[Lexicog] extinguish ~ die

[John Roberts]

Wayne,

I would say "the fire went out". But I wouldn't say "the fire died out". 
People and animals and plants (living things) die out but not fires.

John Roberts



Wayne Leman wrote:
> I'm having a senior moment, or maybe it reflects an actual lexical lacuna in 
> English. Anyway, right now I can't think of an English word for what happens 
> to a fire if no more fuel is added to it. Of course, we can say that it 
> "dies." And I am including 'die' and 'go out' glosses in a Russian dialect 
> dictionary I am working on. But I would also like to include a gloss, if 
> there is one, which is not semantically extended from its core meaning, as 
> "die" and 'go out' are in English. I think that "extinguish" is only 
> transitive. Does it have an intransitive counterpart of any kind, even if it 
> is a different lexeme?
>
> Thanks,
> Wayne
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