run-down
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run·down
(rŭn′doun′)n.
1. A point-by-point summary.
2. Baseball A play in which a runner is trapped between bases and is pursued by fielders attempting to make the tag.
adj. also run-down (rŭn′doun′)
1.
a. In poor physical condition; weak or exhausted.
b. Dirty and dilapidated: rundown housing projects.
2. Unwound and not running: a run-down watch.
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run′-down′
adj.
1. fatigued; exhausted.
2. in poor health.
3. in neglected or dilapidated condition.
4. (of a clock, watch, etc.) not running because it is unwound.
[1675–85]
run•down
(ˈrʌnˌdaʊn)n.
1. a short summary.
2. Baseball. pursuit of a runner caught between bases by two or more players of the opposing team.
[1905–10, Amer.]
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| Adj. | 1. | run-down - 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" worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" |
| 2. | run-down - having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch" malfunctioning, nonfunctional - not performing or able to perform its regular function; "a malfunctioning valve" |
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run-down
rundownadjective
1. exhausted, weak, tired, drained, fatigued, weary, unhealthy, worn-out, debilitated, below par, under the weather (informal), enervated, out of condition, peaky She started to feel run-down last December.
exhausted well, fine, fit, healthy, fighting fit, full of beans (informal), fit as a fiddle
exhausted well, fine, fit, healthy, fighting fit, full of beans (informal), fit as a fiddle
2. dilapidated, broken-down, shabby, worn-out, seedy, ramshackle, dingy, decrepit, tumbledown a run-down block of flats
noun
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Translations
run-down
[ˈrʌnˈdaʊn] ADJ [battery] → agotado, gastado; [car battery] → descargado; [building] → destartalado, ruinoso; [organization] → en decadencia; [health] → debilitadoto be run-down [person] → estar pachucho, no encontrarse bien
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
run-down
adj
(= dilapidated) → heruntergekommen
(= tired) → abgespannt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
run-down
[ˈrʌnˌdaʊn]1. adj (person) → debilitato/a; (building) → fatiscente, in rovina
2. n
b. to give sb a run-down on sth (fam) → mettere qn al corrente di qc
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
run-down
adj debilitado, decaído, agotadoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.