DIE DOWN
Dictionary entry overview: What does die down mean?
• DIE DOWN (verb)
The verb DIE DOWN has 2 senses:
1. suffer from a disease that kills shoots
2. become progressively weaker
Familiarity information: DIE DOWN used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DIE DOWN (verb)
Meaning:
Suffer from a disease that kills shoots
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
die back; die down
Context example:
The plants near the garage are dying back
Hypernyms (to "die down" is one way to...):
shrink; shrivel; shrivel up; wither (wither, as with a loss of moisture)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Become progressively weaker
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
the laughter died down
Hypernyms (to "die down" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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