run --v. (past ran; past part. run) 1 go with quick steps, never having both or all feet on the ground at once. 2 flee, abscond. 3 go or travel hurriedly or briefly. 4 a advance by or as by rolling or on wheels, or smoothly or easily. b (cause to) be in action or operation or go in a specified way (left the engine running; ran the car into a tree). 5 be current or operative. 6 travel on its route (train is running late). 7 (of a play, film, etc.) be staged or presented (now running at the Apollo). 8 extend; have a course, order, or tendency. 9 a compete (in a race). b finish a race in a specified position. 10 (often foll. by for) seek election. 11 flow (with) or be wet; drip (with) (walls running with condensation). 12 a cause (water, etc.) to flow. b fill (a bath) thus. 13 spread rapidly (ink ran over the table). 14 traverse (a course, race, or distance). 15 perform (an errand). 16 publish (an article, etc.) in a newspaper, etc. 17 direct or manage (a business, etc.). 18 own and use (a vehicle) regularly. 19 transport in a private vehicle. 20 enter (a horse, etc.) for a race. 21 smuggle (guns, etc.). 22 chase or hunt. 23 allow (an account) to accumulate before paying. 24 (of a dyed colour) spread from the dyed parts. 25 a (of a thought, the eye, the memory, etc.) pass quickly (ideas ran through my mind). b pass (one's eye) quickly (ran my eye down the page). 26 (of tights etc.) ladder. 27 (of esp. the eyes or nose) exude liquid.
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Perhaps the question "¿How many of you are running?" is trivial.
For my part, I seem to be running all the time.
Should I stop? Why bother?