Word.ws English Dictionary

running low

running low is the present participle and gerund of run low.

Meaning of run low

Verb

run low (third-person singular simple present runs low, present participle running low, simple past ran low, past participle run low)

  1. To near the end of a supply of something; to be nearly running out.
    • Our supplies are running very low.

Questions about running low

What is running low the present participle and gerund of?
Running low is the present participle and gerund of run low.

Words near running low in the dictionary

  1. running like a top
  2. running line
  3. running lines
  4. running load
  5. running loads
  6. running low
  7. running mad
  8. running madness
  9. running man
  10. running mate
  11. running mates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: running low (page history and authors); run low (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “running low.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/running_low. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.