--- title: R — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 54 description: The 1025 words of the English dictionary under R, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/54/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / R # R — The English dictionary · page 54 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) … [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/53/) **54** [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/55/) **rumbling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Rumbling is making a long, deep, low sound, like thunder far away or a big truck passing.[↗](../../rumbling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Rumbling is the sound your tummy makes when you are hungry.[↗](../../rumbling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Rumblings are early signs that people are unhappy or that trouble is coming.[↗](../../rumbling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My tummy was rumbling before lunch.[↗](../../rumbling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard thunder rumbling in the distance.[↗](../../rumbling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A train went rumbling over the bridge.[↗](../../rumbling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The volcano had been rumbling for days.[↗](../../rumbling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rumbling of the trucks woke the baby.[↗](../../rumbling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There were rumblings of anger among the players.[↗](../../rumbling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ground started rumbling and the dog barked.[↗](../../rumbling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The old washing machine was rumbling loudly.[↗](../../rumbling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Every now and then a dull rumbling was heard.[↗](../../rumbling/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands; (Prophets JER.47.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rumbling/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **rumen** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The rumen is the first and largest stomach of a cow, sheep or goat, where swallowed food is first stored and softened.[↗](../../rumen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He made the letter ʽAyin reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Capricorn in the World, and Tevet in the Year, and the rumen in the Person.[↗](../../rumen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../rumen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And these are the Twelve Leaders in the Person: two hands, two legs, two kidneys, spleen, liver, gall, rumen, abomasum, craw.[↗](../../rumen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 2: Identification of the latter four terms is very strange.[↗](../../rumen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../rumen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **ruminant** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A ruminant is an animal such as a cow, sheep or goat that chews its cud and has a stomach in several parts.[↗](../../ruminant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It’s possible that these four are meant to signify the four stomachs of ruminants, the functions of which were not wholly understood in the past and may have been believed to be present in humans.[↗](../../ruminant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../ruminant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **ruminate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To think deeply about something for a long time.[↗](../../ruminate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (negative) To keep going over the same worries again and again.[↗](../../ruminate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Of cows, sheep and goats: to bring food back up from the stomach and chew it again, called chewing the cud.[↗](../../ruminate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cows lay in the field, ruminating.[↗](../../ruminate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He ruminated on the riddle all evening.[↗](../../ruminate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Try not to ruminate about one bad mark.[↗](../../ruminate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sheep and goats ruminate their food.[↗](../../ruminate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She ruminated over whether to tell the truth.[↗](../../ruminate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old wizard ruminated by the fire.[↗](../../ruminate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Although the number 32 is not ruminated upon any further after SY 1:1, subsequent commentaries have associated it with the 32 occurrences of the name אֱלֹהִים Elohim in \[Genesis 1\].[↗](../../ruminate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../ruminate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **rummage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To rummage is to search by moving things about with your hands, often in a messy heap, looking for something lost.[↗](../../rummage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I rummaged in my bag for my keys.[↗](../../rummage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They rummaged in all the corners of the house.[↗](../../rummage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The servants rummaged well, but found nothing.[↗](../../rummage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad had a rummage in the attic for the old photos.[↗](../../rummage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **rummy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Rummy is a card game where you try to collect sets (like three kings) and runs (like 4, 5, 6 of hearts).[↗](../../rummy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned, UK informal) Rummy means strange or odd.[↗](../../rummy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Let's play rummy after dinner.[↗](../../rummy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad always wins at rummy.[↗](../../rummy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In rummy you collect runs and sets.[↗](../../rummy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A run in rummy is three or more cards in order of the same suit.[↗](../../rummy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gin rummy is played by two people.[↗](../../rummy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That's a rummy business\![↗](../../rummy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (old-fashioned)[↗](../../rummy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **rumor** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A story or report that people pass on, which may not be sure.[↗](../../rumor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.'[↗](../../rumor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rumor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **rumour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A rumour is a story or piece of news that people pass from one to another, which may not be true and has not been checked.[↗](../../rumour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To be rumoured means people say it but nobody is sure.[↗](../../rumour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* It is rumoured that school will close.[↗](../../rumour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There is a rumour that we have a new teacher.[↗](../../rumour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not spread rumours about other people.[↗](../../rumour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was only a rumour, it was not true.[↗](../../rumour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Who started that rumour?[↗](../../rumour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rumour spread around the playground by lunchtime.[↗](../../rumour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rumours can be very hurtful.[↗](../../rumour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is rumoured that the old house is haunted.[↗](../../rumour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the facts before you believe a rumour.[↗](../../rumour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then, one day, a rumour reached the king that a large army was marching against him.[↗](../../rumour/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Calamity shall come upon calamity, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and instruction shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.[↗](../../rumour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.7.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rumour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.'[↗](../../rumour/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.19.