| run out | | |
| v. (change) | 1. run out | become used up; be exhausted.; "Our supplies finally ran out" |
| ~ run out | exhaust the supply of.; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (motion) | 2. drain, run out | flow off gradually.; "The rain water drains into this big vat" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| v. (motion) | 3. beetle off, bolt, bolt out, run off, run out | leave suddenly and as if in a hurry.; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| v. (stative) | 4. expire, run out | lose validity.; "My passports expired last month" |
| ~ discontinue | come to or be at an end.; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" |
| v. (motion) | 5. run out, spill | flow, run or fall out and become lost.; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" |
| ~ slop, spill, splatter | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container.; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| ~ brim over, overflow, well over, run over, overrun | flow or run over (a limit or brim). |
| v. (change) | 6. run out | exhaust the supply of.; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" |
| ~ run out | become used up; be exhausted.; "Our supplies finally ran out" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| v. (change) | 7. fail, give out, run out | prove insufficient.; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" |
| v. (body) | 8. conk out, peter out, poop out, run down, run out | use up all one's strength and energy and stop working.; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" |
| ~ fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" |
| poor | | |
| n. (group) | 1. poor, poor people | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group).; "the urban poor need assistance" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| ~ homeless | poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in.; "the homeless became a problem in the large cities" |
| ~ needy | needy people collectively.; "they try to help the needy" |
| adj. | 2. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched | deserving or inciting pity.; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" |
| ~ unfortunate | not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" |
| adj. | 3. poor | having little money or few possessions.; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" |
| ~ underprivileged | lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society. |
| ~ broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke | lacking funds.; "`skint' is a British slang term" |
| ~ destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken | poor enough to need help from others. |
| ~ hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched | not having enough money to pay for necessities. |
| ~ moneyless | having no money.; "virtually moneyless rural regions" |
| ~ unprovided for | without income or means.; "left his family unprovided for" |
| adj. | 4. poor | characterized by or indicating poverty.; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" |
| ~ beggarly, mean | marked by poverty befitting a beggar.; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" |
| ~ slummy | (of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty.; "a slummy part of town"; "slum conditions" |
| adj. | 5. poor | lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances.; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value" |
| ~ resourceless | lacking or deficient in natural resources. |
| adj. | 6. inadequate, poor, short | not sufficient to meet a need.; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" |
| ~ insufficient, deficient | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.; "insufficient funds" |
| adj. | 7. poor | unsatisfactory.; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor" |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| pauper | | |
| n. (person) | 1. pauper | a person who is very poor. |
| ~ beggar, mendicant | a pauper who lives by begging. |
| ~ derelict | a person without a home, job, or property. |
| ~ have-not, poor person | a person with few or no possessions. |
| ~ starveling | someone who is starving (or being starved). |
| slum | | |
| n. (location) | 1. slum, slum area | a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions. |
| ~ city district | a district of a town or city. |
| ~ shantytown | a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties. |
| ~ skid row | a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts. |
| v. (social) | 2. slum | spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive.; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century" |
| ~ spend, pass | pass time in a specific way.; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" |
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