[d_ˈaɪ], [dˈa͡ɪ], [dˈaɪ]
Definitions of die
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lose sparkle or bouquet, as of wine or beer; " pall" is an obsolete word
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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"
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pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; " She died from cancer"; " They children perished in the fire"; " The patient went peacefully"
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small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
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suffer or face the pain of death; " Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
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a device used for shaping metal
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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
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suffer spiritual death; be damned ( in the religious sense); " Whosoever.. believes in me shall never die"
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disappear or come to an end; " Their anger died"; " My secret will die with me!"
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to be on base at the end of an inning, of a baseball player
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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"
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feel indifferent towards; " She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
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cut or shape with a die; " Die out leather for belts"
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lose sparkle or bouquet; " wine and beer can pall"
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to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
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languish as with love or desire; " She dying for a cigarette"; " I was dying to leave"
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of Dice
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To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.
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To suffer death; to lose life.
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To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.
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To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
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To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.
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To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
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To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
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A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice.
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Any small cubical or square body.
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That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
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That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.
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A metal or plate ( often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.
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A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.
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A hollow internally threaded screw- cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool.
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To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; - often with out or away.
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To cease to live; expire; perish; wither; become extinct gradually; faint.
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To mold, stamp, or cut ( a design) in metal.
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A small cube ( pl. dice); a stamp used for coining money, medals, etc.; a tool used in cutting the threads of screws or bolts, etc.; a kind of knife used by envelope makers, and in shoe factories.
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Died.
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Dying.
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To lose life: to perish: to wither: to languish: to become insensible:- pr. p. dying; pa. t. and pa. p. died ( did).
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A small cube used in gaming by being thrown from a box: any small cubical body: hazard:- pl. DICE, dis.
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A stamp for impressing coin, etc: the cubical part of a pedestal pl. DIES, diz.
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Small cube used in gaming.
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To lose life; perish.
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To suffer death; decease; expire.
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A small figured cube ( see DICE); a cast, as in dice playing; stake.
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A hard metal device for stamping or cutting out some object, as a coin.
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Dice; a small cube, marked on its faces with numbers from one to six, used in gaming, by being thrown from a box; any cubic body; a flat tablet; hazard or chance; the cubical part of a pedestal, between its base and cornice.
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Dies; a stamp used for coining money, or impressing a device upon a piece of metal.
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To cease to live, or expire; to forfeit or give up life; to perish; to sink or faint; to langnish with affection, pleasure, or longing; to become more and more faint; to wither; to become vapid; to become indifferent, and as good as dead; to perish eternally.
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Small cubes used in play.
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To cease to live; to expire; to perish; to lose life; to languish, as from weakness, discouragement, or love; to cease or become less distinct, as sound; to vanish.
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A small cube with marks from 1 to 6 on the faces, used in gaming, by being shaken in a box and then thrown from it; chance; hazard.
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A stamp of metal used in striking coins, medals, & c.
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Usage examples for die
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How did he die then?" – The Blue Pavilions by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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They say she's going to die Peggy! – Peggy by Laura E. Richards
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I didn't want it to die – Ulysses by James Joyce
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I wish to die then. – The Port of Adventure by Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
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Love like that does not die – The Claverings by Anthony Trollope
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" I don't want to die here," he said. – Pinocchio in Africa by Cherubini
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Why should he die – The Lone Ranche by Captain Mayne Reid
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It was thought, indeed, that she would die – Stories of Animal Sagacity by W.H.G. Kingston
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Do you wish to die – How I Found Livingstone by Sir Henry M. Stanley
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I am not ready to die – Jill's Red Bag by Amy Le Feuvre
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" I meant to die for this people! – They Call Me Carpenter by Upton Sinclair
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Yes, she did die – A Mummer's Wife by George Moore
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I just wanted to be alone to die – For Every Man A Reason by Patrick Wilkins
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I'm goin' to die in half an hour. – The Shepherd of the North by Richard Aumerle Maher
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Well, I don't want to die and I don't believe you do. – The Heart Of The Hills by John Fox, Jr.
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I saw not my wife die no! – Mary Wollstonecraft by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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His mother loved us both, and when she was about to die she gave him to me, and told me never to forget or forsake him. – Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Ida Glenwood
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He was not afraid to die oh, no! – The Fairy Nightcaps by Frances Elizabeth Barrow
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If we die here, said Mildred, it will be easy to do without, him for such a little while. – The Settlers at Home by Harriet Martineau
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" I can't do much for you, Molly," he said, " but if you ever need anybody to die for you, remember I'm ready." – The Miller Of Old Church by Ellen Glasgow