DIE DOWN

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 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)

Sense 1

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

Sense 2

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