n. The act of one who or that which runs.n. Specifically, the act of one who risks or evades dangers or legal restrictions, as in running a blockade or smuggling.n. The action of a whale after being struck by the harpoon, when it swims but does not sound.n. In racing, etc., power, ability, or strength to run; hence, staying power.n. The ranging of any animals, particularly in connection with the rut, or other actions of the breeding season: also used attributively: as, the running time of salmon or deer.n. In organ-building, a leakage of the air in a wind-chest into a channel so that a pipe is sounded when its digital is depressed, although its stop is not drawn; also, the sound of a pipe thus sounded. Also called running of the wind.n. That which runs or flows; the quantity run: as, the first running of a still, or of cider at the mill.n. Course, direction, or manner of flowing or moving.That runs; suited for running, racing, etc. See run, n., 1 .Specifically, in zoology, cursorial; gressorial; ambulatory; not salient or saltatory.Capable of moving quickly; movable; mobilized.Done, made, taken, etc., in passing, or while hastening along; hence, cursory; hasty; speedy.Cursive, as manuscript: as, running hand (see below).Proceeding in close succession; without intermission: used in a semi-adverbial sense after nouns denoting periods of time: as, I had the same dream three nights running.Continuous; unintermittent; persistent.In botany, repent or creeping by runners, as the strawberry. See runner, 2.A horizontal board along the ridge of a box freight-car or the side of an oil-car, to form a passage for the trainmen.Approaching; going on.In machinery, moving; not held tightly; not fixed. A running fit is one where two surfaces in contact fit so loosely that one can move freely past the other.