Definitions for run down
run down

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegoneadjective

   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. run-downverb

   having the spring unwound

   "a run-down watch"

3. run down, check outverb

   trace

   "We are running down a few tips"

4. run downverb

   move downward

   "The water ran down"

5. run down, run oververb

   injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

6. poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk outverb

   use up all one's strength and energy and stop working

   "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

7. scan, skim, rake, glance over, run downverb

   examine hastily

   "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

8. run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tireverb

   deplete

   "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

9. run downverb

   pursue until captured

   "They ran down the fugitive"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. run downverb

   To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.

2. run downverb

   To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.

3. run downverb

   To find something or someone after searching for a long time.

4. run downverb

   To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.

5. run downverb

   To read quickly a list or other short text.

6. run downverb

   To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Run down

   Run down, also referred to as rundown, run dun, rondón, fling-me-far, and fling mi for, is a stew dish in Jamaican cuisine and Tobago cuisine. The traditional Jamaican dish is eaten in several Latin American countries that share a coast with the Caribbean Sea. It consists of a soup made up of reduced coconut milk, with different types of seafood (fish, crabs, small lobsters or shellfish), plantain, yam, tomato, onion, and seasonings. Mackerel and salted mackerel are often used in the dish. Other fish are also used, including locally caught fish, cod, salt cod, shad, other oily fish, red snapper, swordfish, pickled fish, bull pizzle, and cassava. Traditionally, the dish is served with side dishes of dumplings or baked breadfruit.Run down is typically available in Jamaican restaurants, and is also a traditional Jamaican breakfast dish. It is a common dish in the Antilles, insular Colombia, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Venezuela, also.

Matched Categories

1. • Chase
   • Deplete
   • Examine
   • Pursue
   • Run
   • Tire

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of run down in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of run down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of run down in a Sentence

1. Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou:

   These oil exporters are getting more defensive. They're probably reducing their equity exposure and moving to more liquid investments such as U.S. Treasuries in anticipation that they might need to run down their reserves.

2. Fan Xiaochong:

   It would stimulate demand for housing. But these are not temporary measures to run down inventory, they are part of a long-term urbanization.

3. Joerg Junhold:

   Unlike other organizations, we cannot just run down our operations, our animals must be fed and looked after.

4. Mike Pence:

   They're trying to run down this president because they know they can't run against our record.

5. Group Treasurer Dixit Joshi:

   We have no need for a fire sale given the quality of the assets and the run-down profile.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=run down
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Run_Down
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Down