Die definition
To stop living; become dead.
verb
To cut, form, or stamp with or as if with a die.
verb
(informal) To desire something greatly.
I am dying for a box of chocolates. She was dying to see the exhibit.
verb
To suffer the agony of death or an agony regarded as like it.
verb
Any small cube resembling this.
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To lose force or activity; become weak, faint, unimportant, etc.
verb
To pine away, as with desire.
verb
The definition of a die is a small marked cube used in games.
An example of die is what is rolled when playing backgammon.
noun
To cease operation; stop.
If your vehicle dies, stay with it.
verb
A small cube marked on each side with from one to six dots, usually used in pairs in gambling and in various other games.
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(informal) To wish with extreme intensity; yearn.
She's dying to learn the secret.
verb
To cease existing; end.
verb
A small, marked cube used in games of chance.
noun
(archit.) A dado of a pedestal.
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An unpackaged, bare chip. A die is the formal term for the square of silicon containing an integrated circuit. Die is singular, and dice is plural. The terms die and chip are often used synonymously.![]()
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To stop functioning.
verb
(mech.) Any of various tools or devices, originally cubical in form, for molding, stamping, cutting, or shaping; specif.,
- A piece of engraved metal used for stamping money, medals, etc.
- The stationary part of a machine for shaping or punching holes in sheet metal, etc.; matrix.
- The punch and matrix as a unit.
- A tool used for cutting threads, as of screws or bolts.
- A piece of metal with a hole through it, used in drawing wire, extruding rods, etc.
noun
To mold, stamp, cut, or shape with a die.
verb
To cease living; become dead; expire.
verb
To cease existing, especially by degrees; fade.
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He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.
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(intransitive, of a machine) To stop working, to break down.
My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.
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To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
verb
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To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
To die to pleasure or to sin.
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To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
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(plural: dice) A polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
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(plural: dies) A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
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(electronics) (plural: dice or dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
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Die is defined as to stop living, existing or fade away.
An example of die is pulling a plant out of the ground by its' roots.
An example of die is a person's heart stopping and their brain no longer having activity.
verb
To cease living; become dead; expire.
verb
To cease existing, especially by degrees; fade.
The sunlight died in the west.
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To experience an agony or suffering suggestive of that of death.
Nearly died of embarrassment.
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To become indifferent.
Had died to all worldly concerns.
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To be destroyed, as in combat.
Could see the remains of two aircraft that had died in the attack.
verb
A device used for cutting out, forming, or stamping material, especially:
- An engraved metal piece used for impressing a design onto a softer metal, as in coining money.
- One of several component pieces that are fitted into a diestock to cut threads on screws or bolts.
- A part on a machine that punches shaped holes in, cuts, or forms sheet metal, cardboard, or other stock.
- A metal block containing small conical holes through which plastic, metal, or other ductile material is extruded or drawn.
noun
(architecture) The dado of a pedestal, especially when cube-shaped.
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A game of chance using dice.
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To fade or wither away.
verb
To become alien or indifferent (to), as if dead.
verb
(theol.) To suffer spiritual death.
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die hard
- To take a long time in passing out of existence:Racial prejudices that die hard.
- To resist against overwhelming, hopeless odds:Radicalism that dies hard.
idiom
die on the vine
- To fail, as from lack of support, especially at an early stage:A plan that died on the vine.
idiom
(informal) to die for
- Remarkable or highly desirable.
idiom
load the dice
- To make an outcome highly probable; predetermine a result:
- To put another at a distinct disadvantage, as through prior maneuver:The dice were loaded against the defendant before the trial.
idiom
no dice
- Of no use; futile.
- Used as a refusal to a request.
idiom
the die is cast
- The decision has been made and is irrevocable.
idiom
die away
- to become weaker and cease gradually
idiom
die back
- to wither to the roots or woody part
idiom
die hard
- to cling to life, a cause, etc.; resist to the last
idiom
die off
- to die one by one until all are gone
idiom
die out
- to go out of existence
idiom
to die for
- overwhelmingly excellent and satisfyingA chocolate parfait to die for.
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the die is cast
- the irrevocable decision has been made
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of die
- Middle English de gaming die from Old French from Latin datum given from neuter past participle of dare to give dō- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English dien probably from Old Norse deyja dheu-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English dien, deien, deȝen, from Old English dīġan, dīeġan (“to die”) and Old Norse deyja (“to die, pass away”), both from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”) (compare Danish dø, Low German döen, Middle Dutch doyen, douwen, Old High German touwen), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to pass away; to die”) (compare Old Norse dá 'catalepsy', Old Irish díth 'end, death', Old Church Slavonic daviti 'to strangle', Albanian vdes (“to die”), vdekje (“death”), Armenian դի (di, “corpse”), Avestan [script?] (dvaidī, “we press”)).
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