English Explanatory Dictionary

die

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
  2. followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use
  3. followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences
  4. followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes
  5. followed by with as an indication of direct cause
  6. followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from)
  7. followed by with as an indication of manner
  8. to die in a certain form.
  9. To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
  10. To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
  11. To yearn intensely.
  12. To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
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. 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. An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
  2. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of dye.
verb
  1. Obsolete spelling of dye.
adv
  1. per day
noun
  1. Initialism of diversity, inclusion, and equity.

Pronunciation

dī /daɪ/ [däɪ̯] en-us-die.ogg [dɑj] [dɑe̯] [daɪ̯] [dəɪ̯]

Word forms

die dies dying died no-table-tags glossary diest diedst dieth dye dice

Etymology

From Middle English deyen, probably from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced native Old English sweltan, whence Modern English swelt, and Old English steorfan, whence modern starve.

Synonyms

assume room temperature bite the dust bite the big one buy the farm check out code cross over cross the river decompose dematerialize expire succumb give up the ghost pass pass away pass on be no more meet one's maker be a stiff push up the daisies hop off the twig kick the bucket shuffle off this mortal coil join the choir invisible auger in be called home be gathered to one's fathers be like the the One be with Jesus be with the Lord bite the biscuit buy it cark it cash in cash in one's chips close one's eyes for the last time conk out croak cross rainbow bridge cross the Great Divide cross the Styx darken decease depart disincarnate draw one's last breath drop off the hooks exit flatline forfare give one's all go for a burton go gentle into that good night go out go over to the majority go the way of all flesh go the way of the dinosaurs go the way of the dodo go the way of the dodo bird go to glory

Antonyms

breathe live subsist survive be born germinate sprout come back to life reincarnate rise from the dead

Related words

dead death buried bury kill List of expressions related to death adjournment sine die de die ad diem de die in diem sine die diversity hire dieversity

Derived words

be dying for cross my heart and hope to die die a death die and go to heaven die a thousand deaths die-away die away die back die-die die down die hard die-hard diehard die how one lived die-in die in a fire die in harness die in one's shoes die in the arse die in the ass die in the last ditch die just how one lived die just like one lived die just the way one lived die laughing die laughter die liao die like flies die like one lived die off die-off die of laughter die on die on one's arse die on the vine die out die prematurely die roaring die roaring for a priest die the way one lived dieversity do-or-die do or die either do or die hide-and-die syndrome hill to die on hydrate or diedrate I'm dying I would rather die laugh die me life's a bitch and then you die live and die by never say die never-say-die old habits die hard only the good die young redie ride-or-die ride or die right to die

Translations

Abkhaz: аҧсра Afrikaans: doodgaan Afrikaans: sterf Afrikaans: sterwe Ainu: ライ Ainu: イサㇺ Akan: wu Aklanon: matay Albanian: vdes Albanian: ngordh Albanian: dek Amharic: መሞት Amis: mapatay Andi: вучӏиду Ao: asü (Chungli) Arabic: مَاتَ Arabic: تُوُفِّيَ Arabic: مات Juba Arabic: mutu Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܝܹܬ Armenian: մեռնել Armenian: մահանալ Aromanian: mor Aromanian: moru Ashkun: mře Assamese: মৰ Assamese: ঢুকা Asturian: morrer Atong (India): thyi Avar: хвезе Azerbaijani: ölmək Azerbaijani: dünyanı dəyişmək Azerbaijani: keçinmək Azerbaijani: rəhmətə getmək Bahnar: lôch Bakhtiari: مردن Bamunka: kwú Bashkir: үлеү Belarusian: паміра́ць Belarusian: паме́рці Belarusian: гі́нуць Belarusian: згі́нуць Bengali: মরা Bhojpuri: मरल Boloki: wa Borôro: bi Bouyei: daail Breton: mervel Bulgarian: уми́рам Bulgarian: умра́ Bulgarian: издъ́хвам Bulgarian: издъ́хна Burmese: သေ Burmese: ဆုံး Burmese: ကွယ်လွန် Buryat: үхэхэ Carpathian Rusyn: умерати Catalan: morir Cebuano: matay Chamorro: måtai Chechen: делла Chechen: са дала Bulgarian: метчик Finnish: kierreleuka Finnish: kierrepakka Finnish: lastu Finnish: siru French: filière French: puce Māori: tā ngauwiri tia Russian: пла́шка Russian: ле́рка Swedish: gängsnitt Italian: piastrina
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