running away | the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be |
run running | the act of running, traveling on foot at a fast pace, he broke into a run, his daily run keeps him fit |
track running | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track |
run running running play running game | (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team, the defensive line braced to stop the run, the coach put great emphasis on running |
running | the act of administering or being in charge of something, he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time |
noose running noose slip noose | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot, it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled |
running board | a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars |
running shoe | a light comfortable shoe designed for running |
running stitch | small, even, hand stitches run in and out |
running suit | a matching jacket and pants worn by joggers and made of fabric that absorbs perspiration |
sidelight running light | light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction, vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow |
dead hand dead hand of the past mortmain | the oppressive influence of past events or decisions |
past past tense | a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past |
past participle perfect participle | a participle that expresses completed action |
running head running headline | a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book |
running title | the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head |
longhand running hand cursive cursive script | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper |
flying start running start | a quick and auspicious beginning |
flying start running start | a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line |
past master | someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity |
past master | someone who was formerly a master |
running back | (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage |
running mate | a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices |
love-in-a-mist running pop wild water lemon Passiflora foetida | tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts, stems malodorous when crushed |
scarlet runner running postman Kennedia prostrata | hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers |
dewberry dewberry bush running blackberry | any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America |
running pine Lycopodium clavitum | a variety of club moss |
past perfect past perfect tense pluperfect pluperfect tense | a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past, `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect |
past progressive past progressive tense | a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past, `I had been running' is an example of the past progressive |
running | the state of being in operation, the engine is running smoothly |
past past times yesteryear | the time that has elapsed, forget the past |
past | a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret), reporters dug into the candidate's past |
running time | the length of time that a movie or tv show runs |
travel by pass by surpass go past go by pass | move past, A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window, He passed his professor in the hall, One line of soldiers surpassed the other |
exceed transcend overstep pass go past top a | be superior or better than some standard, She exceeded our expectations, She topped her performance of last year |
running(a) | continually repeated over a period of time, a running joke among us |
running(a) operative functional working(a) | (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing, in running (or working) order, a functional set of brakes |
running(a) | executed or initiated by running, running plays worked better than pass plays, took a running jump, a running start |
running(a) | (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream, as mountain stream with freely running water, hovels without running water |
running(a) | of advancing the ball by running, the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays |
past(a) preceding(a) retiring(a) | of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office, a retiring member of the board |
linear running(a) | measured lengthwise, cost of lumber per running foot |
past | earlier than the present time, no longer current, time past, his youth is past, this past Thursday, the past year |
by past | so as to pass a given point, every hour a train goes past |