Of a building, town, etc.: in a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration. Now rare. In attributive use.

Of land: exhausted and allowed to revert to the wild.

Formerly cultivated land which has reverted to the wild; a tract of such land.

To reduce (a person) to a state of complete poverty; to deprive of moral or social standing. Also reflexive. Compare "ruin". Now frequently regional.

To cause great and usually irreparable damage to (something). Compare "ruin" Now chiefly archaic and regional.