'DIE' definitions:

Definition of 'die'

From: WordNet
noun
A small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers [syn: die, dice]
noun
A device used for shaping metal
noun
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
verb
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" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born]
verb
Suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
verb
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"
verb
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" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down]
verb
Feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
verb
Languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
verb
Cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts" [syn: die, die out]
verb
To be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
verb
Lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" [syn: die, pall, become flat]
verb
Disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"
verb
Suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"

Definition of 'Die'

From: GCIDE
  • dice \dice\ (d[imac]s), n.; pl. of Die. Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n. [1913 Webster]
  • dice coal, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical fragments. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Die'

From: GCIDE
  • Die \Die\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Died; p. pr. & vb. n. Dying.] [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. d["o]e, Sw. d["o], Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd?jan to harass), OFries. d?ia to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen, OSlav. daviti to choke, Lith. dovyti to torment. Cf. Dead, Death.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To die by the roadside of grief and hunger. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • She will die from want of care. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To suffer death; to lose life. [1913 Webster]
  • In due time Christ died for the ungodly. --Rom. v. 6. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished. [1913 Webster]
  • Letting the secret die within his own breast. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
  • Great deeds can not die. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • His heart died within, and he became as a stone. --1 Sam. xxv. 37. [1913 Webster]
  • The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that they died for Rebecca. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away. [1913 Webster]
  • Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Arch.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor. [1913 Webster]
  • To die in the last ditch, to fight till death; to die rather than surrender. [1913 Webster]
  • "There is one certain way," replied the Prince [William of Orange] " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, -- I will die in the last ditch." --Hume (Hist. of Eng. ).
  • To die out, to cease gradually; as, the prejudice has died out.
  • Syn: To expire; decease; perish; depart; vanish. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Die'

From: GCIDE
  • Die \Die\, n.; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, Dice (d[imac]s); in 4 & 5, Dies (d[imac]z). [OE. dee, die, F. d['e], fr. L. datus given, thrown, p. p. of dare to give, throw. See Date a point of time.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any small cubical or square body. [1913 Webster]
  • Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies. --Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance. [1913 Webster]
  • Such is the die of war. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mach.) (a) 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. (b) 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. (c) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Cutting die (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather, cloth, paper, etc.
  • The die is cast, the hazard must be run; the step is taken, and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken. Diecian

Synonyms of 'die'

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Acronyms for 'DIE'

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