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— English words —

• rundown n. (Chiefly with definite article "the") A rough outline of a topic or situation.
• rundown n. (Gambling) A summary of the horses to be raced on a particular day, with their weights, jockeys, odds, etc.
• rundown n. (Baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge…
• rundown n. A Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.
• rundown n. A reduction, e.g. of an activity, or in the size of something, such as a fleet.
• rundown adj. Alternative form of run-down.
• run-down adj. (Of a person) Tired and exhausted.
• run-down adj. (Of a place) Decrepit.
• run-down adj. (Of a clockwork mechanism) Having the spring unwound.
• run-down n. Alternative form of run down.
• run␣down v. (Transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
• run␣down v. (Transitive) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
• run␣down v. (Transitive) To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
• run␣down v. (Transitive, intransitive) To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
• run␣down v. (Transitive) To read quickly a list or other short text.
• run␣down v. (Transitive) To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
• run␣down v. (Britain, transitive) To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
• run␣down v. To decline in quality or condition.
• run␣down v. (Hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
• run␣down v. (Nautical, transitive) To run against and sink, as a vessel.
• run␣down v. (Transitive) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.

— English words, defined in French —

• rundown n. (Informel) Résumé, compte-rendu, topo.
• run-down adj. Fatigué.
• run-down adj. Décrépit.
• run␣down v. Descendre en courant.
• run␣down v. Abaisser, aboyer sur.
• run␣down v. Faire épuiser.

132 English words from 21 English definitions

activity after against Alternative and article Baseball battery between Britain business captured car Caribbean caught chase Chiefly clockwork closure coconut coconut␣milk condition converge criticize crush day decline Decrepit defensive definite definite␣article describe device down etc exhausted fielders find fish fleet for form Gambling Having hit horses Hunting injure intransitive jockeys kill levels list long long␣time lose machine mackerel meat mechanism milk Nautical object odds of␣a of␣an often onion organisation other outline overbear overthrow particular person place play play␣in power powered pursued quality quickly raced read reduce reduced reduction rough run run␣down runner searching seasonings short sink situation size slowly someone something spring steadily stew stock such such␣as summary text the their them till time Tired tomato topic transitive two typically unfairly unwound Used vehicle vessel view weights which who with with␣a␣view␣to yam

5 English words from 6 foreign definitions

compte␣rendu courant Faire Résumé topo

11 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

Abaisser aboyer compte compte-rendu Décrépit Descendre épuiser Fatigué Informel rendu sur

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

rundowns run-downs run␣down␣the␣clock

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Purification␣Rundowns

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Purification␣Rundown

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

dow Dow down Down down- own run Rund und undo

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

DNU nur Nur NWO ODN

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

undrown

12 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

burndown burn␣down downturn down-turn rundowns run-downs runs␣down turndown turn␣down undrowns unwonder win␣round

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Dunnow unworn

5 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

gun␣down ran␣down rubdown rub␣down sundown

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

runs␣down

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