die off

See also: dieoff and die-off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. To suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, the entire group dies over a period of time.)

   Synonym: die out

2. To become defunct or nonexistent.

   Synonym: die out

   The student guitar club died off after a few years.

3. Of music, noise, etc., to reduce in volume until no longer audible.

   Synonym: die down

Derived terms

• die-off (noun)
• dieoff (noun)

 

Related terms

• die back (verb)

 

Translations

to become extinct

• Esperanto: formorti
• Latin: dēmorior, emorior
• Russian: вымира́ть (ru) impf (vymirátʹ), вы́мереть (ru) impf (výmeretʹ), до́хнуть (ru) impf (dóxnutʹ), передо́хнуть (ru) pf (peredóxnutʹ) (disparagingly)
• Swedish: dö ut (sv)

See also

• kill off (verb)