"runny" meaning in English

See runny in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹʌni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-runny.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-runny.wav [Southern-England] Forms: runnier [comparative], runniest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌni Etymology: run + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|run|y}} run + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} runny (comparative runnier, superlative runniest)
  1. Fluid; readily flowing. Synonyms (readily flowing): fluxive
    Sense id: en-runny-en-adj-PY0z2GcE Disambiguation of 'readily flowing': 98 2
  2. Liable to run or drip. Translations (liable to flow or drip): течлив (tečliv) (Bulgarian), xalalá (Kabuverdianu), waiwai (Maori), теку́чий (tekúčij) (Russian), сопли́вый (soplívyj) (note: about runny nose) (Russian), lättflytande (english: having low viscosity) (Swedish), snuvig (english: having a runny nose) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-runny-en-adj-n7QT16R2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'liable to flow or drip': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: liquid, flowy, fluent, fluid, free-flowing, runny, thin, watery Hypernyms: fluidic Derived forms: runniness, runny nose Related terms: flowing

Inflected forms

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          "note": "about runny nose",
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      "sense": "readily flowing",
      "word": "fluxive"
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    {
      "word": "liquid"
    },
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      "word": "flowy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:runny",
      "word": "fluent"
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      "word": "fluid"
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      "word": "runny"
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    {
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      "word": "thin"
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      "word": "watery"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "liable to flow or drip",
      "word": "течлив"
    },
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      "sense": "liable to flow or drip",
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    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "liable to flow or drip",
      "word": "waiwai"
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      "sense": "liable to flow or drip",
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      "note": "about runny nose",
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      "sense": "liable to flow or drip",
      "word": "сопли́вый"
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      "sense": "liable to flow or drip",
      "word": "lättflytande"
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      "sense": "liable to flow or drip",
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