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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dahy
Phonetic Transcription : daɪ



Definition of die out

Origin :
  • mid-12c., possibly from Old Danish døja or Old Norse deyja "to die, pass away," both from Proto-Germanic *dawjanan (cf. Old Frisian deja "to kill," Old Saxon doian, Old High German touwen, Gothic diwans "mortal"), from PIE root *dheu- (3) "to pass away, become senseless" (cf. Old Irish dith "end, death," Old Church Slavonic daviti, Russian davit' "to choke, suffer").
  • It has been speculated that Old English had *diegan, from the same source, but it is not in any of the surviving texts and the preferred words were steorfan (see starve), sweltan (see swelter), wesan dead, also forðgan and other euphemisms.
  • Languages usually don't borrow words from abroad for central life experiences, but "die" words are an exception, because they are often hidden or changed euphemistically out of superstitious dread. A Dutch euphemism translates as "to give the pipe to Maarten." Regularly spelled dege through 15c., and still pronounced "dee" by some in Lancashire and Scotland. Used figuratively (of sounds, etc.) from 1580s. Related: Died; dies.
  • As in let up : verb pause
  • As in peter out : verb dwindle, decrease
  • As in taper/taper off : verb decrease to a point
  • As in vanish : verb disappear
  • As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
  • As in taper : verb decrease
  • As in diminish : verb become or cause to be less
  • As in disappear : verb vanish; cease
  • As in dwindle : verb waste away; taper off
  • As in ebb : verb subside; decline
  • As in go out : verb become extinguished
Example sentences :
  • "The coke will die out before he's gone half a mile," said Engle.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • Like some other philosophical paradoxes, it would have been better left to die out.
  • Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
  • Unfortunately that scandal of the Eastern seas would not die out.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • It was uncanny, this clinging to life; a race should be content to die out.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • And, as he watched her, the life seemed to die out of his face as well as his eyes.
  • Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice
  • It did not die out, however, until towards the end of the century.
  • Extract from : « German Culture Past and Present » by Ernest Belfort Bax
  • However, I suppose the feeling against Brander will die out in time.
  • Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty
  • It is more likely to cause other evil measures, in order that it may not die out.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • As that was not effected, the next best, policy is to let them die out.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
  • Karl had no hope from home, at least until the anger of the old man should die out.
  • Extract from : « The Plant Hunters » by Mayne Reid

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