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die en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [daɪ̯] (Canada)
  • [dɑj] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /daɪ/
  • [dɑe̯] (Australia)
  • [däɪ̯] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • [dəɪ̯] Ottawa Valley
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English deyen, probably from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced native Old English sweltan, whence Modern English swelt, and Old English steorfan, whence modern starve.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) 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. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
    • The cheeks drop in; the body bows; Man dies: nor is there hope in dust: […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 54:
  2. (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. ▸ followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use
    • In 1971 or 72, Mom's sister Carolyn Weimer died of breast cancer. 2000, Stephen King, On Writing, Pocket Books, published 2002, page 85:
    • 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[…]. 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 6, in Oliver Twist; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:
  3. (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. ▸ followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences
    • "Or all of them will die from the plague. Even if most of the candidates succumb […]" 2007, Frank Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Sandworms of Dune, Tor, published 2007, page 191:
    • He died from heart failure.
    • She lived several weeks; but afterwards she died from epilepsy, to which malady she had been previously subject. 1865 March 4, British Medical Journal, page 213:
  4. (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. ▸ followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes
    • Less than three days later, Johnson lapsed into a coma in his jail cell and died for lack of insulin. 2003, Tara Herivel, Paul Wright, editors, Prison Nation, Routledge, page 187:
    • 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. 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Simon & Schuster, published 1999, page 232:
    • He died for the one he loved.
  5. (archaic, intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. ▸ followed by with as an indication of direct cause
    • 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. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
    • And there were some who died with fevers, which at some seasons of the year was very frequent in the land. 1830, Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon, Richards, published 1854, page 337:
  6. (intransitive, proscribed, sometimes) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. ▸ followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from)
    • Dr Thomas concluded she had died to a blow to the head, which led to a bleed on the brain, probably a fall and had hit her head hard on the wooden bedpost, as there was blood on the bedpost. 2014, S. J. Groves, The Darker Side to Dr Carter, page 437:
    • I can't believe I just died to a turret!
  7. (intransitive, qualifier:still current) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. ▸ followed by with as an indication of manner
    • She died with dignity.
  8. (in bare form, intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. ▸ to die in a certain form.
    • Will I die a happy man?
  9. (transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
    • They died a thousand deaths.
    • […] he chose instead to suffer even greater personal pain, with unimaginable fortitude and resolve, albeit for a shorter time. Thus he died a small death, in order to benefit the living. Similarly, a small and voluntary death was died by Socrates. 2019, Lou Marinoff, On Human Conflict: The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 452:
    • He died a hero's death.
  10. (slang) To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
    • Of course, Nazis are not present in this game. Instead, we have animals that will try to cover you with dirt. As soon as you get too dirty, you will die. 1995, “Slobzone”, in Coming Soon! magazine (video game review), archived from the original on 08 Feb 2023:
    • Oh look, I just died.[…]I missed that jump again! That was dumb! Hey, I just died on the same freakin' Zinger. 2009, Brian Sulpher, 9:15–9:30 from the start, in Onto Doom And Gloom (video game playthrough), via youtube:
    • Whenever my brother dies, he ragequits.
  11. (figuratively, intransitive) To yearn intensely.
    • Yes, and his ill conditions; and in despite of all, dies for him. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
    • I could see that he was dying, dying for a cigarette, dying for a fix maybe, dying for a little bit of freedom, but trapped in a hospital bed and a sick body. 2004, Paul Joseph Draus, Consumed in the city: observing tuberculosis at century's end, page 168:
    • I'm really dying to eat in that new restaurant.
    • I'm dying for a piss.
  12. (idiomatic, intransitive, uncommon) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
    • "My dad […] beat us until we couldn't sit down." […] "What about your mother?" […] "She's alive. […] My aunt visits her once a year, but I don't ask about my mother. She died to me the day she chose my father over protecting us." Luke's voice hitched with emotion. 2015, Emily Duvall, Inclusions, page 150:
    • "You haven't been my son since you were ten years old. That boy died to me the day he ran away. I don't know you. You are merely a shell that resembles someone I used to know, but you are dead to me. You are the bringer of pain and death. Leave me be. Leave me with my son, Jyosh." "Mother..." Barlun pleaded. 2017, Mike Hoornstra, Descent into the Maelstrom, page 366:
    • The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.
  13. (figuratively, intransitive) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
    • He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.
    • Made it out alive, but I think I lost it Said that I was fine, said it from the coffin Remember how I died when you started walking? That's my life, that's my life 2024, Gracie Abrams, Audrey Hobert, “That's So True”, in The Secret of Us, performed by Gracie Abrams:
    • Do you know that I went down / To the ground / Landed on both my broken-hearted knees... / […]I didn't even cry / 'Cause pieces of me had already died 2011, Ingrid Michaelson, “Ghost”, in Human Again:
  14. (colloquial, excessive, intransitive) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
    • If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.
  15. (excessive, figuratively, intransitive) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
    • When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.
    • I literally died when I saw that. 1976, an anchorman on Channel Five in California, quoted in Journal and Newsletter [of the] California Classical Association, Northern Section
  16. (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
    • My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.
    • Sorry I couldn't call you. My phone died.
    • My battery died and my charger was at home.
  17. (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
  18. (intransitive, of a legislative bill or resolution) To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
    • The proposed gas tax died after the powerful rural senator refused to let it out of committee.
  19. To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
    • Great deeds cannot die. 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
    • Through all the Worlds are sounds, the noises of moving, and the echoes of voices and song; but upon the River is no sound ever heard, for there all echoes die. 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 88:
    • letting the secret die within his own breast 1714 September 25 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, September 15, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 594; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
  20. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
    • But it came to passe in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 25:37:
    • When the truth is found to be lies / And all the joy within you dies / Don't you want somebody to love? / Don't you need somebody to love? 1965, Darby Slick, “Somebody to Love”, in Surrealistic Pillow, performed by Jefferson Airplane, published 1967:
  21. (often, with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
    • to die to pleasure or to sin
  22. To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
  23. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
  24. (of a stand-up comedian or a joke, slang) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
    • Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal...