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rumour/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.'[↗](../../rumour/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.37.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rumour/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **rump** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The back end of an animal's body, above the back legs.[↗](../../rump/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (food) A cut of meat from this part: «rump steak».[↗](../../rump/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, jokey) A person's bottom.[↗](../../rump/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A small leftover part of something bigger, such as a group or parliament after most have left.[↗](../../rump/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The horse has a white patch on its rump.[↗](../../rump/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad cooked rump steak for dinner.[↗](../../rump/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The robin has an orange chest and a brown rump.[↗](../../rump/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Get off your rump and help,» joked Grandad.[↗](../../rump/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Only a rump of the club was left after the arguments.[↗](../../rump/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Rump Parliament ruled England after the Civil War.[↗](../../rump/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **rumpus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A noisy fuss, quarrel or commotion.[↗](../../rumpus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US, Australia, NZ) «Rumpus room»: a family playroom.[↗](../../rumpus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dogs caused a rumpus in the garden.[↗](../../rumpus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a rumpus when the teacher left the room.[↗](../../rumpus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's arrival always caused a rumpus.[↗](../../rumpus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We played games in the rumpus room.[↗](../../rumpus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · What's all this rumpus about?[↗](../../rumpus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The news caused a rumpus in the village.[↗](../../rumpus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **run** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To run is to move fast on your feet.[↗](../../run/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A run is a time of running: a morning run.[↗](../../run/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A run is a point scored in baseball or cricket.[↗](../../run/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To run a business, club or machine is to manage it or make it work: the engine runs.[↗](../../run/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Water or a nose runs when liquid flows.[↗](../../run/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To run out (of) is to have none left.[↗](../../run/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* A bus or train runs when it travels on a route.[↗](../../run/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* A run is a row of the same thing: a run of good luck.[↗](../../run/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (casual) «Do a run» or «a quick run» is a short trip: «a run to the shops».[↗](../../run/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 10:* (casual, rough) «Leg it», «scarper» and «do a runner» mean run away, often without paying; «run along» is a rude way to say go away.[↗](../../run/#m10 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 11:* (formal) To «operate», «administer» or «conduct» is the stiff word for running a thing: «the service operates every 15 minutes».[↗](../../run/#m11 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 12:* (euphemism) «Run out of time» and «run its course» can softly mean something ended, even a life.[↗](../../run/#m12 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 13:* A road, path or line can run from one place to another, stretching all the way to it.[↗](../../run/#m13 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She runs 3 miles every day.[↗](../../run/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He ran 4 laps of 400 meters.[↗](../../run/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team scored 5 runs in the first inning.[↗](../../run/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How far does she run in a week?[↗](../../run/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't run in the corridor.[↗](../../run/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We ran out of milk, so I went to the shop.[↗](../../run/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The buses run every 15 minutes.[↗](../../run/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum runs a small bakery.[↗](../../run/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · quick run to the shop, need 6 eggs, we got 2 (casual)[↗](../../run/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Leg it, the bus is going\![↗](../../run/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (casual, UK)[↗](../../run/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · We ran out of bloody milk again.[↗](../../run/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (rough)[↗](../../run/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · A bus service operates at intervals of 15 minutes; determine the number of departures within a period of 2 hours.[↗](../../run/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../run/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Inside it runs to the fireside.[↗](../../run/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words.[↗](../../run/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../run/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.[↗](../../run/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../run/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said: 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'[↗](../../run/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../run/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Do horses run upon the rocks?[↗](../../run/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.6.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../run/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Who sendest forth springs into the valleys; they run between the mountains; (Writings PSA.104.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../run/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.[↗](../../run/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.1.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../run/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **runaway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun A person, often a child or teenager, who has run away from home or from somewhere.[↗](../../runaway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* adjective Out of control: a runaway train, a runaway horse.[↗](../../runaway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* adjective Happening very fast or very easily: a runaway success, a runaway winner.[↗](../../runaway/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The runaway train sped down the hill.[↗](../../runaway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The book was a runaway success.[↗](../../runaway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Police found the runaway safe at the bus station.[↗](../../runaway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The runaway horse galloped through the village.[↗](../../runaway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was the runaway winner of the race.[↗](../../runaway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If you think about running away, talk to someone at Childline.[↗](../../runaway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **rune** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A letter of an old alphabet used by Vikings and other Germanic peoples, carved on wood, stone or bone.[↗](../../rune/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mark or symbol that is believed to have magic or secret meaning, as in fantasy stories and games.[↗](../../rune/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A rune can also be a short magic chant or verse that is sung or spoken.[↗](../../rune/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Vikings carved runes on stones.[↗](../../rune/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote our names in runes in history class.[↗](../../rune/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The runes on the old sword glowed in the story.[↗](../../rune/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rune stones can still be seen in Sweden.