What does "running" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
2. 3.Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation. "A running conquest." Milton. What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature Hare.
3. 4.(Bot.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
4. 5.(med.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore. Running block (Mech.), a block in an arrangement of pulleys which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or lowered. -- Running board, a narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive. -- Running bowsprit (Naut.) Same as Reefing bowsprit. -- Running days (Com.), the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under working days. Simmonds. -- Running fire, a constant fire of musketry or cannon. -- Running gear, the wheels and axles of a vehicle, and their attachments, in distinction from the body; all the working parts of a locomotive or other machine, in distinction from the framework. -- Running hand, a style of rapid writing in which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed without lifting the pen; -- distinguished from round hand. -- Running part (Naut.), that part of a rope that is hauled upon, -- in distinction from the standing part. -- Running rigging (Naut.), that part of a ship's rigging or ropes which passes through blocks, etc.; -- is distinction from standing rigging. -- Running title (Print.), the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin.
5. 6.The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
6. 7.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.
7. 8.The discharge from an ulcer or other sore. At long running, in the long run. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.