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
diest Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic
dying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dieth Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic
died Number=Plur, Tense=Past lexicographic
died Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past lexicographic
died Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past lexicographic
died Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
died Mood=Sub, Tense=Past lexicographic
died Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past lexicographic
died Tense=Past lexicographic
die Number=Plur, Tense=Pres lexicographic
die VerbForm=Inf lexicographic
die Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres lexicographic
die Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres lexicographic
die Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres lexicographic
die Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres lexicographic
diedst Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past archaic lexicographic
dye alternative, obsolete lexicographic
dies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

live · breathe · be born · subsist · germinate · reincarnate · survive · sprout · rise from the dead · come back to life

Deriveds

laugh die me · die in harness · life's a bitch and then you die · die just the way one lived · die in the ass · hide-and-die syndrome · hydrate or diedrate · die just like one lived · undie · the good die young · die like flies · die laughing · ride-or-die · talk and die syndrome · die in the last ditch · do-or-die · commit die · die roaring · die on one's arse · die in a fire · die a death · die-in · die off · cross my heart and hope to die · what did your last slave die of · die how one lived · never say die · die back · die liao · ride or die · do or die · either do or die · die down · die hard · die-die · die a thousand deaths · die like one lived · Naples and die · die and go to heaven · I would rather die · die out · die on the vine · die away · die in the arse · live and die by · die the way one lived · die-hard · die on · dieversity · die-off · wake up and die right · die prematurely · today is a good day to die · redie · die-away · hill to die on · I'm dying · die laughter · old habits die hard · never-say-die · die roaring for a priest · only the good die young · die of laughter · diehard · die just how one lived · to die for · right to die · die in one's shoes

Descendants

dai · đai · dae

Hyponyms

suffocate · go gentle into that good night · drown · overdose · stifle · lose my life for Jesus Christ · ob. · bleed out · sleep with the fishes

Relateds

kill · dead · bury · death · List of expressions related to death · buried

Synonyms

be with Jesus · assume room temperature · go out · pass away · be called home · meet one's doom · yield up the ghost · pop off · dematerialize · pass the river · croak · meet one's end · go the way of the dodo · forfare · be gathered to one's fathers · drop off the hooks · join the choir invisible · give up the ghost · liquidate · buy the farm · cash in one's chips · code · push up daisies · draw one's last breath · darken · hand in one's checks · fall off the twig · bite the biscuit · go the way of the dinosaurs · keel over · slip away · cark it · go the way of all flesh · pass in one's marble · shuffle off this mortal coil · conk out · exit · cross the Styx · sleep with one's fathers · take a dirt nap · pay nature's debt · give one's all · knock off · succumb · kick off · lose the number of one's mess · pass over · pass in one's checks · go the way of the dodo bird · pass · expire · sink · decompose · check out · bite the big one · pass on · close one's eyes for the last time · go over to the majority · be no more · go west · go to one's reward · meet one's maker · be like the the One · decease · pay the debt of nature · peg out · kick the bucket · disincarnate · cross over · snuff it · be with the Lord · bite the dust · flatline · cross the Great Divide · cash in · go to glory · go for a burton · buy it · pop one's clogs · perish · depart · turn up one's toes · hand in one's dinner pail · auger in · hop the twig

Translations (641)

