Similar words: rundown, run down, endow, pin down, window, turn down, endowed, undo. Meaning: adj. 1. worn and broken down by hard use 2. having the spring unwound run down. v. 1. trace 2. move downward 3. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle 4. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working 5. examine hastily 6. deplete 7. pursue until captured.
1. Standing on the table was a run-down clock.
2. Here's a run-down on/of the activities of our ten biggest competitors.
3. I'd like to buy a run-down cottage that I can do up.
4. We're completely run-down and need a thorough rest.
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5. She's not really ill, just generally run-down.
6. I want a complete run-down on the situation.
7. You look a bit run-down.
8. The whole district is in a terribly run-down state.
9. You look pretty run-down; why don't you take a holiday?
10. He buys up run-down properties, fixes them up and resells them.
11. We were shocked at the run-down state of the hospital.
12. My doctor said I was looking run-down and ought to take some time to rest.
13. I bought a run-down farm house and plan to fix it up.
14. We need to concentrate resources on the most run-down areas.
15. A sharp run-down in the business would be a devastating blow to the local economy.
16. The run-down villas and cement footpaths give way to dusty tracks and wooden shacks.
17. He made a fortune buying run-down houses and fixing them up to sell.
18. Initially,[sentencedict.com] the rapid run-down of agriculture allowed employment to rise in line with the capital stock.
19. There's a run-down on each team and we've picked out the players to keep an eye on.
20. He has his forensic pathology run-down, his neutron activation analysis.
21. If you have skin problems or feel sluggish and run-down, then it may be time to detox.
22. That part of the city is a wilderness of run-down houses and derelict factories.
23. He was wearing a torn and spotted cotton bathrobe and a pair of run-down slippers.
24. I find a tiny winding street in the Marais that takes me to a shack in the courtyard of a run-down mansion.
25. I was living in a dreary apartment in a run-down part of town.
26. Meir Ahronson, wearing a bathrobe and a pair of run-down slippers, opened the door.
27. After they had deposited their bags at the hotel, itself ramshackle and run-down, they had gone on to the hospital.
28. Extensive community work and interviews with young Arsenal supporters in a run-down housing estate by Robbins and Cohen confirmed this impression.
29. It is not really surprising that animal diseases are increasing when we consider the Government's deliberate run-down of their veterinary service.
30. This provided jobs and houses in new communities for people from overcrowded cities and run-down industrial areas.
More similar words: rundown, run down, endow, pin down, window, turn down, endowed, undo, broken-down, endowment, endow with, undone, sash window, rose window, runaround, undoing, round off, sound off, found on, round down, undoubtedly, water under the bridge, underground, round and round, run, runic, grunt, prune, wrung, trunk.