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die

 
Noun die has 3 senses
  1. dice, die - small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
    --1 is a kind of cube, square block
    --1 has particulars: five-spot; four-spot; six-spot
  2. die - a device used for shaping metal
    --2 is a kind of
    shaping tool
    --2 has particulars: stamp
    Derived form: verb die7
  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
    --3 is a kind of
    cutter, cutlery, cutting tool
    Derived form: verb die7
Verb die has 11 senses
  1. die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass - 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"
    --1 is one way to change state, turn
    Antonyms: be born
    Derived forms: noun death1, noun death2, noun death3, noun Death4, noun death5, noun death7
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
    --2 is one way to
    suffer, endure
    Derived forms: noun death1, noun death2, noun death3, noun Death4, noun death5, noun death7
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  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"
    --3 is one way to
    break down, lose it, snap
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s PP
    Somebody ----s VERB-ing
  4. fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
    --4 is one way to change
    Sample sentence:
    These cars won't die
  5. die - feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
    --5 is one way to
    feel, experience
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  6. die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
    --6 is one way to
    ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s PP
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
  7. die, die out - cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts"
    --7 is one way to cut out
    Derived forms: noun die3, noun die2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  8. die - to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
    --8 is one way to
    play
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  9. die, pall, become flat - lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
    --9 is one way to change
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  10. die - disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"
    --10 is one way to
    disappear, vanish, go away
    Derived forms: noun death6, noun death8, noun dying1
    Sample sentence:
    The business is going to die
  11. die - suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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