run down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
trace
We are running down a few tips
Types & categories
- follow up on hypernym
Sense 2 verb
move downward
The water ran down
Types & categories
- course hypernym
Sense 3 verb
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
Types & categories
- wound hypernym
Sense 4 verb
use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
At the end of the march, I pooped out
Types & categories
- fatigue hypernym
Sense 5 verb
examine hastily
She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
Types & categories
- examine hypernym
Related & opposite
- skimming derivation
Sense 6 verb
deplete
exhaust one's savings
Types & categories
- wipe out hypernym
Related & opposite
- exhaustion derivation
- sapper derivation
- play out verb group
Sense 7 verb
pursue until captured
They ran down the fugitive
Types & categories
- chase hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | follow up on |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | wound |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fatigue |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | skimming |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | examine |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | exhaustion |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sapper |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | play out |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | wipe out |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | chase |