1.
[syn: die back, die down]
2. become progressively weaker;
- Example: "the laughter died down"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
die down
v 1: suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near
the garage are dying back" [syn: die back, die down]
2: become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "die down":
abate, bate, calm, calm down, cease, disappear, dwindle, ease off,
ebb, fall, halt, let up, lull, moderate, molder, pacify, quiesce,
quiet, quieten, recede, slacken, soothe, stop, subside,
tranquilize, wane