die 1 (d )intr.v. died, dy·ing (d Phrasal Verbs:   ng), dies 1. To cease living; become dead; expire. 2. To cease existing, especially by degrees; fade: The sunlight died in the west. 3. To experience an agony or suffering suggestive of that of death: nearly died of embarrassment. 4. Informal To desire something greatly: I am dying for a box of chocolates. She was dying to see the exhibit. 5. a. To cease operation; stop: If your vehicle dies, stay with it. b. To be destroyed, as in combat: could see the remains of two aircraft that had died in the attack. 6. To become indifferent: had died to all worldly concerns. die back Botany To be affected by dieback. die down To lose strength; subside: The winds died down. die off To undergo a sudden, sharp decline in population: Rabbits were dying off in that county. die out Idioms: To cease living completely; become extinct: tribes and tribal customs that died out centuries ago. die hard 1. To take a long time in passing out of existence: racial prejudices that die hard. 2. To resist against overwhelming, hopeless odds: radicalism that dies hard. die on the vine To fail, as from lack of support, especially at an early stage: a plan that died on the vine. to die for Informal Remarkable or highly desirable. [Middle English dien, probably from Old Norse deyja; see dheu-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
| die 2 (d) n. pl. dies or dice (d s) 1. pl. dies A device used for cutting out, forming, or stamping material, especially: a. An engraved metal piece used for impressing a design onto a softer metal, as in coining money. b. One of several component pieces that are fitted into a diestock to cut threads on screws or bolts. c. A part on a machine that punches shaped holes in, cuts, or forms sheet metal, cardboard, or other stock. d. A metal block containing small conical holes through which plastic, metal, or other ductile material is extruded or drawn. 2. pl. dies Architecture The dado of a pedestal, especially when cube-shaped. 3. pl. dice a. A small cube marked on each side with from one to six dots, usually used in pairs in gambling and in various other games. b. dice (used with a sing. verb) A game of chance using dice. tr.v. died, die·ing, dies Idioms: To cut, form, or stamp with or as if with a die. load the dice 1. To make an outcome highly probable; predetermine a result: "These factors merely load the dice, upping the odds that a household will fall into a certain . . . income distribution" (Thomas G. Exter). 2. To put another at a distinct disadvantage, as through prior maneuver: The dice were loaded against the defendant before the trial. no dice 1. Of no use; futile. 2. Used as a refusal to a request. the die is cast The decision has been made and is irrevocable. [Middle English de, gaming die, from Old French, from Latin datum, given, from neuter past participle of dare, to give; see d  - in Indo-European roots.] |
die 1
Verb
[dying, died]
1. (of a person, animal, or plant) to cease all biological activity permanently
2. (of something inanimate) to cease to exist
3. to lose strength, power, or energy by degrees
4. to stop working: the engine died
5. be dying to be eager (for something or to do something)
6. be dying of Informal to be nearly overcome with (laughter, boredom, etc.)
7. die hard to change or disappear only slowly: old loyalties die hard
8. to die for Informal highly desirable: a salary to die for
See also die down, die out [Old English dīegan]
USAGE: It was formerly considered incorrect to use the preposition from after die, but of and from are now both acceptable: he died of/from his injuries.
die 2
Noun
1. a shaped block used to cut or form metal
2. a casting mould
3. same as dice (sense 1)
4. the die is cast an irrevocable decision has been taken [Latin dare to give, play]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  die - a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numberssquare block, cube - a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube one-spot - a domino or die whose upward face shows one pip |
| 2. | die - a device used for shaping metal shaping tool - a tool for shaping metal stamp - a block or die used to imprint a mark or design | |
| 3. | die - 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 | 1. |  die - 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"croak, decease, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass abort - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" predecease - die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband" conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - 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" starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" die back, die down - suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back" die down - become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down" be born - come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm" |
