succumb to a disease

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• succumb to a disease — die from a disease, become a victim of a disease …   English contemporary dictionary

• succumb — v. (D; intr.) to succumb to (to succumb to smb. s urging; to succumb to a disease) * * * [sə kʌm] (D; intr.) to succumb to (to succumb to smb. s urging; to succumb to a disease) …   Combinatory dictionary

• Disease resistance in fruit and vegetables — There are a number of lines of defence against pests (that is, those animals that cause damage to the plants we grow) and diseases in the organic garden, principal among these being the practice of good husbandry, creating healthy soil and… …   Wikipedia

• Succumb — Suc*cumb , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Succumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Succumbing}.] [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See {Incumbent}, {Cubit}.] To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• succumb — ► VERB 1) fail to resist (pressure, temptation, etc.). 2) die from the effect of a disease or injury. ORIGIN Latin succumbere, from sub under + a verb related to cubare to lie …   English terms dictionary

• succumb — UK [səˈkʌm] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms succumb : present tense I/you/we/they succumb he/she/it succumbs present participle succumbing past tense succumbed past participle succumbed formal 1) to lose your ability to fight against someone… …   English dictionary

• Succumb — To lose the will to oppose something or to give up and accept something that you first opposed. In the context of illness, to succumb to an illness is to stop opposing it, to no longer battle it, but to die from it. Succumbing, like passing, has… …   Medical dictionary

• succumb — suc|cumb [ sə kʌm ] verb intransitive FORMAL 1. ) to lose your ability to fight against someone or something, and allow them to control or persuade you: First they said no, but eventually they succumbed. succumb to: She succumbed to temptation… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• succumb — succumber, n. /seuh kum /, v.i. 1. to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair. 2. to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die. [1480 90; < L succumbere, equiv. to suc SUC + cumbere, transit. deriv. of cubare to lie, recline;… …   Universalium

• succumb — verb 1》 (often succumb to) fail to resist (pressure, temptation, etc.). 2》 die from the effect of a disease or injury. Origin C15 (in the sense bring low, overwhelm ): from OFr. succomber or L. succumbere, from sub under + a verb related to… …   English new terms dictionary

• succumb — verb 1) she succumbed to temptation Syn: yield, give in/way, submit, surrender, capitulate, cave in Ant: resist 2) he succumbed to the disease Syn: die from/of; …   Thesaurus of popular words