die

UK [dɑj] US [däɪ̯]
noun 9verb 6adv 1

Definitions

verb

1

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away, Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.

The cheeks drop in; the body bows; Man dies: nor is there hope in dust: […]

2

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

He died of malaria.

"What did she die of, Work'us?" said Noah. "Of a broken heart, some of our old nurses told me," replied Oliver[…].

3

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

He died from heart failure.

She lived several weeks; but afterwards she died from epilepsy, to which malady she had been previously subject.

4

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

He died for the one he loved.

Englishmen are dying for England, Americans are dying for America, Germans are dying for Germany, Russians are dying for Russia. There are now fifty or sixty countries fighting in this war.

5

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

Therefore let Benedicke like covered fire, / Consume away in sighes, waste inwardly: / It were a better death, to die with mockes, / Which is as bad as die with tickling.

And there were some who died with fevers, which at some seasons of the year was very frequent in the land.

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.

noun

1

An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.

Most dice are six-sided.

I rolled the die and moved 2 spaces on the board.

2

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

[…]For th'equall die of warre he well did know.

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