| 2. | die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - 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" | |
| 3. | die - 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" lose it, break down, snap - lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped" | |
| 4. | die - 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" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" break - render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - 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" go down, crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" blow out, burn out, blow - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" misfire - fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired" malfunction, misfunction - fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" | |
| 5. | die - feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery" feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" | |
| 6. | die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" | |
| 7. | die - cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts" cut out - form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper" | |
| 8. | die - to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" | |
| 9. | die - lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | |
| 10. | die - disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!" | |
| 11. | die - suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die" faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
die
verb 1. pass away, depart, expire, perish, buy it U.S. (slang) check out U.S. (slang) kick it (slang) croak (slang) give up the ghost, go belly-up (slang) snuff it (slang) peg out (informal) kick the bucket (slang) buy the farm U.S. (slang) peg it (informal) decease, cark it Austral., N.Z. (slang) pop your clogs (informal) breathe your last, hop the twig (slang) << OPPOSITE live
verb 2. stop, fail, halt, break down, run down, stop working, peter out, fizzle out, lose power, seize up, conk out (informal) go kaput (informal) go phut, fade out or away
verb 3. dwindle, end, decline, pass, disappear, sink, fade, weaken, diminish, vanish, decrease, decay, lapse, wither, wilt, lessen, wane, subside, ebb, die down, die out, abate, peter out, die away, grow less << OPPOSITE increase be dying for something long for, want, desire, crave, yearn for, hunger for, pine for, hanker after, be eager for, ache for, swoon over, languish for, set your heart on be dying of something (Informal) be overcome with, succumb to, collapse with
Translations
die [daɪ] vi → morir;
to die (of or from) → morirse (de);
to be dying → morirse, estar muriéndose;
die away vi [sound, light] → desvanecerse
die out vi → desaparecer, extinguirse
die [daɪ] n [dice , pl ] → dé m [dies , pl ] → coin m; matrice f; étampe f
vi → mourir;
to die of or from → mourir de;
die away vi → s'éteindre
die out vi → disparaître, s'éteindre
die [daɪ] n (pl) (dice) → Würfel m: (dies) → Gussform f
vi → sterben;
(light) → nachlassen
(fire) → herunterbrennen;
(excitement, noise) → nachlassen
die out die vi → aussterben
die [daɪ] n [pl dies] → conio; matrice f; stampo
vi → morire;
to be dying → star morendo;
to die (of or from) → morire (di)
die down vi → abbassarsi
die out vi → estinguersi
v die [dai]
1 to lose life; to stop living and become dead Those flowers are dying; She died of old age. doodgaan يَموت умирам zemřít, odumřít dø; omkomme; gå ud sterben πεθαίνω morir surema مردن؛ خشکیدن kuolla mourir לָמוּת मरना umrijeti meghal mati deyja morire 死ぬ 죽다 mirti []mirt; (par augiem) novīst; nobeigties mati sterven dø, omkomme umierać morrer a muri гибнуть; умирать umrieť, odumrieť umreti umreti dö ตาย ölmek 死 умирати; в'янути بے جان ہونا ؛ مرنا chết; qua đời 死
2 to fade; to disappear The daylight was dying fast. wegkwyn, verflou يخْتَفي، يَذوب، يَضْمَحِل чезна mizet, hasnout forsvinde verschwinden σβήνω, χάνομαι apagarse, desaparecer kustuma, vaibuma محو شدن؛ ناپدید شدن häipyä, sammua disparaître לְהֵיעַלֵם गायब होना izblijediti, nestati elenyészik lenyap dvína; deyja út spegnersi 消える 사라지다 gesti beigties; izzust hilang wegsterven (for)svinne, slokne, dø ut ginąć apagar-se a dispărea угасать; исчезать zhasnúť pojemati, izginjati ugasiti se försvinna, slockna สลายไป; หายไป yok olmak, sona ermek 消失 вщухати; зникати مٹنا ، نابودہ ہونا mờ đi; biến mất 消失
