run down a battery
1run down — {v.} (stress on down ) 1. To crash against and knock down or sink. * /Jack rode his bicycle too fast and almost ran down his little brother./ * /It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving port./ Compare: RUN INTO(3a) …
2run down — {v.} (stress on down ) 1. To crash against and knock down or sink. * /Jack rode his bicycle too fast and almost ran down his little brother./ * /It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving port./ Compare: RUN INTO(3a) …
3run down something — run down (something) to use the power that makes something work. We left the car lights on and ran down the battery. I wound up the toy dog and watched it jump until it ran down …
4run down — (something) to use the power that makes something work. We left the car lights on and ran down the battery. I wound up the toy dog and watched it jump until it ran down …
5run down — phrasal verb Word forms run down : present tense I/you/we/they run down he/she/it runs down present participle running down past tense ran down past participle run down 1) [transitive] to hit someone with your car and injure or kill them be/get… …
6run down — UK US run down Phrasal Verb with run({{}}/rʌn/ verb (running, ran, run) ► to gradually end an organization s, industry s, etc. operations: be run down »The country s nuclear industry is being run down. run sth down »The president had promised to… …
7run down — phr verb Run down is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑battery, ↑chill, ↑corridor, ↑perspiration, ↑sweat, ↑tear Run down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ball, ↑flight, ↑industry, ↑stair, ↑ …
8run\ down — v (stress on down ) 1. To crash against and knock down or sink. Jack rode his bicycle too fast and almost ran down his little brother. It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving port. Compare: run into(3a) 2a. To… …
9battery — n. a group of cells that store and furnish current 1) to charge; recharge a battery 2) to discharge, run down a battery 3) a flashlight (AE), torch (BE); storage battery 4) a battery charges (itself) 5) a battery discharges, runs (itself) down 6) …
10battery — noun 1 for electricity ADJECTIVE ▪ dead, flat ▪ The car won t start the battery s flat. ▪ rechargeable ▪ disposable ▪ removabl …