fi saada surmansa (to stop living) · vi về nơi chín suối (to stop living) · ga faigh bás (to stop living) · lnj ighoc (to stop living) · scn mòriri (to stop living) · mn үгүй болох (to perish, to cease to exist) · ktu kufwa (to stop living) · ko 돌아가시다 (to stop living) · vi chết (to stop living) · vi đi bán muối (to stop living) · sh crkavati (to stop living) · az ölmək (to stop living) · fo doyggja (to stop living) · lt mirti (to stop living) · os амӕлын (to stop living) · ang sweltan (to stop living) · bo འཆི་བ (to stop living) · mn нас барах (to stop living) · rw -pfa (to stop living) · nl sterven (to stop living) · cdo(to stop living) · ba үлеү (to stop living) · sh у̀гинути (to stop living) · ka იღუპება (to stop living) · ru умира́ть (to stop living) · pl umierać (to stop living) · la intereo (to stop living) · vi đi đời nhà ma (to stop living) · ycl si (to stop living) · jje 시상을 버리다 (to stop living) · sw kufa (to become spiritually dead) · izh koolla (to stop living) · hy մահանալ (to stop living) · txb naut- (to stop living) · su pupus (to stop living) · sk skonať (to stop living) · iso ghu (to stop living) · uk ги́нути (to stop living) · ask mře (to stop living) · is skylja við (to stop living) · vi qua đời (to stop living) · fi potkaista tyhjää (to stop living) · clt thiy (to stop living) · be згі́нуць (to stop living) · sit-jap si (to stop living) · mi hurumutu (to stop living) · egy G17-X1:Z6 (to stop living) · arz مات (to stop living) · ko 죽다 (to stop living) · fi vaihtaa hiippakuntaa (to stop living) · am መሞት (to stop living) · sk zomrieť (to stop living) · sv avlida (to stop living) · sm maliu (to stop living) · it odiare (to become hated or utterly ignored) · ka დაღუპვა (to stop living) · nl het laten afweten (to break down) · ka სიკვდილი (to stop living) · sc morre (to stop living) · is deyja (to stop living) · haw make loa (to stop living) · nrf trépâsser (to stop living) · vi từ vong (to stop living) · zza abıriyen (to become hated or utterly ignored) · et langema (to stop living) · pt morrer (to stop living) · ja 死ぬ (to stop living) · nb(to stop living) · dz ཤི (to stop living) · da(to stop living) · fr périr (to perish, to cease to exist) · lmy mate (to stop living) · nb(to become spiritually dead) · ain イサㇺ (to stop living) · ko 사망하다 (to stop living) · kac si (to stop living) · tet mate (to stop living) · wa mori (to stop living) · hak(to stop living) · da afgå ved døden (to stop living) · sw kufa (to be mortified or shocked) · es palmarla (to stop living) · hu meghal (to stop living) · hy մեռնել (to stop living) · ky каза болуу (to stop living) · et surema (to stop living) · ru приказать долго жить (to stop living) · ny kumwálira (to stop living) · dsb wumrěś (to stop living) · is sofna hinsta svefni (to stop living) · is fara yfrum (to stop living) · nb dævve (to stop living) · frr stärwe (to stop living) · tpw manõ (to stop living) · fr tomber en panne (to break down) · ain ライ (to stop living) · yur moykek' (to stop living) · ca morir (to stop living) · fi kuolla (to be mortified or shocked) · sei aaha (to stop living) · uk помира́ти (to stop living) · be гі́нуць (to stop living) · sm oti (to stop living) · zu -fa (to stop living) · bg умра́ (to stop living) · otk 𐰆𐰲𐰀 𐰉𐰺 (to stop living) · ium daic (to stop living) · sc morriri (to stop living) · da sove ind (to stop living) · mk пцовисува (to stop living) · ka გარდაცვალება (to perish, to cease to exist) · gd caochail (to stop living) · ia morir (to stop living) · ur ہَلاک ہونا (to stop living) · yag malaku (to stop living) · mn өнгөрөх (to stop living) · pap muri (to stop living) · ml ചാവുക (to break down) · aii ܡܵܝܹܬ (to stop living) · vi hy sinh (to stop living) · pl dogorywać (to stop living) · et surema (to become hated or utterly ignored) · sh nastrádati (to stop living) · apc مات (to stop living) · vi từ trần (to stop living) · bo འཆི (to stop living) · ceb matay (to stop living) · haw make (to stop living) · it cadere (to stop living) · vi hi sinh (to stop living) · ar تُوُفِّيَ (to stop living) · bho मरल (to stop living) · fi hajota (to break down) · sh ùginuti (to stop living) · dsb wuměraś (to stop living) · fi kuolla (to become hated or utterly ignored) · hi मरना (to stop living) · ota اولمك (to stop living) · yo(to stop living) · pac cuchet (to stop living) · mn ᠥᠩᠭᠡᠷᠡᠬᠦ (to stop living) · tly marde (to stop living) · et kõngema (to stop living) · mi hemo (to stop living) · kk өлу (to stop living) · te పరమపదించు (to stop living) · as মৰ (to stop living) · it crepare (to stop living) · ryu まーすん (to stop living) · is sálast (to stop living) · ky жок болуу (to stop living) · ybh सिमा (to stop living) · fi menehtyä (to stop living) · om du'uu (to stop living) · vi hết hồn (to be mortified or shocked) · is drepast (to stop living) · ty pohe (to stop living) · sh поги́бати (to stop living) · fi heittää veivinsä (to stop living) · ps مړل (to stop living) · izh surra (to stop living) · kn ಸಾಯು (to stop living) · pt falecer (to stop living) · sv(to be mortified or shocked) · be паме́рці (to stop living) · th เสียชีวิต (to stop living) · az rəhmətə getmək (to stop living) · vi