(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"
Used in a Sentence
running
How to use running in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for running.
Editorial note
* Getting a company funded and then running it is a resume plus.
Examples16
Definitions11
Parts of speech2
Quick take
(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"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of running gathered in one view.
the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"
the state of being in operation; "the engine is running smoothly"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for running.
noun
(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"
See also: run
noun
the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"
See also: run
noun
the state of being in operation; "the engine is running smoothly"
noun
the act of administering or being in charge of something; "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time"
noun
the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
See also: track
adjective
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water"
adjective
continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke among us"
adjective
of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays"
adjective
executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start"
adjective
measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot"
See also: linear
adjective
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
See also: operative, functional
Example sentences
* Getting a company funded and then running it is a resume plus.
We're paranoid about not running your car's battery down.
You can time it so you are negotiating to be poached while running this doomed program.
This guy really should go work for Google and figure out the problems they need to deal with running a service like Gmail.
It was a submarine rigged for silent running, deep and quiet, that's never bothered to surface for air.
They will hire people, experts, who will find new ways of breaking in to servers they detect as having mail servers running on them.
Carmen M. Ortiz is running for higher office on the backs of high profile prosecutions, and now on the body of Aaron Swartz.
But when the next hot platform or architecture or whatever comes out you get tired of running in exactly the same place.
They made millions selling their stock before the market truly understood what a shit business they were running.
Despite what hacker news and TechCrunch try to convince you, running a company is a job just the same as building an engineering system.
I took it on faith that when The Information said they were running a "complete interview" with you, that it was in fact both complete and an actual interview.
The privacy issue in smartphones isn't the freaking application processor running Android.
Restart supervision didn't always help b/c sometimes it would throw some assertion that would bail out a critical thread, but the process would stay running.
My "favourite" FreeBSD advisory was the 2011 telnetd "christmas present" -- remote root to any system running telnetd with the default options.
Iphones have made it normal to buy a computing device that has artificial restrictions preventing you from running whatever software you want on it.
I like hnsearch a lot, but I'd like us to take a second to thank whoever was running SearchYC, which for the past couple years has been practically indispensable in keeping up with this community.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use running in a sentence?
* Getting a company funded and then running it is a resume plus.
What does running mean?
(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"
What part of speech is running?
running is commonly used as noun, adjective.