Dictionary entry details
• RUNNING (noun)
Meaning:
(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
running play; running game; running; run
Context examples:
the defensive line braced to stop the run / the coach put great emphasis on running
Hypernyms ("running" is a kind of...):
football play ((American football) a play by the offensive team)
Domain category:
American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "running"):
draw; draw play ((American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage)
end run; sweep ((American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line)
return ((American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble)
reverse ((American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction)
rush; rushing ((American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line)
Meaning:
The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
running; run
Context examples:
he broke into a run / his daily run keeps him fit
Hypernyms ("running" is a kind of...):
locomotion; travel (self-propelled movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "running"):
dash; sprint (a quick run)
Meaning:
The state of being in operation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
the engine is running smoothly
Hypernyms ("running" is a kind of...):
operation (the state of being in effect or being operative)
Meaning:
The act of administering or being in charge of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time
Hypernyms ("running" is a kind of...):
administration; disposal (a method of tending to (especially business) matters)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "running"):
administrivia (the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization)
Meaning:
The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
running; track
Hypernyms ("running" is a kind of...):
track and field (participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it)
Holonyms ("running" is a part of...):
track meet (a track and field competition between two or more teams)
• RUNNING (adjective)
Meaning:
Moving quickly on foot
Context example:
heard running footsteps behind him
Similar:
moving (in motion)
Meaning:
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
Context examples:
as mountain stream with freely running water / hovels without running water
Similar:
gushing; pouring (flowing profusely)
jetting; spouting; spurting; squirting (propelled violently in a usually narrow stream)
Antonym:
standing ((of fluids) not moving or flowing)
Meaning:
Continually repeated over a period of time
Context example:
a running joke among us
Similar:
continual (seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series)
Meaning:
Of advancing the ball by running
Context example:
the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Antonym:
passing (of advancing the ball by throwing it)
Meaning:
Executed or initiated by running
Context examples:
running plays worked better than pass plays / took a running jump / a running start
Similar:
flying (done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line)
Antonym:
standing (executed in or initiated from a standing position)
Meaning:
Measured lengthwise
Synonyms:
linear; running
Context example:
cost of lumber per running foot
Similar:
lengthways; lengthwise (running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing)
Meaning:
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
Synonyms:
working; operative; functional; running
Context examples:
in running (or working) order / a functional set of brakes
Similar:
functioning (performing or able to perform its regular function)