vĩnh biệt (to stop living) · grc τελευτάω (to stop living) · da omkomme (to stop living) · duu shi (to stop living) · sh упокојити (to stop living) · lus thi (to stop living) · tr vefat etmek (to stop living) · ab аҧсра (to stop living) · id meninggal (to stop living) · lv mirt (to stop living) · rys 死ぬん (to stop living) · vi khuất bóng (to stop living) · ang cwelan (to stop living) · es ñampiarse (to stop living) · my သေ (to stop living) · kpv кувны (to stop living) · mrw matay (to stop living) · izh hukkahua (to stop living) · da gå bort (to stop living) · yue 過身 /过身 (to stop living) · vi thất sủng (to become hated or utterly ignored) · is falla frá (to stop living) · da gå al kødets gang (to stop living) · cs umřít (to stop living) · bsh mře (to stop living) · grc βαίνω (to stop living) · pdc schtaerewe (to stop living) · sh уги́бати (to stop living) · sh црћи (to stop living) · pua uarhini (to stop living) · wa dihoter (to stop living) · tvo sone (to stop living) · fr crever (to stop living) · rsk умрец (to stop living) · ru умере́ть (to stop living) · ckb مردن (to break down) · pl zdychać (to stop living) · cmn(to stop living) · ur وَفات پانا (to stop living) · evn буми (to stop living) · ru дать дуба (to stop living) · sc morri (to stop living) · is sofna svefninum langa (to stop living) · es morir (to stop living) · rup moru (to stop living) · sh upokojiti (to stop living) · cdm सीसा (to stop living) · fi kaatua (to stop living) · vo deadön (to stop living) · kum оьлмек (to stop living) · nap murì (to stop living) · dlm morer (to stop living) · is láta lífið (to stop living) · uk зги́нути (to stop living) · ajp مات (to stop living) · pl zgasnąć (to stop living) · pa ਮਰਨਾ (to stop living) · roa-tar murè (to stop living) · de umkommen (to stop living) · ka გულის მოკვდომა (to become spiritually dead) · cy marw (to stop living) · fr mourir (to stop living) · et hinge heitma (to stop living) · pdc schtarewe (to stop living) · fi delata (to stop living) · bn মরা (to stop living) · hu hal (to stop living) · pl zdechnąć (to stop living) · ii(to stop living) · grc θνῄσκω (to stop living) · za dai (to stop living) · atv ӧлерге (to stop living) · ve -fa (to stop living) · fr passer l’arme à gauche (to perish, to cease to exist) · ang diegan (to stop living) · fur murî (to stop living) · mvi まーㇲ゙さまーㇲ゙ (to stop living) · vec morir (to stop living) · ak wu (to stop living) · chr ᎠᏲᎱᏍᎦ (to stop living) · qu wañuy (to stop living) · cs umírat (to stop living) · mgh ukhwa (to stop living) · yue 死火 (to break down) · eo misamuzigi (to fail to evoke laughter) · scn muriri (to stop living) · mnc ᠪᡠᠴᡝᠮᠪᡳ (to stop living) · cjy(to stop living) · mnp(to stop living) · it morire (to become spiritually dead) · sh цркавати (to stop living) · ms meninggal (to stop living) · grc ἀποθνήσκω (to stop living) · ty mate (to stop living) · ast morrer (to stop living) · fr décéder (to perish, to cease to exist) · mtq chết (to stop living) · la morior (to stop living) · nl overlijden (to stop living) · pi mīyati (to stop living) · nhx miqui (to stop living) · bg уми́рам (to stop living) · non deyja (to stop living) · ary مات (to stop living) · dlg өл (to stop living) · fi kuolla (to become spiritually dead) · sh у̀мрије̄ти (to stop living) · vi đi đời (to stop living) · sc morrire (to stop living) · mpi madɨ (to stop living) · hu elromlik (to break down) · ka გარდაცვალება (to stop living) · el αποβιώνω (to stop living) · tk ölmek (to stop living) · njo-jgl asü (to stop living) · bg издъ́хна (to stop living) · ko 숨지다 (to stop living) · mn ᠨᠠᠰᠤ ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠬᠤ (to stop living) · wuh se (to stop living) · mi mate (to stop living) · fi hyytyä (to fail to evoke laughter) · eo morti (to stop living) · cu оумьрѣти (to stop living) · oc morir (to stop living) · sga baïd (to stop living) · pcc daail (to stop living) · de umkommen (to perish, to cease to exist) · ln kufa (to stop living) · oj nibo (to stop living) · cmn 去世 (to stop living) · nci miqui (to stop living) · si මැරෙනවා (to stop living) · cwa -kwa (to stop living) · sh у̀мре̄ти (to stop living) · es espichar (to stop living) · da kradse af (to stop living) · grc ἀποθνῄσκω (to stop living) · vi xuống lỗ (to stop living) · ps مړه کېدل (to stop living) · izh saavva hukkaa (to stop living) · gd eug (to stop living) · mk починува (to stop living) · ht mouri (to stop living) · lt numirti (to stop living) · ncj miqui (to stop living) · bua үхэхэ (to stop living) · et kärvama (to stop living) · my ဆုံး (to stop living) · fi kuolla (to perish, to cease to exist) · de versterben (to stop living) · rm mureir (to stop living) · fy deagean (to stop living) · ltg nūmiert (to stop living) · ja 滅ぶ (to perish, to cease to exist) · ro muri (to stop living) · br mervel (to stop living) · vi về nơi an nghỉ cuối cùng (to stop living) · cu оумирати (to stop living) · nv daatsaah (to stop living) · lkt t'Á (to stop living) · sh preminuti (to stop living) · ja 壊れる (to break down) · af doodgaan (to stop living) · ms mati (to stop living) · ilo matay (to stop living) · got 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (to