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Die Away

Definition: Die Away

Die Away

Verb

1. Become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Die Away

Synonyms: abate (v), let up (v), slack (v), slack off (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Die Away

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cessation

Come to a stand, come to a standstill; come to a deadlock, come to a full stop; arrive; go out, die away; wear away, wear off; pass away; (be past); be at an end; disintegrate, self-destruct.

Nonincrease, Decrease

Verb: decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge; (shorten); shrink; (contract); drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend; subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.

Oblivion

Slip memory, escape memory, fade from memory, die away from the memory; lose, lose sight of.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Die Away

Etymologies containing "die away": marasmus. (references)

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Modern Usage: Die Away

DomainUsage

Screenplays

And burning secrets that just won't ever die away. And on my right, what could I picture? (The Good Girl; writing credit: Mike White)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Die Away

AuthorQuotation

Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Die Away

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

The music seemed to die away.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

And, after waiting for a sound from the tolling bell to die away.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: Die Away

Language Translations for "die away"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

afsterwe (fail), afsterf (fail). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

vdes (be dying, burst, croak, decease, depart, die, die down, do in, end, evaporate, expire, give up the ghost, go to glory, go under, go west, necrose, pack up, pass away, pass over, perish, pop off, snuff it, turn up one's toes, wither), thahet (die down, drain, dry off, dry out, dry up, parch, wither), i vuajtur (pained), i mekët, fishket. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

чезнещ (dying, vanishing), чезна (diminish, fade, fade away, languish, peak and pine, pine, recede, tail away, trickle, vanish, wane, waste, wear away, wither), заглъхвам (die down, die out, muffle, quiet, trail). (various references)

   

Czech

  

doznívat (fade out, linger), ztrácet se (fade away, peter out, wear off), ztlumený, slábnout (decline, die down, ebb away, fade, fade away, fade out, fail, falter, flag, weaken). (various references)

   

Danish

  

dø ud, svækkes. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitsterven (fail). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

formorti (fail). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vaimeta (abate, be alleviated, die down, quieten), vaimentua (abate, be alleviated, die down, quieten). (various references)

   

French

  

s'amortir (to die away). (various references)

   

German

  

abklingen (abate, abatement, fade, fade away, subside, to fade away, wear off). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σβήνω σιγά σιγά, εξασθενίζω (debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, wane, weaken). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

epekedõ (lovesick), elhalványul (to discolour, to fade, to go off, to grow dim, to trail off). (various references)

   

Italian

  

morire (die, die down, die out, end, expire, fade, fail, go out, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, spoil). (various references)

   

Manx

  

skellal (disappearance). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ieday awayay

   

Portuguese

  

dissipar (consume, dispel, disperse, dissipate, evanesce, fritter, fritter away, melt, overblow, run to waste, squander), desfalecido (languid), evaporar (boil away, evaporate, exhale, fume), enfraquecido (abated, atrophied, emaciate, impaired, reduced). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

se stinge (blow out, break, die, die out, disappear, expire, fade, fail, go, languish, quench), se potoli (abate, burn down, calm, dampen, fall, flatten, lull, quiet, remit, settle, smooth down, soften, subside). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

утихнуть (abate, calm down, cease, fall), томный (die-away, lackadaisical), замирать (die, fade). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

izgubljen (lorn, lost, missing), izgubiti se (lose oneself), iščileti (come off, disappear). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

disminuirse (decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, thin), desvanecerse (die, die out, dissolve, fade away, fade out, vanish), desaparecer (clear off, die, die out, disappear, fade out, go away, go under, pass, pass away, peter out, vanish, wear off, work off), dejar poco a poco a oírse, sin fortuna (hapless), apagarse gradualmente (die down, fade), alejarse hasta perderse. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

avslockna (go out). (various references)

   

Thai

  

หายไป (เสียง, ลม, เเสงฯลฯ). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

solmak (be discolored, be discoloured, change colour, die, die down, discolor, discolour, droop, fade, pale, wane, wear, wear away, whiten, wilt, wither, wither up), sönmek (be extinguished, be on the wane, burn out, die down, go off, go out), kesilmek (be cut, be interrupted, become, cease, close down, clot, Curdle, die down, drop, dry up, go down, go off, go sour, intermit, let up, set, shear, sour, stop, surcease, turn sour), kaybolmak (be lost, clear away, die down, disappear, go, go astray, lose, lose one's bearings, lose out, smear, wander, wither). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

непритомний (senseless, unconscious), завмирати (die off, evanish, swoon, tail away, tail off). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Die Away

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-w-y"

-2 letters: yawed.

-3 letters: aide, away, awed, dewy, idea, wade, wadi, wady, wide.

-4 letters: aid, awa, awe, aye, daw, day, dew, dey, die, dye, wad, wae, way, wed, wye, yaw, yea, yew, yid.

-5 letters: aa, ad, ae, ai, aw, ay, de, ed, id, we, ya, ye.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-i-w-y"
 

+1 letter: hideaway.

 

+2 letters: hideaways.

 

+5 letters: wallydraigle.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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