3 to have a strong desire (for something or to do something) I'm dying for a drink; I'm dying to see her. smag daarna يُريد بِرَغْبَةٍ شَديدَه умирам за umírat touhou længes efter sehnen λαχταρώ morirse de ganas de soovist põlema مردۀ چیزی بودن haluta kovasti avoir une envie folle de ְמֵת ל- तेज इच्छा होना umrijeti za nešto ég a vágytól, hogy ingin sekali dauðlanga til morire dalla voglia ～したくてたまらない 몹시 하고 싶어하다 labai norėti, trokšti ļoti gribēt ingin benar snakken være sugen på, lengte etter bardzo pragnąć estar mortinho por a avea o poftă nebună de до смерти хотеть umierať túžbou hrepeneti čeznuti längta [] efter ngt, vara [] sugen på ต้องการอย่างมาก ölmek, can atmak 渴望 палко бажати, вмирати від бажання کسی چیز کی شدید خواہش ہونا khao khát 渴望
n diehard
a person who resists new ideas. onversoenlike, bittereinder مُحافِظ مُتَطَرِّف твърдоглавец zpátečník stokkonservativ person unnachgiebiger Mensch αδιάλλακτος, συντηρητικός conservador paadunud vanameelne سخت جان؛ سرسخت patavanhoillinen conservateur/-trice (à tout crin) קָשֶׁה לְשָׁנוֹת कट्टर, अपने विचारों के लिए लड़ने वाला uporan čovjek megátalkodott kolot afturhaldsseggur conservatore がんこな保守派 보수적인 사람, 고집 불통 kietakaktis, konservatorius konservators pengeluar idea reactionair stokk konservativ person, reaksjonær person konserwatysta bota de elástico conservator консервативный человек spiatočník, -čka nazadnjak uporan čovek orubblig (stockkonservativ) person คนหัวรั้น tutucu, muhafazakâr 頑固分子 твердолоба людина قدامت پسند người bảo thủ 顽固分子
die away
to fade from sight or hearing The sound died away into the distance. wegsterf, vervaag يَخْفِتُ، يَسْكُنُ чезна doznívat, ztrácet se forsvinde; dø bort schwächer werden σβήνω, χάνομαι desvanecerse, apagarse, amainar kustuma, vaibuma محو شدن؛ کم کم از بین رفتن häipyä vähitellen s'éteindre לְהֵיחָלֵש लुप्त होना izblijediti, nestati elhal(kul) menghilang hljóðna, deyja út smorzarsi (a poco a poco) 消え去る 보이거나 들리지 않게 되다, 사라지다 išnykti (par skaņu, gaismu) izzust; izgaist hilang pendengaran wegsterven svinne hen, dø bort, stilne niknąć esmorecer a se stinge затихать strácať sa zamirati jenjavati dö bort, tystna, upphöra หายไป dinmek, azalmak (聲音等)逐漸消失 завмирати مدھم ہوتے ہوتے مٹ جانا mờ dần （声音等）逐渐消失
die down
to lose strength or power I think the wind has died down a bit. gaan lê, verdoof يَخْمِدُ، يَخْفِتُ، يَهْدَأ заглъхвам ztlumit se, utichat dø hen; stilne af nachlassen εξασθενώ, αποδυναμώνομαι extinguirse, apagarse, irse apagando vaibuma ضعیف شدن؛ از شدت افتادن tyyntyä tomber לִשׁכּוֹך, לִדעוֹך शांत होना, मंद होना oslabiti, izgubiti se lecsillapul mereda deyja út, dvína cessare 静まる 잠잠해지다, 누그러지다 susilpnėti, nurimti norimt; (par uguni) izdzist mereda afnemen dø hen, forta seg słabnąć extinguir-se a se potoli утихать utíšiť sa pojemati stišati se mojna ค่อย ๆ หายไปทีละน้อย hafiflemek, dinmek 平息 вщухати دھیما ہونا tan; giảm 平息
die hard
to take a long time to disappear Old habits die hard. swaar sterf يَموت بَعْد وَقْتٍ أو نِضال مَرير/ طَويل изчезвам бавно mít tuhý život dø langsomt; være svær at udrydde schwer auszurotten εμμένω, δεν εξαφανίζομαι εύκολα tardar en desaparecer on visa kaduma به سختی از بین رفتن؛ مقاوم بودن olla sitkeässä, elää sitkeästi avoir la vie dure להאבק עַד הַסוֹף आदत इत्यादि का मुश्किल से खत्म होना teško prestati nehezen vész ki sulit hilang hverfa seint, láta seint undan essere duro a morire 容易に消えない 쉽게 사라지지 않다 lengvai nepasiduoti pretoties līdz pēdējam; lēni atmirt sukar dihilangkan maar langzaam verdwijnen være seiglivet nie dawać się łatwo wykorzenić morrer devagar a avea viaţă lungă быть живучим mať tuhý život biti trdoživ teško umirati vara seglivad ใช้เวลานานกว่าจะหายไป kolay kolay silinmemek/kaybolmamak 不易消失 довго вмирають مشکل سے تمام ہونا khó mất đi 不易消失
die off
to die quickly or in large numbers Herds of cattle were dying off because of the drought. uitsterf يَموت واحِدا بَعْدَ الآخَر измирам vymírat dø en efter en wegsterben πεθαίνω γρήγορα ή μαζικά morir uno por uno, ir muriendo üksteise järel surema یکی یکی مردن؛ تا نفر آخر مردن kuolla toinen toisensa perään mourir les uns après les autres לָמוּת זֶה אָחַר זֶה एक एक करके मरना pomrijeti elhull mati secara cepat dan dalam jumlah besar veslast upp einn af öðrum; deyja unnvörpum morire a uno a uno つぎつぎに死ぬ 하나 둘씩 죽어가다 išmirti, kristi izmirt; apmirt mati beramai-ramai afsterven dø en etter en wymierać, ginąć morrer a muri unul câte unul один за другим умирать vymierať umirati odumirati dö en efter en ล้มตายเป็นจำนวนมาก birer birer ölmek 大批地死亡 вимирати تیزی سے بڑی تعداد میں موت کا شکار بننا chết hàng loạt 大批地死亡
die out
to cease to exist anywhere The custom died out during the last century. versterwe, uitsterwe يَنْقَرِض، يَموت، يَخْتَفي умирам zaniknout dø ud; uddø aussterben εξαφανίζομαι perderse, extinguirse välja surema منسوخ شدن؛ نابود شدن lakata, kuolla sukupuuttoon disparaître לְהִיכָּחֵד पूर्ण रूप से विलुप्त होना izumrijeti kihal lenyap líða undir lok scomparire すたれる 사라지다, 멸종하다 išnykti, išmirti izmirt; iznīkt lenyap uitsterven dø ut, utdø wymierać, wygasać em desuso cair a dispărea вымирать zaniknúť izumreti izumreti dö ut ยุติ; เลิก ortadan kalkmak 完全消失 відмирати; пропадати وجود تمام ہو جانا chết sạch; mất hẳn 完全消失
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