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die in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. lose sparkle or bouquet
    "wine and beer can pall"
    die  pall  become flat 
  2. 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"
    fail  go bad  give way  die  give out  conk out  go  break  break down 
  3. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
    "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"
    die  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 
  4. disappear or come to an end
    "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"
    die 
  5. suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
    "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
    die 
  6. to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
    die 
  7. cut or shape with a die
    "Die out leather for belts"
    die  die out 
  8. 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"
    die 
  9. languish as with love or desire
    "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
    die 
  10. feel indifferent towards
    "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
    die 
  11. suffer or face the pain of death
    "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
    die 
noun
  1. a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
    die  dice 
  2. a device used for shaping metal
    die 
  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
    die 
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