'run down' definitions:
Definition of 'run down'
(from WordNet)
verb
Trace; "We are running down a few tips" [syn: run down, check out]
verb
Move downward; "The water ran down"
verb
Injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle [syn: run down, run over]
verb
Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" [syn: poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out]
verb
Examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down]
verb
Deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire]
verb
Pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
Synonyms of 'run down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- ausgespielt,
- battered,
- beat-up,
- beaten up,
- belittle,
- blow,
- break down,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- broken-down,
- burn out,
- burned-out,
- cachectic,
- calm,
- calm down,
- cease,
- collapse,
- collide,
- crack up,
- cry down,
- debase,
- debilitated,
- decline,
- decrepit,
- decry,
- degrade,
- depreciate,
- derelict,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- deserted,
- desolate,
- determine,
- detract from,
- devitalized,
- die,
- die down,
- dilapidated,
- diminish,
- dingy,
- disabled,
- disapprove of,
- discover,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- done,
- done up,
- down-at-heel,
- drained,
- droop,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- drop,
- dwindle,
- ebb,
- effete,
- emptied,
- enervated,
- enfeebled,
- eviscerated,
- exhausted,
- fade,
- fagged,
- fail,
- failing,
- faint,
- fainting,
- fall,
- fall aboard,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- far-gone,
- fatigue,
- fatigued,
- feeble,
- feeling faint,
- find,
- find out,
- flag,
- flagging,
- follow,
- follow a clue,
- follow up,
- footsore,
- forsaken,
- frail,
- frazzled,
- gasp,
- get,
- get tired,
- give out,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- go off,
- good and tired,
- grow weary,
- halt,
- head into,
- healthless,
- hit,
- hit a slump,
- hit and run,
- hit rock bottom,
- hit the skids,
- hold in contempt,
- hunt down,
- in poor health,
- in ruins,
- incapacitated,
- infirm,
- inundate,
- invalid,
- invent,
- jade,
- jaded,
- knock,
- laid low,
- languid,
- languish,
- languishing,
- lapse,
- locate,
- lose strength,
- lull,
- make little of,
- minimize,
- molder,
- moribund,
- nose,
- nose out,
- overflow,
- override,
- overrun,
- pacify,
- pale,
- pant,
- peak,
- peaked,
- peaky,
- peter out,
- pine,
- play out,
- played out,
- poop out,
- pooped,
- puff,
- puff and blow,
- put down,
- quiesce,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- ram,
- ramshackle,
- reach the depths,
- ready to drop,
- rediscover,
- reduced,
- reduced in health,
- reflect discredit upon,
- ride down,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- ruined,
- ruinous,
- run broadside on,
- run in,
- run into,
- run out,
- run over,
- run ragged,
- run to earth,
- sagging,
- sail into,
- sapped,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- shadow,
- shotten,
- sickly,
- sink,
- slide,
- slight,
- slip,
- slummy,
- slump,
- smell out,
- sniff out,
- soothe,
- speak ill of,
- spent,
- stalk,
- stop,
- strike,
- submit to indignity,
- subside,
- succumb,
- tacky,
- tail,
- tattered,
- tire,
- tired,
- tired-winged,
- toilworn,
- tottery,
- touch bottom,
- trace,
- trace down,
- track,
- track down,
- trail,
- trample,
- trample on,
- trample underfoot,
- trample upon,
- tranquilize,
- tread upon,
- tumbledown,
- uncared-for,
- unhealthy,
- unrefreshed,
- unrestored,
- unsound,
