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Definition of 'run down' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) 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"

2. (verb) run-down
having the spring unwound
"a run-down watch"

3. (verb) run down, check out
trace
"We are running down a few tips"

4. (verb) run down
move downward
"The water ran down"

5. (verb) run down, run over
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

6. (verb) 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"

7. (verb) scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down
examine hastily
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

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

9. (verb) run down
pursue until captured
"They ran down the fugitive"


Definition of 'run down' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) run down
to hit with a vehicle
A speeding car ran him down.

2.  run down
criticize
You're always running him down.


Translation of 'run down' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a clock, battery etc) to finish working
My watch has run down; – it needs rewinding.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afgewen Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَوَقَّف عن العَمَل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: спирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: parar Czech flag Czech: zastavit se German flag German: ablaufen
Danish flag Danish: gå i stå; løbe ud Greek flag Greek: σταματώ να λειτουργώ Spanish flag Spanish: pararse
Estonian flag Estonian: seiskuma Farsi flag Farsi: از کار ایستادن Finnish flag Finnish: tyhjentyä, pysähtyä
French flag French: s'arrêter Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַפסִיק Hindi flag Hindi: धक्का मारकर गिराना
Croatian flag Croatian: istrošiti se Hungarian flag Hungarian: lejár; kimerül Indonesian flag Indonesian: berhenti
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hætta að ganga, stöðvast Italian flag Italian: scaricarsi Japanese flag Japanese: 止まる
Korean flag Korean: 작동을 멈추다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sustoti, išsekti Latvian flag Latvian: (par pulksteni) apstāties
Malay flag Malay: tidak bergerak Dutch flag Dutch: aflopen Norwegian flag Norwegian: være utbrukt/utgått
Polish flag Polish: wyczerpać się Persian flag Persian: از کار ایستادن Pashto flag Pashto: له کار څخه ودریدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: parar Romanian flag Romanian: a distruge, a epuiza Russian flag Russian: останавливаться
Slovak flag Slovak: zastaviť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: ustaviti se Serbian flag Serbian: pokvariti se
Swedish flag Swedish: stanna, ta slut Thai flag Thai: หยุดทำงาน Turkish flag Turkish: durmak,çalışmamak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (鐘)不走,(電池)沒電 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зупинятися Urdu flag Urdu: گھڑی کا مکمل طور سے بند ہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chết Chinese flag Chinese: 停止走动,用完

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