die
verb
- 1
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- 2
To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
“He died a hero's death.”
- 3
To yearn intensely.
“I'm dying for a packet of crisps.”
- 4
To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
“The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.”
- 5
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
“He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.”
- 6
To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
“If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.”
- 7
To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
“When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.”
- 8
(of a machine) To stop working, to break down.
“My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.”
- 9
(of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- 10
To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
- 11
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- 12
(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
“to die to pleasure or to sin”
- 13
To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
- 14
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- 15
(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
“Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal...”
noun
- 1
A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
- 2
That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
- 3
(plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- 2
A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- 3
A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- 4
A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- 5
An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- 6
(plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- 7
Any small cubical or square body.
noun
- 1
A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
- 2
Any hue, color, or blee.
verb
- 1
To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
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