run-down

run·down  (rndoun)

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 (rndoun)

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.

Thesaurus

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" creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, woebegone 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 rundown

adjective

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

2. dilapidated, broken-down, shabby, worn-out, seedy, ramshackle, dingy, decrepit, tumbledown a run-down block of flats

noun

summary, review, briefing, résumé, outline, sketch, run-through, synopsis, recap (informal), précis Here's a rundown of the options

Translations

run-down [ˈrʌnˈdaʊn] ADJ [battery] → agotado, gastado; [car battery] → descargado; [building] → destartalado, ruinoso; [organization] → en decadencia; [health] → debilitado
to be run-down [person] → estar pachucho, no encontrarse bien

run-down

adj

(= dilapidated) → heruntergekommen

(= tired) → abgespannt

(= inefficient) industry, service → heruntergekommen; battery → leer

run-down [ˈrʌnˌdaʊn]

1. adj (person) → debilitato/a; (building) → fatiscente, in rovina

2. n

a. (Brit) (of industry) → riduzione f graduale dell'attività di

b. to give sb a run-down on sth (fam) → mettere qn al corrente di qc

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run-down [ˈrʌnˌdaʊn]

1. adj (person) → debilitato/a; (building) → fatiscente, in rovina

2. n

a. (Brit) (of industry) → riduzione f graduale dell'attività di

b. to give sb a run-down on sth (fam) → mettere qn al corrente di qc