Pronunciation: dīs
v. i.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.
[imp. & p. p. Died ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dying.]
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.
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.
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.
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.
n.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.
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 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.
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.
Noun1.die - small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
Synonyms: dice
2.die - a device used for shaping metal
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
Verb1.die - pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
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"
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"
5.die - feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
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"
Synonyms: die out
8.die - to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
9.die - lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
Synonyms: become flat, pall
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"
1.(jargon)die - 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.(electronics)die - Plural: dies. An unpackaged integrated circuit.
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