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what does run-down mean?

RUN-DOWN as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • having the spring unwound
    Usage Example(s)
    • a run-down watch
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  2. Meaning
    • worn and broken down by hard use
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
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what does run down mean?

RUN DOWN as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • use up all one’’s strength and energy and stop working
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • At the end of the march, I pooped out
    Hypernyms(s) run down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) run down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • pursue until captured
    Usage Example(s)
    • They ran down the fugitive
    Hypernyms(s) run down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • move downward
    Usage Example(s)
    • The water ran down
    Hypernyms(s) run down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  5. Meaning
    • examine hastily
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
    Hypernyms(s) run down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  6. Meaning
    • deplete
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • exhaust one’’s savings
    • We quickly played out our strength
    Hypernyms(s) run down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  7. Meaning
    • trace
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • We are running down a few tips
    Hypernyms(s) run down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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