Adjective run down has 2 senses
- creaky, decrepit, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone - worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"
Antonym: unworn (indirect, via worn)
- run-down - having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch"
Antonym: functioning (indirect, via malfunctioning)
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Noun run down has 1 sense
- summation, summing up, rundown - a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
--1 is a kind of summary
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Verb run down has 7 senses
- run down, check out - trace; "We are running down a few tips"
--1 is one way to pursue, follow up on, act on
Sample sentences:
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- run down - move downward; "The water ran down"
--2 is one way to run, flow, feed, course
Sample sentence:
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- run down, run over - injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
--3 is one way to injure, wound
Sample sentences:
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- poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out - use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
--4 is one way to tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
Sample sentence:
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- scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down - examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
--5 is one way to examine, see
Sample sentences:
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- run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
--6 is one way to consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
Sample sentence:
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- run down - pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
--7 is one way to chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
Sample sentences:
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