Definitions for die

Definitions for (noun) die

Main entry: dice, die

Definition: a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers


Main entry: die

Definition: a device used for shaping metal


Main entry: die

Definition: a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods


Definitions for (verb) die

Main entry: die

Definition: suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)

Usage: Whosoever..believes in me shall never die


Main entry: die

Definition: disappear or come to an end

Usage: Their anger died; My secret will die with me!


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

Definition: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Usage: 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


Main entry: break, break down, die, conk out, go, go bad, give out, give way, fail

Definition: stop operating or functioning

Usage: The engine finally went; The car died on the road; The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town; The coffee maker broke; The engine failed on the way to town; her eyesight went after the accident


Main entry: pall, become flat, die

Definition: lose sparkle or bouquet

Usage: wine and beer can pall


Main entry: die

Definition: to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player


Main entry: die, die out

Definition: cut or shape with a die

Usage: Die out leather for belts


Main entry: die

Definition: be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame

Usage: I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered; We almost died laughing during the show


Main entry: die

Definition: languish as with love or desire

Usage: She dying for a cigarette; I was dying to leave


Main entry: die

Definition: feel indifferent towards

Usage: She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery


Main entry: die

Definition: suffer or face the pain of death

Usage: Martyrs may die every day for their faith


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