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died away

died away is the simple past and past participle of die away.

Meaning of die away

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To die gradually or slowly.
  2. (intransitive) To diminish or wane; to cease gradually.
    • So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky,
      They cannot see the sun on high:
      The wind hath blown a gale all day;
      At evening it hath died away.1802, Robert Southey, The Inchcape Rock
    Synonyms:
    fade away
  3. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To cause to die; to do away with.
    • By little and little, in such a gradual sensible death[…]God dies away in us, as I may say, all human satisfactions, in order to subdue his poor creatures to Himself.1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 45, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VII, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

Questions about died away

What is died away the simple past and past participle of?
Died away is the simple past and past participle of die away.

Words near died away in the dictionary

  1. died
  2. died a death
  3. died a thousand deaths
  4. died and gone to heaven
  5. died and went to heaven
  6. died away
  7. died back
  8. died down
  9. died hard
  10. died how one lived
  11. died in a fire

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