Overview of noun run-down

The noun rundown has 1 sense

• summation, summing up, rundown -- (a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court))

Overview of verb run-down

The verb run down has 7 senses

• run down, check out -- (trace; "We are running down a few tips")


• run down -- (move downward; "The water ran down")


• run down, run over -- (injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle)


• 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")


• scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down -- (examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi")


• run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire -- (deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength")


• run down -- (pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive")

Overview of adj run-down

The adj run-down has 2 senses

• creaky, decrepit, derelict, 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")


• run-down -- (having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch")