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DIE OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become extinct
Example:
Dinosaurs died out
Synonyms:
die off; die out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "die out" is one way to...):
disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cut or shape with a die
Example:
Die out leather for belts
Synonyms:
die; die out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "die out" is one way to...):
cut out (form and create by cutting out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
