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2 definitions found
for run-down
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
run-down
adj 1: 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" [syn: creaky, decrepit,
derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone]
2: having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "rundown":
airmanship, brief, briefing, core, essence, flight plan,
flying lessons, gist, main point, meat, pilot training, pilotship,
pith, recap, recapitulation, resume, run-through, substance, sum,
sum and substance, summary, summation, washout
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