Meaning

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
2. (transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
3. (video games, slang) To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
5. (intransitive, uncommon, idiomatic) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
6. (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
7. (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
8. (intransitive, figurative, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.

Example Sentences

Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away, Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.

The cheeks drop in; the body bows; Man dies: nor is there hope in dust: […]

He died a hero's 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.

Whenever my brother dies, he ragequits.

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.

Oh look, I just died.[…]I missed that jump again! That was dumb! Hey, I just died on the same freakin' Zinger.

Word Forms

• dies
• dying
• died
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• diest
• diedst
• dieth
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• dye
• dice

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Use die when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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