- untended,
- used up,
- valetudinarian,
- valetudinary,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wasted,
- way-weary,
- wayworn,
- weak,
- weaken,
- weakened,
- weakly,
- wearied,
- weariful,
- weary,
- weary-footed,
- weary-laden,
- weary-winged,
- weary-worn,
- wheeze,
- wilt,
- wilting,
- with low resistance,
- wither,
- wither away,
- worn,
- worn-down,
- worn-out
Words containing 'run down'
- By the run,
- Run,
- Running,
- Runningly,
- The run,
- To run after,
- To run down,
- To run in,
- To run in with,
- To run into,
- To run on,
- To run out,
- To run over,
- To run through,
- To run up,
- To run with,
- on the run,
- out of the running,
- run after,
- run against,
- run at,
- run by,
- run for,
- run in,
- run into,
- run off,
- run on,
- run out,
- run over,
- run through,
- run up,
- runs,
- As things run,
- At long running,
- At the long run,
- Bermuda Run,
- Big Run,
- Birch Run,
- Buck Run,
- Bull Run,
- Cattle run,
- Dry Run,
- Earned run,
- Fountain Run,
- Fox Run,
- Hand running,
- Hard run,
- Hazel Run,
- Home run,
- Horse run,
- In the long run,
- Laurel Run,
- Lewis Run,
- Mile run,
- Pleasant Run,
- Run of stairs,
- Run steel,
- Run-in,
- Running Springs,
- Running block,
- Running board,
- Running fight,
- Running fire,
- Running gear,
- Running load,
- Running rigging,
- Sheep run,
- The common run,
- The run of the mill,
- To cut and run,
- To let run,
- To run a blockade,
- To run a foil,
- To run a muck,
- To run a rig,
- To run a risk,
- To run against time,
- To run an errand,
- To run away,
- To run away with,
- To run down a coast,
- To run for an office,
- To run foul of,
- To run hard,
- To run in trust,
- To run into the ground,
- To run large,
- To run mad,
- To run mad after,
- To run mad on,
- To run off at the mouth,
- To run riot,
- To run the gantlet,
- To run the guard,
- To run the hazard,
- To run to seed,
- To run wild,
- Tyler Run,
- Warrior Run,
- bank run,
- bombing run,
- chicken run,
- end run,
- fowl run,
- fun run,
- long run,
- mine run,
- pit run,
- press run,
- print run,
- run a risk,
- run across,
- run afoul,
- run aground,
- run along,
- run amok,
- run around,
- run away,
- run bases,
- run batted in,
- run dry,
- run low,
- run ragged,
- run riot,
- run roughshod,
- run short,
- run the gauntlet,
- run wild,
- run-down,
- run-on,
- run-through,
- run-up,
- running away,
- running back,
- running blackberry,
- running game,
- running hand,
- running head,
- running headline,
- running light,
- running mate,
- running noose,
- running pine,
- running play,
- running pop,
- running postman,
- running shoe,
- running start,
- running stitch,
- running suit,
- running time,
- running title,
- ski run,
- split run,
- trial run,
- unearned run,
- Bermuda Run, NC,
- Big Run, PA,
- Birch Run, MI,
- Buck Run, PA,
- Bull Run, VA,
- Coal Run Village,
- Dry Run, OH,
- Elk Run Heights,
- Fountain Run, KY,
- Fox Run, PA,
- Hazel Run, MN,
- Laurel Run, PA,
- Lewis Run, PA,
- Pleasant Run Farm,
- Pleasant Run, OH,
- Right-running,
- Run-around,
- Running Springs, CA,
- To let go by the run,
- To run upon sorts,
- Tyler Run, PA,
- Warrior Run, PA,
- battle of bull run,
- earned run average,
- hit-and-run,
- long-run,
- run-of-the-mill,
- run-of-the-mine,
- run-on sentence,
- run-resistant,
- run-time,
- short-run,
- tip-and-run,
- Coal Run Village, KY,
- Elk Run Heights, IA,
- Grindstone-Rowes Run,
- Pleasant Run Farm, OH,
- pit-run gravel,
- run-time error,
- Grindstone-Rowes Run, PA,
- Tyler Run-Queens Gate,
- inside-the-park home run,
- Tyler Run-Queens Gate, PA