runnings

/R AH1 N IH0 NG Z/
noun
  1. 1

    The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.

  2. 2

    The action of the verb to run.

  3. 3

    (colloquial) The act of running errands.

  4. 4

    That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.

  5. 5

    The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

  6. 6

    (physics) The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value.

  7. 7

    A surname.

adjective
  1. 1

    Moving or advancing at a run.

  2. 2

    Present, current.

  3. 3

    Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.

  4. 4

    Flowing; easy; cursive.

  5. 5

    Having a continuous design or pattern.

  6. 6

    Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below).

  7. 7

    Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.

  8. 8

    (medicine, of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.

  9. 9

    (medicine) Discharging pus.

  10. 10

    (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.

adverb
  1. 1

    (informal) Consecutively; in a row.