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running 0*w /'rAnir)/ noun, adj.
m noun [U] 1 the action
or sport of running $H; ( is
gfj ) : to go running A$3i£ 0 running
shoes $3|± 2 the activity of
managing or operating sth H51; MIR; M : the day-to-day running of a
business 3hlk03) 0 If o the running costs of a car (= for example of
fuel, repairs, insurance) # A 03) ^ 3 -running (in com
pounds fkuAJU'n ill]) the activity of bringing sth
such as drugs, guns, etc. into a country secretly and illegally A %; (iiM: drug-running UppA^A iTTTTl in/out of the
running (for sth) (informal) having some/no
chance of succeeding or achieving sth S' ( m ( ) MW make the 'running (BrE, informal) to
set the speed at which
sth is done; to take the lead in doing sth ^$3;
» adj. 1 used after a
number and a noun such as Year’ ‘day’ or ‘time’, to say that sth has happened
in the same way several times, without a change ( S A Wi T ffl year, day
^ time
If:
She’s won the championship three years running. M 0 It
was the third day running that the train had been late. SJ 0 No party
has won an election four times running.
—-2 running water is water that is
flowing somewhere or water that is supplied to a building and available to be
used through taps/faucets ( 7jc ) ?S03, iM03), I can hear
the sound of running
water. % PJf
3\ $tl tK 03) W
W o o a
remote cottage without
electricity or running water A 37 Efeft) g AA031lili?N<f!r
3 [only
before noun] lasting a long time; continuous f#A03; ji3ill7®T03 EXE! ongoing: For years he had
fought a running battle with the authorities over the land. A 7 IP it ± i&, IS
0
a running argument WXtfl #-ifc o His old raincoat became a
running joke (= people kept laughing at it). flfeSHTIBMS^lMAfX^lo
— see also long-running
4 -running (in compounds $JJ$, J[ 37 iS) running or
flowing in the way mentioned VJ. ••• A *£M)03: a fast-running river ITOOT (go and)
take a running 'jump (old-fashioned,
informal) used to tell sb in a
rude way to go away JF — more at
order n.
'running back noun (in American
football
an attacking player
whose main job is to run forward carrying the ball ( ) $3(31
.running 'commentary noun a continuous description
of an event, especially a sporting event, that sb gives as it happens (
ill: to give a running
commentary on the game
'running dog noun 1 (disapproving) a person who follows
a political system or set of beliefs without questioning them ( W @ rfrMff fP03A )
2 a dog which has been bred to run,
especially for racing or for pulling a sledge across snow ( A 7b tfcH
mmm®) mm-, mwt
.running 'head noun (technical A ill) a title or
word printed at the top of each page of a book ( 4$
(ft ) Kit
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'running mate noun [usually sing.] {politics Ht) (in the
nominee was advised to choose
a woman as a running mate.
'running order noun [sing] the order of the items
in a television programme or a show; the order that members of a team will play
in
.running re'pairs noun [pi.] small things
that you do to a piece of clothing, a vehicle, a machine, etc. to repair it or
to keep it working /Mfc/Mh #IS
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.running 'sore noun a small area on the
body that is infected and has liquid (called pus)
coming out of it it
Mh;
'running time noun the amount of time
that a film/ movie, a journey, etc. lasts ( f&B ) Tf-fc; t )
7#^
.running 'total noun the total number or
amount of things, money, etc. that changes as you add each new item if
7jCit&i+; ifA^M runny /'rAni/ adj. (runnier, run-ni-est) 1 (of your nose or
eyes # T ^ BS it) producing a lot of liquid, for example when you have a cold
if # 03); if §S N 03
2
having more liquid than is usual; not
solid A #03); A3>M£03; $;03): runny honey zfc#M^03J!fef® o Omelettes should be runny in the middle.
'run-off noun 1 [C] a second vote or
competition that is held to find a winner because two people taking part in the
first competition got the same result ( NfH&WM c tt$tTAi§03j) mtom 2 [u, a rain, water or
other liquid that runs off land into streams and rivers ( M,
7jc^c|£fifei&f£03} ) ffi^^if run-of-the-mill adj. (often disapproving) ordinary, with no
special or interesting features A A 03J; H iS
03J; S.3£03
'run-out noun (in cricket ]fi$c) a situation in which a
player fails to complete a run
before an opposing player hits the stumps
with the ball, and so is out ( A
mm)
runt /rAnt/ noun 1 the smallest,
weakest animal of the young that are born from the same mother at the same time
( — j&A ) 111170333$!): the runt of the litter H If A 03J M 2 (informal, disapproving) a rude way of
referring to a small, weak or unimportant person /Jn@
AJL; /JvfrSUL
run-through noun a practice for a
performance of a play, show, etc. H2H rehearsal
'run-time noun [U, C] (computing if) 1 the amount of
time that a program takes to perform a task (
3
) STtNIb] 2 the time when a
program is performing
a task ( A03J ) 1s3tN,
istf N|b]
'run-up noun (BrE) 1 (also less frequent 'run-in) ~ (to sth) a period of
time leading up to an important event; the preparation for this ( M#1f03) ) iM; M
&: an increase in spending in the run-up to Christmas 0 during the run-up to the election life ^ fj 03 ^ S 2 the act of running
or the
distance you run, to gain speed before you jump a long
distance, throw a ball, etc. t!j$3; JJ!j$3Ji£i/IS run-way /’rAnwei/ noun 1 a long narrow strip
of ground with a hard surface that an aircraft takes off from and lands on
AtiliSSil 2 (NAmE) = catwalk(I) rupee /ru:‘pi:/ noun the unit of money in
India, Pakistan and some other countries Alt ( Epj$, BSff
rup ture /'rAptJa(r)/ noun, verb
a noun [C, U] 1 (medical @E) an injury in
which sth inside the body breaks apart or bursts ( A 11 !R ^ 03 ) Iff M , ^ : the rupture of a blood vessel JfiL H ^
2
a situation when sth breaks or bursts ®t SS: ruptures of oil and water pipelines
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3
(informal) a hernia
of the abdomen ^0 H ■ I nearly
gave myself a rupture lifting that pile of books. MOP — A it # # A ) L it W T ® H
o 4 (formal) the ending of
agreement or of good relations between people, countries, etc. (A^03))fl£§l, a rupture
in relations between the two countries WES A ^03 S&f!* o
Nothing could heal the rupture with his
father. t&A ft A
w verb 1 (medical IS) to burst or break
apart sth inside the body; to be broken or burst apart ( Ali.lR# ) ®T IA S33, ® : [VN] a ruptured appendix |jR M 0
He ruptured himself (= got a hernia) trying to lift the piano, fife lit AT® H* [also V] 2 to make
sth such as a container
or a pipe break or burst; to be broken or burst ( ) BfrlA [VN]