1. (adj) summation, summing up, rundown
a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
2. (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"
3. (verb) run-down
having the spring unwound
"a run-down watch"
4. (verb) run down, check out
trace
"We are running down a few tips"
5. (verb) run down
move downward
"The water ran down"
6. (verb) run down, run over
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
7. (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"
8. (verb) scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down
examine hastily
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
9. (verb) run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire
deplete
"exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
10. (verb) run down
pursue until captured
"They ran down the fugitive"
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Definitions of run-down 
