"die back" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-die back.wav Forms: dies back [present, singular, third-person], dying back [participle, present], died back [participle, past], died back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} die back (third-person singular simple present dies back, present participle dying back, simple past and past participle died back)
  1. (botany, of a plant) To wither, particularly during the winter. Categories (topical): Botany, Death Derived forms: dieback [noun] Related terms: die down [verb], die off [verb], die out [verb]

Inflected forms

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