run-down
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(noun) a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court). Synonyms: summation, summing up, rundown.
Noun Definition 1
(verb) trace. Synonyms: run down, check out. Examples: "We are running down a few tips."
Verb Definition 1
(verb) injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle. Synonyms: run down, run over.
Verb Definition 3
(verb) use up all one's strength and energy and stop working. Synonyms: poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out. Examples: "At the end of the march, i pooped out."
Verb Definition 4
(verb) examine hastily. Synonyms: scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down. Examples: "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi."
Verb Definition 5
(verb) deplete. Synonyms: run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire. Examples: "Exhaust one's savings." "We quickly played out our strength."
Verb Definition 6
(verb) pursue until captured. Synonyms: run down. Examples: "They ran down the fugitive."
Verb Definition 7
(adj) worn and broken down by hard use. Synonyms: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, woebegone. Examples: "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."
Adjective Definition 1