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- Dictionarydie/dī/
verb
- 1. (of a person, animal, or plant) stop living: "the king died a violent death" Similar Opposite
- 2. used to emphasize that one wants to do or have something very much: informal "they must be dying for a drink" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of DIE is to pass from physical life : expire. How to use die in a sentence.
DIE definition: 1. to stop being alive, either suddenly or slowly: 2. to die naturally, violently, etc.: 3. to…. Learn more.
noun. a shaped block of metal or other hard material used to cut or form metal in a drop forge, press, or similar device. a tool of metal, silicon carbide, or other hard material with a conical hole through which wires, rods, or tubes are drawn to reduce their diameter.
DIE meaning: 1. to stop being alive, either suddenly or slowly: 2. to die naturally, violently, etc.: 3. to…. Learn more.
Definitions of die. verb. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. “She died from cancer” synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.
die, pass away (pass on), perish mean to relinquish life. to die is to become dead from any cause and in any circumstances.
Definition of die verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To stop living; become dead; expire: plants that died in the first frost of the season. 2. To cease existing, often gradually; fade: The sunlight died in the west. 3. To experience an intense, seemingly unbearable reaction to something: nearly died of embarrassment. 4. Informal To want something very much.
to very much want to have, eat, drink, or do something: I'm dying for a drink. Sit down, I'm dying to hear all about it. to die for informal. If something is to die for, it is extremely good. See also. die hard. Phrasal verbs. die away. die down. die off. die out.
die. verb. /daɪ/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to stop living Her husband died suddenly last week. The plants died within a week. die of/from something to die of/from cancer die for something He died for his beliefs.
