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verb(die)cut or shape with a die
Synonyms: die out,
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verb(die)pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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,
Antonyms: be born,
Examples:
She died from cancer.
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verb(die)stop operating or functioning
Examples:
The car died on the road.
die
noun(die)a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
Synonyms: dice,
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noun(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
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noun(die)a device used for shaping metal
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verb(die)be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
Examples:
We almost died laughing during the show.
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verb(die)disappear or come to an end
Examples:
Their anger died.
My secret will die with me!.
My secret will die with me!.
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verb(die)feel indifferent towards
Examples:
She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery.
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verb(die)languish as with love or desire
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verb(die)suffer or face the pain of death
Examples:
Martyrs may die every day for their faith.
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verb(die)suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
Examples:
Whosoever..believes in me shall never die.
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verb(die)to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player