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die

1  [dahy]
Use die in a Sentence
–verb (used without object), died, dy⋅ing.
1. to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
2. (of something inanimate) to cease to exist: The laughter died on his lips.
3. to lose force, strength, or active qualities: Superstitions die slowly.
4. to cease to function; stop: The motor died.
5. to be no longer subject; become indifferent: to die to worldly matters.
6. to pass gradually; fade or subside gradually (usually fol. by away, out, or down): The storm slowly died down.
7. Theology. to lose spiritual life.
8. to faint or languish.
9. to suffer as if fatally: I'm dying of boredom!
10. to pine with desire, love, longing, etc.: I'm dying to see my home again.
11. to desire or want keenly or greatly: I'm dying for a cup of coffee.
—Verb phrases
12. die away, (of a sound) to become weaker or fainter and then cease: The hoofbeats gradually died away.
13. die down, to become calm or quiet; subside.
14. die off, to die one after another until the number is greatly reduced: Her friends are dying off.
15. die out,
a. to cease to exist; become extinct: Both lines of the family died out before the turn of the century.
b. to die away; fade; subside: The roar of the engines died out as the rocket vanished into the clouds.
—Idioms
16. die hard,
a. to die only after a bitter struggle.
b. to give way or surrender slowly or with difficulty: Childhood beliefs die hard.
17. die standing up, Theater. (of a performance) to be received with silence rather than applause.
18. never say die, never give up hope; never abandon one's efforts.
19. to die for, stunning; remarkable: That dress is to die for.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME dien, deien < ON deyja. Cf. dead, death

Synonyms:
1. expire, depart. Die, pass away (pass on), perish mean to relinquish life. To die is to become dead from any cause and in any circumstances. It is the simplest, plainest, and most direct word for this idea, and is used figuratively of anything that has once displayed activity: An echo, flame, storm, rumor dies. Pass away (or pass on) is a commonly used euphemism implying a con-tinuation of life after death: Grandfather passed away (passed on). Perish, a more literary term, implies death under harsh circumstances such as hunger, cold, neglect, etc.; figuratively, perish connotes utter extinction: Hardship caused many pioneers to perish. Ancient Egyptian civilization has perished.

die

2  [dahy] noun, plural dies for 1, 2, 4, dice for 3; verb, died, die⋅ing.
–noun
1. Machinery.
a. any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
b. a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
c. one of the separate pieces of such a device.
d. a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
2. an engraved stamp for impressing a design upon some softer material, as in coining money.
3. sing. of dice.
4. Architecture. dado (def. 1).
–verb (used with object)
5. to impress, shape, or cut with a die.
—Idiom
6. the die is cast, the irrevocable decision has been made; fate has taken charge: The die is cast—I can't turn back.
Origin:
1300–50; ME de (in early modern E taking the vowel of the pl. form dice ) < OF de(i), presumbly < L datum given (neut. ptp. of dare to give), perh. in the deriv. sense “put, placed,” hence “played, cast”

dice

  [dahys] plural noun, singular die, verb, diced, dic⋅ing.
–noun
1. small cubes of plastic, ivory, bone, or wood, marked on each side with one to six spots, usually used in pairs in games of chance or in gambling.
2. poker dice.
3. any of various games, esp. gambling games, played by shaking and throwing from two to six dice or poker dice onto a flat surface. Compare craps.
4. any small cubes.
5. Auto Racing. a jockeying for lead position between two or more drivers in which tactics are used to pass or keep from being passed.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cut into small cubes.
7. to decorate with cubelike figures.
8. to lose by gambling with dice (often fol. by away).
–verb (used without object)
9. to play at dice.
10. to cause or bring about by gambling with dice.
11. Auto Racing. to duel with another car or cars in a dice.
—Idiom
12. no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
Origin:
1300–50; ME dees, dis, dyce (sing. and pl.), dyces (pl.) < OF de(i)z, dés (pl.); see die 2

Related forms:
dicer, noun

da⋅do

  [dey-doh] noun, plural -does, -dos, verb
–noun
1. Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.
2. the lower broad part of an interior wall finished in wallpaper, a fabric, paint, etc.
3. Carpentry. a groove or rectangular section for receiving the end of a board.
–verb (used with object)
4. to provide with a dado.
—Verb phrase
5. dado in, to insert (a board or the like) into a dado.
Origin:
1655–65; < It: die, cube, pedestal, perh. < Ar dad game
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die 1   (dī)   
intr.v.   died, dy·ing (dī'ĭng), 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.
    1. To cease operation; stop: If your vehicle dies, stay with it.
    2. 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.
Phrasal Verb(s):
die back Botany To be affected by dieback.
die downTo lose strength; subside: The winds died down.
die offTo undergo a sudden, sharp decline in population: Rabbits were dying off in that county.
die outTo cease living completely; become extinct: tribes and tribal customs that died out centuries ago.

