intransitive. To waste away, languish; to dwindle away, decrease, die. Also: to vanish, disappear.

Of qualities, conditions, activities, feelings, power, etc.: To become gradually less in degree, to decline in intensity, abate.

intransitive. To be or grow slack; to pall. rare.

figurative. To grow cold, in feeling, etc.; to become less violent, fervid, or ardent, to ‘cool down’; to diminish in intensity. Const. of, from.

To become dead. figurative. To lose vitality, force, or vigour; to become numb; to lose heat or glow.

intransitive. To lose force or intensity; to grow less, be moderated.

To become feeble or unsteady in flight. Hence in wider sense (in early use perhaps consciously transferred): To be unable to maintain one's…

intransitive. Esp. of a feeling or symptom: to pass away, cease to be felt; to subside.

intransitive. Of strong feeling, excitement, noisy disturbance, etc.: to become less agitated or intense, fall back into a state of quiet or of…

To diminish in respect of strength, vigour, intensity, etc.

intransitive. To become dull, depressed or feeble; to droop, to slacken. Obsolete.

intransitive. To become less intense; to diminish.

intransitive. To abate in force or degree; to become less severe.

intransitive. To become dead (literal and figurative); to lose vitality, force, vigour, brightness, etc.

intransitive. To grow or become tame. Obsolete.

To settle or quieten down in some respect.

intransitive. Of something physical: to become gentler or lighter; to become less forceful; to ease up.

intransitive. To abate, slacken, stop. dialect.

intransitive. To become less active, lively, or intense; (of movement, rate, etc.) to become slower.

intransitive. Of an activity or emotion: to grow slack, lose vigour or intensity. Also of light, colour, sound, etc.: †to become faint (obsolete).

intransitive. To fall off in force or intensity. (Cf. 6.)

intransitive. To decrease in speed; to become less active, lively, or intense; to become slower.

intransitive. To operate at a slower pace; to become less active, lively, or intense.