die
1. a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces;
used in gambling to generate random numbers (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
dice
• Derivationally related forms:
dice (for: dice)
• Hypernyms:
cube, square block
• Hyponyms:
five-spot, five, four-spot, four, one-spot,
six-spot, six
2. a device used for shaping metal (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
shaping tool
• Hyponyms:
stamp
3. 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
• Hypernyms:
cutter, cutlery, cutting tool
1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (Freq. 141)
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
• Syn:
decease, perish, go, exit, pass away,
expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk,
give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
• Ant:
be born
• See Also:
die out, die off, die down
• Derivationally related forms:
passing (for: pass), expiration (for: expire), exit (for: exit), going (for: go), decedent (for: decease), decease (for: decease), death, Death
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
abort, suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, buy it,
pip out, drown, predecease, starve, famish, fall,
succumb, yield
• Verb Group:
fail, go bad, give way, give out, conk out,
go, break, break down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. suffer or face the pain of death (Freq. 1)
- Martyrs may die every day for their faith
• Derivationally related forms:
death, Death
• Hypernyms:
suffer, endure
• Verb Group:
decease, perish, go, exit, pass away,
expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk,
give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame (Freq. 1)
- I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered
- We almost died laughing during the show
• Hypernyms:
break down, lose it, snap
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
4. stop operating or functioning (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
fail, go bad, give way, give out, conk out,
go, break, break down
• Derivationally related forms:
breakdown (for: break down), breakable (for: break), failure (for: fail)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
crash, go down, blow out, burn out, blow,
misfire, malfunction, misfunction
• Verb Group:
decease, perish, go, exit, pass away,
expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk,
conk, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak,
snuff it, break
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- These cars won't die
5. feel indifferent towards
- She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery
• Hypernyms:
feel, experience
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
6. languish as with love or desire
- She dying for a cigarette
- I was dying to leave
• Hypernyms:
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
7. cut or shape with a die
- Die out leather for belts
• Syn:
die out
• Hypernyms:
cut out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
8. to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
9. lose sparkle or bouquet
- wine and beer can pall
• Syn:
pall, become flat
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
10. disappear or come to an end
- Their anger died
- My secret will die with me!
• Derivationally related forms:
death, dying
• Hypernyms:
disappear, vanish, go away
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The business is going to die
11. suffer spiritual death;
be damned (in the religious sense)
- Whosoever..believes in me shall never die
• Topics:
religion, faith, religious belief
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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