[↗](../../rune/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard read the runes in his spell book.[↗](../../rune/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some runes look like straight lines and arrows because they were easy to carve.[↗](../../rune/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Into this his wife laid one of the logs he had cut, and began swinging it, crooning the while a rune beginning[↗](../../rune/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **rung** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A rung is one of the bars or steps of a ladder that you put your feet on.[↗](../../rung/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) Rung is a form of "ring".[↗](../../rung/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The bell has rung."[↗](../../rung/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She climbed up the ladder one rung at a time.[↗](../../rung/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bottom rung of the ladder is broken.[↗](../../rung/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bell has rung for lunch.[↗](../../rung/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you rung Grandma yet?[↗](../../rung/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the sides, not the rungs, when you climb.[↗](../../rung/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This job is the first rung on the ladder.[↗](../../rung/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · No bells were rung, and no ringer ever came back.[↗](../../rung/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **runic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Written in runes, the letters used by Germanic peoples such as the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons before the Latin alphabet.[↗](../../runic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mysterious or magical, like old runes (literary).[↗](../../runic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The museum has a runic stone from Viking times.[↗](../../runic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Vikings' runic alphabet is called the futhark.[↗](../../runic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote our names in runic letters.[↗](../../runic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sword had a runic inscription on the blade.[↗](../../runic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fantasy book, the door was covered in glowing runic symbols.[↗](../../runic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Runic letters are made of straight lines because they were easy to carve.[↗](../../runic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **runnel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very small stream or brook.[↗](../../runnel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small channel of running water, such as rain running down a path or gutter.[↗](../../runnel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A little runnel trickled down the hillside.[↗](../../runnel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain made runnels in the sandy path.[↗](../../runnel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a dam across the runnel.[↗](../../runnel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Runnels of water ran off the roof.[↗](../../runnel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The frog sat by a muddy runnel.[↗](../../runnel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sweat ran in runnels down his face.[↗](../../runnel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **runner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A runner is a person who runs, often in a race.[↗](../../runner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A runner is a thin blade or strip that something slides on, like a sledge or drawer runner.[↗](../../runner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A runner (UK runner bean) is a plant that spreads by long stems along the ground, like a strawberry runner.[↗](../../runner/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Runners (Australia, NZ, some UK) are running shoes, trainers.[↗](../../runner/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A runner can also be a messenger who carries news or messages quickly.[↗](../../runner/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 40 runners in the race.[↗](../../runner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each runner runs 5 km.[↗](../../runner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The first runner finished in 18 minutes.[↗](../../runner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 6 runners dropped out.[↗](../../runner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fastest runner on the team is Maya.[↗](../../runner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Four runners take turns in a relay race.[↗](../../runner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The strawberry plant sent out runners.[↗](../../runner/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on your runners for PE.[↗](../../runner/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The runners lined up at the start.[↗](../../runner/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · So the King's runners came for the fool.[↗](../../runner/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.[↗](../../runner/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../runner/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.[↗](../../runner/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../runner/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **running** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moving fast on your feet.[↗](../../running/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "He is running."[↗](../../running/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The sport or activity of running.[↗](../../running/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Running keeps you fit."[↗](../../running/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Flowing.[↗](../../running/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "running water".[↗](../../running/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Working or operating.[↗](../../running/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The engine is running."[↗](../../running/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In a row, one after another.[↗](../../running/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "three days running".[↗](../../running/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Managing.[↗](../../running/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "running a shop".[↗](../../running/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is running in the race.[↗](../../running/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · No running by the pool\![↗](../../running/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Running is good for your heart.[↗](../../running/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands under running water.[↗](../../running/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a running nose.[↗](../../running/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We won three games running.[↗](../../running/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep a running total of the points.[↗](../../running/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the engine still running?[↗](../../running/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then a fox came running up.[↗](../../running/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.[↗](../../running/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.50, JPS 1917)[↗](../../running/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.[↗](../../running/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../running/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../running/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.19.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../running/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil; (Writings PRO.6.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../running/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.[↗](../../running/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.5.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../running/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Naaman saw one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said: 'Is all well?'[↗](../../running/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.5.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../running/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) … [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/53/) **54** [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/55/) - ← previous: [page 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/53/) - next →: [page 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