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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  peter out
       v 1: end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper
            ending" [syn: taper off, fizzle out, fizzle]
       2: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At
          the end of the march, I pooped out" [syn: poop out, run
          down, run out, conk out]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peter out
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive originally US) {synonym of|en|peter|t=originally
  (lb en mining), of a vein#Noun of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (lb en
  generally), to diminish to nothing#Noun; to dwindle, to trail off}

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  peter out
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive originally US) {synonym of|en|peter|t=originally
  (lb en mining), of a vein#Noun of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (lb en
  generally), to diminish to nothing#Noun; to dwindle, to trail off}

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  peter out
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive originally US) {synonym of|en|peter|t=originally
  (lb en mining), of a vein#Noun of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (lb en
  generally), to diminish to nothing#Noun; to dwindle, to trail off}

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  peter out
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive originally US) {synonym of|en|peter|t=originally
  (lb en mining), of a vein#Noun of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (lb en
  generally), to diminish to nothing#Noun; to dwindle, to trail off}

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peter out
     Englanti vb.
     loppua, sammua

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  peter out /pˈiːtəɹ ˈaʊt/ 
  jít do ztracena

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  peter out /pˈiːtəɹ ˈaʊt/ 
  ztrácet se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  peter out /pˈiːtəɹ ˈaʊt/ 
  vytrácet se

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peter out /pˈiːtəɹ ˈaʊt/
  auslaufen, langsam zu Ende gehen, versiegen, versickern, im Sande verlaufen, versanden  [übtr.]
   see: petering out, petered out, peters out, petered out
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peter out /pˈiːtəɹ ˈaʊt/
  sich verlieren , sich totlaufen , im Nichts verlaufen, dünner werden 
   see: petering out, petered out
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  peter out //ˌpitɚ‿ˈaʊt// //ˌpiːtɚ‿ˈaʊt// /[-ɾɚ-]/ 
  huveta, loppua, sammua
  to diminish to nothing

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  peter out /pˈiːtəɹ ˈaʊt/ 
  1. धीरे धीरे समाप्त हो जाना
        "The protest campaign soon petered out of lack of funds."

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  peter out /ˈpi:təraʊt/ 
    dochodzić do końca

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  peter out //ˌpitɚ‿ˈaʊt// //ˌpiːtɚ‿ˈaʊt// /[-ɾɚ-]/ 
  sina
  to diminish to nothing

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "peter out":
     abate, bate, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed,
     be disappointing, be no more, be unproductive, be used up,
     be wiped out, blow, break, break down, burn out, cave in,
     cease to be, cease to exist, collapse, come apart, come short,
     come to naught, come to nothing, come unstuck, conk out, crack up,
     crumble, decline, die, die away, die out, diminish, disappear,
     disintegrate, dissolve, droop, drop, dry up, dwindle, evaporate,
     expire, fade, fade away, fade out, fail, faint, fall down,
     fall flat, fall short, fall through, fatigue, fizzle, fizzle out,
     flag, flee, fly, gasp, get bogged down, get hung up, get mired,
     get tired, give out, give way, go, go downhill, go soft,
     go to pieces, go wrong, grow weary, hang fire, hit the skids, jade,
     languish, leave no trace, lessen, lie fallow, melt away,
     not hack it, not make it, pant, pass, pass away, peg out, perish,
     pine, play out, poop out, puff, puff and blow, rebate, recede,
     run down, run dry, run out, sink, succumb, taper off, tire,
     turn sour, vanish, wane, waste, weaken, wear away, wear thin,
     weary, wheeze, wilt, yield
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

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