Crossword Dictionary

[adj] having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch"
[adj] 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"
[v] use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
[v] injure or kill by running over, as with a car
[v] pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
[v] move downward; "The water ran down"
[v] examine hastily
[v] deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
[v] trace; "We are running down a few tips"