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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (7)

1. trace;
- Example: "We are running down a few tips"
[syn: run down, check out]

2. move downward;
- Example: "The water ran down"

3. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle;
[syn: run down, run over]

4. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working;
- Example: "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
[syn: poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out]

5. examine hastily;
- Example: "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
[syn: scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down]

6. deplete;
- Example: "exhaust one's savings"
- Example: "We quickly played out our strength"
[syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire]

7. pursue until captured;
- Example: "They ran down the fugitive"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

run down
    v 1: trace; "We are running down a few tips" [syn: run down,
         check out]
    2: move downward; "The water ran down"
    3: injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle [syn: run
       down, run over]
    4: 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]
    5: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while
       waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, skim, rake, glance
       over, run down]
    6: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our
       strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap,
       tire]
    7: pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"