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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dahy
Phonetic Transcription : daɪ



Definition of dying 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 :
  • And indeed they are not the only good things that are dying out there.
  • Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
  • I told Beattie, t' other day, that the race of the strong was dying out.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • The custom is dying out, and in many towns is wholly vanished.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • The magical effects of the Emperor's interest were dying out.
  • Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson
  • Thus a family of fewer than four children may be said to be dying out.
  • Extract from : « The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book » by Various
  • Here and there one was dying out, and new fuel had to be piled around it.
  • Extract from : « Golden Days for Boys and Girls » by Various
  • Most of them are of a primitive type and appear to be dying out.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 » by Various
  • Is it, therefore, to be inferred that the race of noble women is dying out?
  • Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous
  • Certainly the old contempt for "book-learning" is dying out.
  • Extract from : « Change in the Village » by (AKA George Bourne) George Sturt
  • We are so glad that this pretty old custom is not dying out.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 » by Various

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