Idiom(s):
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.

Idiom(s):
die on the vineTo fail, as from lack of support, especially at an early stage: a plan that died on the vine.

Idiom(s):
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   (dī)   
n.   pl. dies or dice (dīs)
  1. pl. dies A device used for cutting out, forming, or stamping material, especially:
    1. An engraved metal piece used for impressing a design onto a softer metal, as in coining money.
    2. One of several component pieces that are fitted into a diestock to cut threads on screws or bolts.
    3. A part on a machine that punches shaped holes in, cuts, or forms sheet metal, cardboard, or other stock.
    4. A metal block containing small conical holes through which plastic, metal, or other ductile material is extruded or drawn.
    5. A small cube marked on each side with from one to six dots, usually used in pairs in gambling and in various other games.
    6. dice (used with a sing. verb) A game of chance using dice.
  2. pl. dies Architecture The dado of a pedestal, especially when cube-shaped.
  3. pl. dice
    1. A small cube marked on each side with from one to six dots, usually used in pairs in gambling and in various other games.
    2. dice (used with a sing. verb) A game of chance using dice.
tr.v.   died, die·ing, dies
To cut, form, or stamp with or as if with a die.

[Middle English de, gaming die, from Old French, from Latin datum, given, from neuter past participle of dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]
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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.

To die by the roadside of grief and hunger. --Macaulay.

She will die from want of care. --Tennyson.

2. To suffer death; to lose life.

In due time Christ died for the ungodly. --Rom. v. 6.

3. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.

Letting the secret die within his own breast. --Spectator.

Great deeds can not die. --Tennyson.

4. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

His heart died within, and he became as a stone. --1 Sam. xxv. 37.

The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that they died for Rebecca. --Tatler.

5. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.

6. To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away.

Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness. --Spectator.

7. (Arch.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

8. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

To die in the last ditch, to fight till death; to die rather than surrender.

"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.

Die

Die\, n.; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, Dice (d[=i]s); in 4 & 5, Dies (d[=i]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.

2. Any small cubical or square body.

Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies. --Watts.

3. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.

Such is the die of war. --Spenser.

4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.

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.

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.
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Language Translation for : die
Spanish: morir,
German: sterben,
Japanese: 死ぬ
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die

v. Syn. {crash}. Unlike crash, which is used primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software. See also go flatline, casters-up mode.
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die  (v.)
c.1135, possibly from O.Dan. døja or O.N. deyja "to die, pass away," both from P.Gmc. *dawjanan, from PIE base *dheu- "to pass away, become senseless." It has been speculated that O.E. had *diegan, from the same source, but it is not in any of the surviving texts and the preferred words were steorfan (see starve), sweltan (see swelter), wesan dead, also forðgan and other euphemisms. Languages usually don't borrow words from abroad for central life experiences, but "die" words are an exception, since they are often hidden or changed euphemistically out of superstitious dread. A Du. euphemism translates as "to give the pipe to Maarten." Regularly spelled dege through 15c., and still pronounced "dee" by some in Lancashire and Scotland. Used figuratively (of sounds, etc.) from 1581. Die-hard is 1844 as a noun, specifically of the 57th Regiment of Foot in the British Army; 1877 as an adj.

die  (n.)
c.1330 (as a plural), from O.Fr. de, of uncertain origin, perhaps from L. datum "given," pp. of dare (see date (1)), which, in addition to "give," had a secondary sense of "to play" (as a chess piece); or else from "what is given" (by chance or Fortune). Sense of "stamping block or tool" first recorded 1699.
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Main Entry: 1die
Pronunciation: 'dI
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: died; dy·ing /'dI-i[ng]/
1 : to suffer total and irreversible loss of the bodily attributes and functions that constitute life
2 : to suffer or face the pains of death

Main Entry: 2die
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural dies /'dIz/
: any of various tools or devices for imparting a desiredshape, form, or finish to a material or for impressing an object or material
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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die (dī)
v. died, dy·ing (dī'ĭng), dies

  1. To cease living; become dead; expire.
  2. To cease existing, especially by degrees; fade.

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die
1. crash. Unlike crash, which is used primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software.
See also go flatline, casters-up mode.
2. Plural: dies. An unpackaged integrated circuit.
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die

In addition to the idioms beginning with die, also see curl up (and die); do or die; it's to die; never say die.

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