Overview of verb dilapidate

The verb dilapidate has 2 senses

• dilapidate -- (bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse)


• decay, crumble, dilapidate -- (fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay")

Overview of adj dilapidated

The adj dilapidated has 1 sense

• bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down -- (in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack")