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# running

verb (-ing form of run: run, runs, ran, run, running); noun (running — the sport); adjective (running — flowing, continuing)

«running» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Moving fast on your feet: "He is running." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#m1)
2. The sport or activity of running: "Running keeps you fit." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#m2)
3. Flowing: "running water". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#m3)
4. Working or operating: "The engine is running." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#m4)
5. In a row, one after another: "three days running". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#m5)
6. Managing: "running a shop". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#m6)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#x1)
- No running by the pool! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#x2)
- Running is good for your heart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#x3)
- Wash your hands under running water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#x4)
- I have a running nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#x5)
- We won three games running. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#x6)
- Keep a running total of the points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#x7)
- Is the engine still running? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#x8)
- Then a fox came running up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/#x9)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/running/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/running/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/running/#x3)
- A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil; (Writings PRO.6.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/running/#x4)
- Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. (Writings PRO.5.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/running/#x5)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/running/#x6)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/running/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«running» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/running.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «running» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/running/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«running» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/running.html) on Mova free.