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# runny

«runny» in Mova's school dictionary: **more liquid than usual, so it flows easily («runny…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (runny, runnier, runniest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Runny means more liquid than usual, so it flows easily («runny honey», «a runny egg»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#m1)

2) A runny nose has a lot of liquid coming out of it, usually because of a cold or allergy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#m2)

3) Runny eyes are watery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes food (runny egg yolk, runny custard) and health (runny nose with colds and hay fever); hygiene lessons teach catch it, bin it, wash your hands. In science «runny» is everyday language for a liquid with low viscosity (flows easily), compared with thick or sticky. Phrases: «runny nose», «runny yolk», «runny honey».

### examples

- I have a runny nose, so I need a tissue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#x1)
- I like my egg with a runny yolk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#x2)
- Runny honey is easy to pour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#x3)
- The paint was too runny and dripped down the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#x4)
- Hay fever gives me runny eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#x5)
- Water is runnier than syrup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#x6)
- The ice cream went runny in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#x7)
- If your nose is runny, use a tissue and wash your hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/#x8)

### note

Comparative «runnier», superlative «runniest». Double n from «run». It is informal; in science the word «viscous» means the opposite (thick and slow-flowing).

### In the corpora

- [A runny nose is blown gently into a tissue, one side at a time, and the tissue goes in the bin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/10/)
- [Basalt is a dark, fine-grained igneous rock made from runny lava and is the most common rock of the ocean floor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/9/)
- [Gas trapped in sticky magma makes explosive eruptions; runny lava flows out more gently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «runny» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/runny/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.