Antonyms for running


Grammar : Adj, adv, noun
Spell : ruhn-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌn ɪŋ


Definition of running

Origin :
  • Old English ærning, verbal noun from run (v.); to be in (or out) of the running "among" (or "not among") "the lead competitors in a race" (1863) is a metaphor from horse racing, where make the running "set the pace" is recorded from 1837. Running shoe is from 1884.
  • adj continuous, flowing, operating
  • adv continually
  • noun management of organization
Example sentences :
  • Many words of the talkative German were running in his mind from the night before.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I trust he is not running after the new doctrine of the hawkers and pedlars.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Running at a low level, the waters of that stream were deplorably dirty.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • He had himself been obliged to bail out three times, running in from the reef.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • There were attendants, running Turks, and guards before to clear the way.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • But as for running him into the ground, they had lost their appetite for such fighting.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Running the car into the shadow of a ruined house, I try to sleep.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • She stopped the running and meditated with a steady, hard deliberation.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Running to the door she threw it open and listened intently.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • "Ask Allister what fighting had to do with the running of things," said Andrew calmly.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Synonyms for running

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