From en.wiktionary.org:
[run-down]
** English
*** Etymology
[en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A rough outline of a topic or situation.
2. [en] A summary of the horse s to be race d on a particular day, with their weight s, jockey s, odds , etc.
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1946 | title=Lancer | page=15
|passage=Comes post-time, and I am at the bookie joint listening the running
descriptions and RUNDOWNS, [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1960 | author=American Trial Lawyers Association | title=Convention Proceedings | page=455
|passage=I would say this: If you are in a community where you do not have the
RUNDOWN sheet on the horses in the race, do what they have done in
Sacramento.}}
1. [en] A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
2. A Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel ) with reduced coconut milk , yam , tomato , onion and seasoning s.
3. A reduction, e.g. of an activity, or in the size of something, such as a fleet.
4. * [en]
**** Descendants
- [es]
**** Translations
[a rough outline]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[baseball: defensive play]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
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*** Adjective
[-]
1. [en] .
**** Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:ramshackle
**** Translations
[run-down]
*** References
- [R:Lexico]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
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