die

Nouns

  • (n) a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers dice,
  • (n) a device used for shaping metal
  • (n) 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

Verbs

  • (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
    buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass,
  • (v) suffer or face the pain of death
    • Martyrs may die every day for their faith
  • (v) be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
    • I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered
    • We almost died laughing during the show
  • (v) stop operating or functioning
    • 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
    conk out, go bad, break down, fail, give out, give way, break, go,
  • (v) feel indifferent towards
    • She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery
  • (v) languish as with love or desire
    • She dying for a cigarette
    • I was dying to leave
  • (v) cut or shape with a die
    • Die out leather for belts
    die out,
  • (v) to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
  • (v) lose sparkle or bouquet
    • wine and beer can pall
    become flat, pall,
  • (v) disappear or come to an end
    • Their anger died
    • My secret will die with me!
  • (v) suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
    • Whosoever..believes in me shall never die

Synonyms

buy the farm cash in one's chips croak decease drop dead give-up the ghost kick the bucket pass away perish snuff it expire pop off conk exit choke go pass dice conk out go bad break down fail give out give way break die out become flat pall

Antonyms

be born

See also

die off die out die back die down

Words of close approximity

DIA dig dim din dip Dis dit Dix
D.A. DA dB D.C. DC DD DE dg dj dl dm DO DP Dr. DS Dy
dab dad dag dah dak dal dam das DAT daw Day DBA DCI ddC ddI DDS DDT DEA deb dec DEd den DES dew DIA dig dim din dip Dis dit Dix dkg dkl dkm DLE DMD DMZ DNA d.o.a. DoC DoD doe dog doh DoI DoJ DoL Don DOS dot DPH dry DSL DTs dub dud due dug dun duo DVD dye
die away dieback die back die-cast die down Dieffenbachia Dieffenbachia sequine Diego Rivera Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez Diegueno diehard die hard die-hard dielectric dielectric heating dielectrolysis diemaker Dien Bien Phu diencephalon die off die out dieresis Diervilla Diervilla lonicera Diervilla sessilifolia diesel diesel-electric diesel-electric locomotive diesel engine diesel fuel diesel-hydraulic diesel-hydraulic locomotive diesel locomotive diesel motor diesel oil diesinker die-sinker Dies Irae diesis diestock diestrous diestrual diestrum diestrus diet dietary dietary supplement dieter dietetic dietetical dietetics diethylaminoethyl cellulose diethylbarbituric acid diethyl ether diethylmalonylurea diethylstilbesterol diethylstilbestrol diethylstilboestrol dietician dieting dietitian Dietrich Dietrich Bonhoeffer