stop living) · fr expirer (to stop living) · ce са дала (to stop living) · sv(to become spiritually dead) · got 𐌳𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (to stop living) · ru погиба́ть (to stop living) · sh у̀мирати (to stop living) · sh pòginuti (to stop living) · ltg miert (to stop living) · nmn ǀʻâa (to stop living) · fo andast (to stop living) · ja 滅びる (to perish, to cease to exist) · svs ave (to stop living) · tr ölmek (to stop living) · rys まーらしぃん (to stop living) · or ମରିବା (to stop living) · af sterf (to stop living) · tpn (t-) e'õ (to stop living) · nl doodgaan (to fail to evoke laughter) · mg maty (to stop living) · pi miyyati (to stop living) · cop ⲙⲟⲩ (to stop living) · mfe mor (to stop living) · ja 心が折れる (to become spiritually dead) · ca odiar (to become hated or utterly ignored) · bdq lôch (to stop living) · hil matay (to stop living) · bg издъ́хвам (to stop living) · se jápmit (to stop living) · pl zemrzeć (to stop living) · sga at·baill (to stop living) · fi kuolla (to fail to evoke laughter) · is lognast út af (to stop living) · gld бурбури (to stop living) · ja 死亡する (to stop living) · sl umreti (to stop living) · xug 死ぬん (to stop living) · sv(to break down) · lld morì (to stop living) · el πεθαίνω (to stop living) · ky өлүү (to stop living) · pa مَرْنا (to stop living) · vi mất (to stop living) · nn døy (to stop living) · lmo morì (to stop living) · sh по̀гинути (to stop living) · zai rati (to stop living) · zza merden (to stop living) · ta இற (to stop living) · pl skonać (to stop living) · dng сы (to stop living) · es diñarla (to stop living) · frr sterew (to stop living) · tg мурдан (to stop living) · pis dae (to stop living) · uk умира́ти (to stop living) · fi mennä rikki (to break down) · tft sone (to stop living) · es morir (to perish, to cease to exist) · ta சா (to stop living) · nl het opgeven (to break down) · lij moï (to stop living) · urh ghwu (to stop living) · sm mate (to stop living) · mnw ချိုတ် (to stop living) · he שָׁבַק חַיִּים (to stop living) · nl sterven (to become hated or utterly ignored) · et lahkuma (to stop living) · sq vdes (to stop living) · sw kufa (to become hated or utterly ignored) · ne मर्नु (to stop living) · fr claquer (to break down) · sh ùmirati (to stop living) · otk 𐰇𐰠 (to stop living) · lld morir (to stop living) · uz oʻlmoq (to stop living) · sa म्रियते (to stop living) · ang steorfan (to stop living) · rm murir (to stop living) · ch måtai (to stop living) · et koolema (to stop living) · id mati (to break down) · mk умира (to stop living) · fy stjerre (to stop living) · ru поги́бнуть (to stop living) · mi mate kōngenge (to stop living) · kmr mirin (to stop living) · ur مَرْنا (to stop living) · ddg umu (to stop living) · vi thăng thiên (to stop living) · tn -swa (to stop living) · sgs pasėmėrtė (to stop living) · th ตาย (to stop living) · bo ཤི (to stop living) · yue(to stop living) · mn үхэх (to stop living) · wbk mře (to stop living) · mi mate hirinaki (to stop living) · nl doodgaan (to stop living) · sh crći (to stop living) · prg aulaūtwei (to stop living) · dv މަރުވަނީ (to stop living) · lpo 𖼳𖽡𖾐 (to stop living) · ru сдо́хнуть (to stop living) · ani вучӏиду (to stop living) · ofs sterva (to stop living) · aot thyi (to stop living) · mww tuag (to stop living) · mi mate whawhati tata (to stop living) · sh настра́дати (to stop living) · bor bi (to stop living) · az dünyanı dəyişmək (to stop living) · jje 패ᄒᆞ다 (to stop living) · is verða bráðkvaddur (to stop living) · te మరణించు (to stop living) · el αποθνήσκω (to stop living) · sh ugíbati (to stop living) · fi kadota (to perish, to cease to exist) · pga mutu (to stop living) · sv(to stop living) · sq ngordh (to stop living) · da stille træskoene (to stop living) · fi kuolla (to stop living) · es transir (to stop living) · ml മരിക്കുക (to stop living) · da ophøre (to break down) · prs مُرْدَن (to stop living) · pl zginąć (to stop living) · my ကွယ်လွန် (to stop living) · erk mat (to stop living) · ln kúfa (to stop living) · de sterben (to stop living) · ug ئۆلمەك (to stop living) · ja 亡くなる (to stop living) · gsw steerbe (to stop living) · fi edesmennä (to stop living) · mi mōnehu (to stop living) · bkt wa (to stop living) · ppl miqui (to stop living) · sah өл (to stop living) · zea sterve (to stop living) · fi nukkua pois (to stop living) · gl morrer (to stop living) · ny kufá (to stop living) · egy G17-X1:G43 (to stop living) · tt үләргә (to stop living) · izh nukkua (to stop living) · fr calancher (to perish, to cease to exist) · vi lìa đời (to stop living) · csb ùmierac (to stop living) · de ums Leben kommen (to stop living) · kha yap (to stop living) · sq dek (to stop living) · sl umirati (to stop living) · txg 𗈶 (to stop living) · lis ꓫꓵꓺ (to stop living) · xsr ཤི (to stop living) · bvm kwú (to stop living) · la pereo (to stop living) · pms murì (to stop living) · fy ferstjerre (to stop living) · hu elhuny (to stop living) · tpi dai (to stop living) · vi hú hồn (to be mortified or shocked) · av хвезе (to stop living) · af sterwe (to stop living) · te కాలం చేయు (to stop living) · be паміра́ць (to stop living)

