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die down

die down verb: to become less virulent or strong; to subside.

Verb

die down (third-person singular simple present dies down, present participle dying down, simple past and past participle died down)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become less virulent or strong; to subside.
    • We'll be able to sail safely across the bay once the storm dies down.
    • By the morning the fire had died down.

die down meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi and Persian

die down in Hindi

to die down , subside
दबना dabnā

die down in Tamil

இறந்துபடு

die down in Punjabi

to die down, to subside
مرنا marnā, ਮਰਨਾ marnā

die down in Persian

to become less virulent
فروکش کردن forukeš kardan
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die down in Thai
สงบตัวลง

Forms of die down

third-person singular presentdies down
present participledying down
past participledied down
pastdied down

Questions about die down

What does die down mean?
Die down means to become less virulent or strong; to subside.
What is die down in Hindi?
Die down in Hindi is दबना (dabnā). See Die down meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is die down?
Die down is a verb.
What is the past tense of die down?
The past tense of die down is died down.

Words near die down in the dictionary

  1. die cap
  2. die caps
  3. die cast
  4. die cutting
  5. die die
  6. die down
  7. die grinder
  8. die grinders
  9. die hard
  10. die how one lived
  11. die in a fire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: die down (page history and authors); दबना (Hindi) (page history and authors); die down (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مرنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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