Antonyms for running

Grammar : Adj, adv, noun

Spell : ruhn-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌn ɪŋ

Definition of running

Origin : Old English ærning, verbal noun from run (v.); to be in (or out) of the running "among" (or "not among") "the lead competitors in a race" (1863) is a metaphor from horse racing, where make the running "set the pace" is recorded from 1837. Running shoe is from 1884.

adj continuous, flowing, operating
adv continually
noun management of organization

Example sentences :

Many words of the talkative German were running in his mind from the night before.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

I trust he is not running after the new doctrine of the hawkers and pedlars.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Running at a low level, the waters of that stream were deplorably dirty.
Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams

He had himself been obliged to bail out three times, running in from the reef.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

There were attendants, running Turks, and guards before to clear the way.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

But as for running him into the ground, they had lost their appetite for such fighting.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Running the car into the shadow of a ruined house, I try to sleep.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

She stopped the running and meditated with a steady, hard deliberation.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

Running to the door she threw it open and listened intently.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

"Ask Allister what fighting had to do with the running of things," said Andrew calmly.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Synonyms for running

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