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Source: en.wiktionary, “die” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

die en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [daɪ̯] (Canada)
  • [dɑj] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /daɪ/
  • [dɑe̯] (Australia)
  • [däɪ̯] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • [dəɪ̯] Ottawa Valley
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum. Replaced Old English tasul, tesul (“die”), from Latin tessella (“die, cube”).

Meanings

  1. An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
    • Roll two dies 24 times. What is the probability of rolling at least one double 6? 2014, Ionut Florescu, Ciprian A. Tudor, Handbook of Probability, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN:
    • When you roll two dies—or three, or four—the odds of obtaining a specific number becomes complex in a logarithmic progression. 2000, Richard Shoup, edited by Barry Lenson, Take Control Of Your Life: How to Control Fate, Luck, Chaos, Karma, and Life’s Other Unruly Forces, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 42:
    • We roll two dies repeatedly until we get the first double. 2012, Rinaldo B. Schinazi, “Probability Space”, in Probability with Statistical Applications, 2nd edition, Birkhäuser, →ISBN, “Independent Events”, “Exercises”, page 16:
    • I rolled the die and moved 2 spaces on the board.
    • When this creature enters the battlefield, roll a six-sided die. You gain life equal to the result. 2017 December 8, “Adorable Kitten”, in Unstable, Wizards of the Coast:
    • If a Dye were mark’d with one Figure or Number of Spots on four Sides, and with another Figure or Number of Spots on the two remaining Sides, ’twould be more probable, that the former ſhould turn up than the latter; 1748, [David Hume], “Of Probability”, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 94:
    • Most dice are six-sided.
  2. The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
  3. (obsolete) 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. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 13, page 249:
  4. A device for cutting into a specified shape.
  5. A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
  6. A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
  7. An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
  8. (also, plural, qualifier:semiconductors) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
    • The number of dies per wafer is basically the area of the wafer divided by the area of the die. 2002, John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 19:
    • Once the wafer has undergone the wafer-probe test, it is separated into individual dice by sawing or scribing and breaking. The dice are visually inspected, sorted, and readied for assembly into packages. 2009, Paul R. Gray, Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, 5th edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 159:
  9. Any small cubical or square body.
    • Some young creatures have learnt their letters and syllables, and the pronouncing and spelling of words, by having them pasted or written upon many little flat tablets or dies. 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dies Number=Plur lexicographic
dies Number=Plur nonstandard lexicographic
dice Number=Plur lexicographic
dye alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

diemaker · precision die · d1000 · d66 · on-die · d666 · d12 · drugstore die · d20 · die grinder · d4 · beer die · die bonder · die plate · d6 · doubling die · die-cast · diestock · true as a die · d100 · dielike · die-cut · poker die · dieless · diesinker · loaded dice · waxing die · cocked die · fuzzy die · die cap · counterdie · tool and die · the die is cast · die-casting · d10 · diework · coin die · die cutting · straight as a die · d8 · diesinking

Synonyms

cube of chance · cube of fortune

Translations (182)

