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running

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1. running - Noun

2. running - Adjective

3. running - Verb

Derived from run

4. running - Adverb

5. running - Preposition

7. running - Adjective Satellite

8. Running - Proper noun

Meaning

of Run

Moving or advancing by running.

Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.

trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse.

Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running.

Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.

Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.

Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.

Discharging pus; as, a running sore.

The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.

That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Forgetting offences is a sign of sincere repentance. If you keep the memory of them, you may believe you have repented but you are like someone running in his sleep. Let no one consider it a minor defect, this darkness that often clouds the eyes even of spiritual people. John Climacus

Don't be sad, my child. Don't worry so much. Even though you have fallen again, get up again. You have been called to a heavenly road. It is not surprising for someone running to stumble. It just takes patience and repentance at every moment. Joseph the Hesychast

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back. Horace

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. Rwandan Proverb

You can outrun what is running after you, but not what is running inside of you. African Proverb

As long as I am running my father will still have a son. Brazilian Proverb

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