running

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Examples

(verb): To move swiftly.
(verb): (fluids) To flow.
(verb): (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
(verb): To control or manage, be in charge of.
(verb): To be a candidate in an election.
(verb): To make run in a race or an election.
(verb): To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
(verb): To be presented in the media.
(verb): To print or broadcast in the media.
(verb): To smuggle (illegal goods).
(verb): To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
(verb): To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
(verb): To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
(verb): To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
(verb): To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
(verb): To cost a large amount of money.
(verb): Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
(verb): To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
(verb): To cause to enter; to thrust.
(verb): To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
(verb): To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
(verb): To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
(verb): To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
(verb): To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
(verb): To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
(verb): To control or have precedence in a card game.
(verb): To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
(verb): To be popularly known; to be generally received.
(verb): To have growth or development.
(verb): To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
(verb): To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
(verb): To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
(verb): To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
(verb): To speedrun.
(noun): The action of the verb to run.
(noun): The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
(noun): That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
(noun): The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
(adjective): Moving or advancing at a run.
(adjective): Present, current.
(adjective): Flowing; easy; cursive.
(adjective): Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
(adjective): Having a continuous design or pattern.
(adjective): Consecutive.
(adjective): Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
(adjective): Discharging pus.
(adjective): (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.
(adverb): Consecutively; in a row
(preposition): Approaching; about; roughly.

He is running the candidate's expensive campaign.
I have decided to run for governor of California.
He ran his best horse in the Derby.
to run through life; to run in a circle
Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.