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81burn down — {v. phr.} To burn to the ground; be totally gutted by fire. * /The old frame house burned down before the firefighters could get to it./ …
82peter out — {v.}, {informal} To fail or die down gradually; grow less; become exhausted. * /After the factory closed, the town pretty well petered out./ * /The mine once had a rich vein of silver, but it petered out./ * /But as he thought of her, his anger… …
83waste away — {v.} To become more thin and weak every day. * /Jane is wasting away with tuberculosis./ * /After Mrs. Barnes died, her husband wasted away with grief./ …
84Atrophy — At ro*phy, v. i. To waste away; to dwindle. [1913 Webster] …
85away down off — Fine Fine (f[imac]n), v. i. To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale will fine; the weather fined. {To fine} {away, down, off}, gradually to become fine; to diminish; to dwindle. I watched her [the ship] . . . gradually fining… …
86Dwine — Dwine, v. i. [See {Dwindle}.] To waste away; to pine; to languish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Gower. [1913 Webster] …
87Fine — (f[imac]n), v. i. To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale will fine; the weather fined. {To fine} {away, down, off}, gradually to become fine; to diminish; to dwindle. I watched her [the ship] . . . gradually fining down in the …
88Fordwine — For*dwine (f[o^]r*dw[imac]n ), v. i. To dwindle away; to disappear. [Obs.] Rom of R. [1913 Webster] …
89Mince — (m[i^]ns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minced} (m[i^]nst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Minging} (m[i^]n s[i^]ng).] [AS. minsian to grow less, dwindle, fr. min small; akin to G. minder less, Goth. minniza less, mins less, adv., L. minor, adj. (cf. {Minor}); or more …
90Minced — Mince Mince (m[i^]ns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minced} (m[i^]nst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Minging} (m[i^]n s[i^]ng).] [AS. minsian to grow less, dwindle, fr. min small; akin to G. minder less, Goth. minniza less, mins less, adv., L. minor, adj. (cf.… …