hu dobókocka (polyhedron used in games of chance) · th ลูกเต๋า (polyhedron used in games of chance) · mi tā ngauwiri tia (device used to cut an external screw thread) · eo ludkubo (polyhedron used in games of chance) · es troquel (embossed device used in stamping) · es cabrito (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ja 骰子 (polyhedron used in games of chance) · eo ĵetpluredro (polyhedral) (polyhedron used in games of chance) · lv kauliņš (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fi leikkain (device for cutting into a specified shape) · el ζάρι (polyhedron used in games of chance) · it matrice (device for cutting into a specified shape) · lt kauliukas (polyhedron used in games of chance) · nl vorm (device for cutting into a specified shape) · lo ອັກຂະ (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ia cuneo (embossed device used in stamping) · es cuño (embossed device used in stamping) · kk ойын сүйегі (polyhedron used in games of chance) · vi xí ngầu (polyhedron used in games of chance) · th บาศก์ (polyhedron used in games of chance) · pt dado (polyhedron used in games of chance) · nds wörpel (polyhedron used in games of chance) · pt cunho (embossed device used in stamping) · ro zar (polyhedron used in games of chance) · sl matrica (device for cutting into a specified shape) · fo terningur (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ru ку́бик (polyhedron used in games of chance) · da terning (polyhedron used in games of chance) · hu kocka (polyhedron used in games of chance) · el ζάρια (polyhedron used in games of chance) · grc κύβος (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ang tesol (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ja 賽子 (polyhedron used in games of chance) · lij(polyhedron used in games of chance) · sw dadu (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fr filière (device used to cut an external screw thread) · sl kocka (cubical part of a pedestal) · sh sokl (cubical part of a pedestal) · fy dobbelstien (polyhedron used in games of chance) · pms(polyhedron used in games of chance) · nl plint (cubical part of a pedestal) · ar زَهْر اَلطَّاوِلَة (polyhedron used in games of chance) · nl dobbelsteen (polyhedron used in games of chance) · alt сӧӧк (polyhedron used in games of chance) · la talus (d4) (polyhedron used in games of chance) · sl štampiljka (embossed device used in stamping) · fi siru (fragment of a completed integrated circuit wafer) · it piastrina (fragment of a completed integrated circuit wafer) · pt soclo (cubical part of a pedestal) · sv gängsnitt (device used to cut an external screw thread) · fi meisti (device for cutting into a specified shape) · sl kocka (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ml അച്ച് (device for cutting into a specified shape) · nl rafelsteen (polyhedron used in games of chance) · mk коцка (polyhedron used in games of chance) · cy dis (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ovd tärningg (polyhedron used in games of chance) · hrx Werrfel (polyhedron used in games of chance) · be косць (polyhedron used in games of chance) · he קובייה (polyhedron used in games of chance) · es cuña (embossed device used in stamping) · fr emporte-pièce (device for cutting into a specified shape) · bg щампа (embossed device used in stamping) · pl matryca (device for cutting into a specified shape) · pdt Wirfel (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fa طاس (polyhedron used in games of chance) · nds wörpelterling (polyhedron used in games of chance) · gl dado (polyhedron used in games of chance) · rgn dêd (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fi jalusta (cubical part of a pedestal) · ru ште́мпель (embossed device used in stamping) · lb Wierfel (polyhedron used in games of chance) · vi xúc xắc (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ia plyntho (cubical part of a pedestal) · it plinto (cubical part of a pedestal) · pt molde (device for cutting into a specified shape) · enm dee (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ovd kub (polyhedron used in games of chance) · nds dubbelsten (polyhedron used in games of chance) · tk zar (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fi kierreleuka (device used to cut an external screw thread) · ru пла́шка (device used to cut an external screw thread) · ca dau (polyhedron used in games of chance) · he מַחְרֹקֶת (device used to cut an external screw thread) · ota میخ (embossed device used in stamping) · bg матрица (device for cutting into a specified shape) · nl voet (cubical part of a pedestal) · sq zar (polyhedron used in games of chance) · et täring (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ka კამათელი (polyhedron used in games of chance) · el κύβος (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ga dísle (polyhedron used in games of chance) · hi पासा (polyhedron used in games of chance) · io lud-kubo (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fi kierrepakka (device used to cut an external screw thread) · fi arpakuutio (polyhedron used in games of chance) · es dado (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ia socculo (cubical part of a pedestal) · oc dat (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fi leimasin (embossed device used in stamping) · cmn 色子 (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fi muotti (device for cutting into a specified shape) · pl kostka (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ht zo (polyhedron used in games of chance) · cs kostka (polyhedron used in games of chance) · nl teerling (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fr(polyhedron used in games of chance) · no stempel (embossed device used in stamping) · mi pīrori (polyhedron used in games of chance) · mn шоо (polyhedron used in games of chance) · es troquel (device for cutting into a specified shape) · sk kocka (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ru игра́льная кость (polyhedron used in games of chance) · nl mal (device for cutting into a specified shape) · hsb kóstka (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ang tæfl (polyhedron used in games of chance) · eo ĵetkubo (polyhedron used in games of chance) · sco die (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ms dadu (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fr puce (fragment of a completed integrated circuit wafer) · te పాచిక (polyhedron used in games of chance) · he קֻבִּיָּה (polyhedron used in games of chance) · nl matrijs (device for cutting into a specified shape) · fi lastu (fragment of a completed integrated circuit wafer) · it dado (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ru кость (polyhedron used in games of chance) · sh коцка (polyhedron used in games of chance) · lo ລູກເຕົ໋າ (polyhedron used in games of chance) · bg метчик (device used to cut an external screw thread) · bg зар (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fi noppa (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fur dât (polyhedron used in games of chance) · nl stempel (embossed device used in stamping) · be ко́стка (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fi stanssi (device for cutting into a specified shape) · ota زار (polyhedron used in games of chance) · sl vrezilo (device for cutting into a specified shape) · tr zar (polyhedron used in games of chance) · mk зар (polyhedron used in games of chance) · mi mataono tau (polyhedron used in games of chance) · izh kivykkäin (polyhedron used in games of chance) · he מחרוקת (device used to cut an external screw thread) · it conio (embossed device used in stamping) · no terning (polyhedron used in games of chance) · no sokkel (cubical part of a pedestal) · ca encuny (embossed device used in stamping) · de Würfel (polyhedron used in games of chance) · hy զառ (polyhedron used in games of chance) · mt damma (polyhedron used in games of chance) · tl dado (polyhedron used in games of chance) · el κύβοι (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ia dato (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ru штамп (device for cutting into a specified shape) · ar زَهْر اَلنَّرْد (polyhedron used in games of chance) · nds terling (polyhedron used in games of chance) · eo ludpluredro (polyhedral) (polyhedron used in games of chance) · dsb kóstka (polyhedron used in games of chance) · mn ᠱᠣ (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ko 주사위 (polyhedron used in games of chance) · zza zar (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ru чека́н (embossed device used in stamping) · pl kość (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ru ле́рка (device used to cut an external screw thread) · is teningur (polyhedron used in games of chance) · la tessera (d6) (polyhedron used in games of chance) · la ālea (polyhedron used in games of chance) · pt plinto (cubical part of a pedestal) · lmo dad (polyhedron used in games of chance) · eo tranĉilo (device for cutting into a specified shape) · af dobbelsteen (polyhedron used in games of chance) · cmn 骰子 (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ar كَعْب (polyhedron used in games of chance) · fr matrice (device for cutting into a specified shape) · sh kocka (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ast dadu (polyhedron used in games of chance) · my အန် (polyhedron used in games of chance) · uk кі́стка (polyhedron used in games of chance) · pt soco (cubical part of a pedestal) · km អាប៉ោង (polyhedron used in games of chance) · ain パクッチタマ (polyhedron used in games of chance) · sv tärning (polyhedron used in games of chance) · az zər (polyhedron used in games of chance)

