die

A2
Pronunciation
/daɪ/
Noun
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.

2 Definition

That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.

3 Definition

(plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

4 Definition

The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.

5 Definition

A device for cutting into a specified shape.

6 Definition

A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)

7 Definition

A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.

8 Definition

An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.

9 Definition

(plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

10 Definition

Any small cubical or square body.

11 Definition

A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

12 Definition

Any hue, color, or blee.

Verb
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

2 Definition

To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).

Example Sentences
  • He died a hero's death.
3 Definition

To yearn intensely.

Example Sentences
  • I'm dying for a packet of crisps.
4 Definition

To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.

Example Sentences
  • The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.
5 Definition

To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

Example Sentences
  • He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.
6 Definition

To be mortified or shocked by a situation.

Example Sentences
  • If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.
7 Definition

To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.

Example Sentences
  • When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.
8 Definition

(of a machine) To stop working, to break down.

Example Sentences
  • My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.
9 Definition

(of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).

10 Definition

To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.

11 Definition

To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

12 Definition

(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.

Example Sentences
  • to die to pleasure or to sin
13 Definition

To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

14 Definition

To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

15 Definition

(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.

Example Sentences
  • Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal...
16 Definition

To colour with dye, or as if with dye.