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DIE DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become progressively weaker
Example:
the laughter died down
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "die down" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Sentence frames:
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Sense 2
Meaning:
Suffer from a disease that kills shoots
Example:
The plants near the garage are dying back
Synonyms:
die back; die down
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "die down" is one way to...):
shrink; shrivel; shrivel up; wither (wither, as with a loss of moisture)
Sentence frame:
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