"die back" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dies back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dying back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "died back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "died back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "die back (third-person singular simple present dies back, present participle dying back, simple past and past participle died back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Death",
          "orig": "en:Death",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "noun"
          ],
          "word": "dieback"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 3, 'Industry Insider', “Funds for railway's upkeep”, in RAIL, number 982, page 84",
          "text": "The changing weather pattern, and in particular warmer winters, has also affected the inspection of earthworks. Lineside vegetation is not dying back as previously and has to be cleared before any inspections can take place.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wither, particularly during the winter."
      ],
      "id": "en-die_back-en-verb-7I-mpiZX",
      "links": [
        [
          "wither",
          "wither"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a plant) To wither, particularly during the winter."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a plant"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "die down"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "die off"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "die out"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "die back"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "dieback"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dies back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dying back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "died back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "died back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "die back (third-person singular simple present dies back, present participle dying back, simple past and past participle died back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "die down"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "die off"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "die out"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Death"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 3, 'Industry Insider', “Funds for railway's upkeep”, in RAIL, number 982, page 84",
          "text": "The changing weather pattern, and in particular warmer winters, has also affected the inspection of earthworks. Lineside vegetation is not dying back as previously and has to be cleared before any inspections can take place.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wither, particularly during the winter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wither",
          "wither"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a plant) To wither, particularly during the winter."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a plant"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "die back"
}