wikidata: Q2609080 · wikidata: Q45089 · wikidata: Q1129424

die en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • [daɪ̯] (Canada)
  • [dɑj] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /daɪ/
  • [dɑe̯] (Australia)
  • [däɪ̯] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • [dəɪ̯] Ottawa Valley
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Variant spelling.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of dye.
    alt of dye
    • He hath carried his friendship to this man to a blameable length, by too long concealing facts of the blackest die. 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dye alternative, obsolete lexicographic
dies Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “die” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

die en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • [daɪ̯] (Canada)
  • [dɑj] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /daɪ/
  • [dɑe̯] (Australia)
  • [däɪ̯] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • [dəɪ̯] Ottawa Valley
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Variant spelling.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of dye.
    alt of dye
    • To die Wool and Woollen Cloths of a Blue Colour. One part of indigo, in four parts concentrated sulphuric acid, dissolved; then add one part of dry carbonate of potash, [...] 1827, John Shepard, The artist & tradesman's guide: embracing some leading facts:
    • To die wool with madder, prepare a fresh liquor, and when the water is come to a heat to bear the hand, put in half a pound of the finest grape madder for each pound of wool; 1813, James Haigh, The Dier's Assistant in the Art of Dying Wool and Woollen Goods:
    • Also no dyer shall die any cloth, except he die the cloth and the list with one colour, without tacking any bulrushes or such like thing upon the lists, upon pain to forfeit 40 s. for every cloth. And no person shall put to sale any cloth deceitfully dyed, 1739, John Cay, An abridgment of the publick statutes in force and use from Magna Charta, in the ninth year of King Henry III, to the eleventh year of his present Majesty King George II, inclusive, Drapery, XXVII. Sect. 16

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dye alternative, obsolete lexicographic
dying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
died Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
died Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

live · breathe · be born · subsist · germinate · reincarnate · survive · sprout · rise from the dead · come back to life

Hyponyms

suffocate · go gentle into that good night · drown · overdose · stifle · lose my life for Jesus Christ · ob. · bleed out · sleep with the fishes

Relateds

kill · death · List of expressions related to death · dead

Synonyms

be with Jesus · assume room temperature · go out · pass away · be called home · meet one's doom · yield up the ghost · pop off · dematerialize · pass the river · croak · meet one's end · go the way of the dodo · forfare · be gathered to one's fathers · drop off the hooks · join the choir invisible · give up the ghost · liquidate · buy the farm · cash in one's chips · code · push up daisies · draw one's last breath · darken · hand in one's checks · fall off the twig · bite the biscuit · go the way of the dinosaurs · keel over · slip away · cark it · go the way of all flesh · pass in one's marble · shuffle off this mortal coil · conk out · exit · cross the Styx · sleep with one's fathers · take a dirt nap · pay nature's debt · give one's all · knock off · succumb · kick off · lose the number of one's mess · pass over · pass in one's checks · go the way of the dodo bird · pass · expire · sink · decompose · check out · bite the big one · pass on · close one's eyes for the last time · go over to the majority · be no more · go west · go to one's reward · meet one's maker · be like the the One · decease · pay the debt of nature · peg out · kick the bucket · disincarnate · cross over · snuff it · be with the Lord · bite the dust · flatline · cross the Great Divide · cash in · go to glory · go for a burton · buy it · pop one's clogs · perish · depart · turn up one's toes · hand in one's dinner pail · auger in · hop the twig

Source: en.wiktionary, “die” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

die en · ADV · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • [daɪ̯] (Canada)
  • [dɑj] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /daɪ/
  • [dɑe̯] (Australia)
  • [däɪ̯] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • [dəɪ̯] Ottawa Valley
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin die (“[in a] day”), locative of Latin dies (“day”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) per day
    • Clozapine 100 mg die a.m.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dye alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Relateds

sine die · de die ad diem · adjournment sine die · de die in diem