Analysis Complete

run down

/ run down /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
Type of:
injure wound
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
pursue until captured
"They ran down the fugitive"
Type of:
chase chase after trail
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
move downward
"The water ran down"
Type of:
run flow feed
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 4
deplete
"exhaust one''s savings"
"We quickly played out our strength"
Type of:
consume eat up use up
Derived:
sapper exhaustion
Verb group:
play out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
trace
"We are running down a few tips"
Type of:
pursue follow up on act on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
use up all one''s strength and energy and stop working
"At the end of the march, I pooped out"
Type of:
tire pall weary
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 7
examine hastily
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
Type of:
examine see
Derived:
skim skimming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
62%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
24
Times Searched
21
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Related Words

injure wound chase chase after trail run flow feed consume eat up use up pursue