running
verb (-ing form of run: run, runs, ran, run, running); noun (running — the sport); adjective (running — flowing, continuing)
Everyday
- Moving fast on your feet: "He is running." tree →
- The sport or activity of running: "Running keeps you fit." tree →
- Flowing: "running water". tree →
- Working or operating: "The engine is running." tree →
- In a row, one after another: "three days running". tree →
- Managing: "running a shop". tree →
In the lessons
In PE, running builds a strong heart and lungs. In safety: no running near pools or on wet floors; don't run into the road. In science: running water carries soil and shapes rivers. Phrases: running water, running nose, running late, in the running, running total, three times running.
Examples
- She is running in the race. tree →
- No running by the pool! tree →
- Running is good for your heart. tree →
- Wash your hands under running water. tree →
- I have a running nose. tree →
- We won three games running. tree →
- Keep a running total of the points. tree →
- Is the engine still running? tree →
- Then a fox came running up. tree →
Note
Double the n: run → running. In maths, a "running total" means you keep adding as you go. "Running water" means water from a tap or stream that flows.
In Jewish tradition
"Running water" means fresh flowing water, like a spring or stream, not water standing in a pool or jar.
Interpretation. Jewish law calls flowing spring water "living water" and uses it for purifying, as in the cleansing of a leper and the red cow ashes.
Examples
- And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. (Torah LEV.14.50, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. (Torah LEV.14.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the purification from sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel. (Torah NUM.19.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil; (Writings PRO.6.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. (Writings PRO.5.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And when Naaman saw one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said: 'Is all well?' (Prophets 2KI.5.21, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Double the n: run → running. In maths, a "running total" means you keep adding as you go. "Running water" means water from a tap or stream that flows.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «running» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «running» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «running» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «running» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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