet water, running with a strong current; whereupon I called to mind the boat-raft I had made aforetime and said to myself, "Needs must I make another; haply I may free me from this strait. If I escape, I have my desire and I vow to Allah Almighty to forswear travel; and if I perish I shall be at peace and shall rest from toil and moil."

Break it down

We're so bombarded with images, it's a struggle to preserve our imaginations.' In response, he's turned to cinema, commissioning 11 film-makers to contribute to a portmanteau film, entitled '11'09"01' and composed of short films each running 11 minutes, nine seconds and one frame.

Break it down

I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.

Break it down