intransitive. Of water, flames, etc.: to decrease in height, subside; spec. (of the sea, a river, or other body of water) to recede through tidal…

Of fire: To burn less strongly; to die down, die away, go out. Also figurative.

intransitive. Of a flame or fire: to die down, dwindle, burn at a lower lever; to go out. Chiefly literary.

literal and figurative. With certain modifying adverbs. to burn out, forth: to burst out in flame (archaic). to burn out, also (quasi-reflexive and p…

Of a flame: To die down.

To subside gradually into a dead or inactive state; to die away.