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v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

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v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

shrink, shrivel

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

ebb

v. fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

worsen, decline

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

languish, fade

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

regress, retrograde, retrogress

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

drop

v. fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop"

bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

drain, run out

v. flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"

taper off

v. become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off"

wane

v. decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"

subside, lessen

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

fade, melt

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

pale, blanch, blench

v. turn pale, as if in fear

dissolve, resolve, break up

v. cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

vanish, fly, vaporize

v. decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"

decline, go down, wane

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

fail

v. get worse; "Her health is declining"

wane, decrease in phase

v. of the moon

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emerge

v. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"

flush

v. cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish

v. make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving"

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