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- DictionaryDie/dī/
verb
- 1. (of a person, animal, or plant) stop living: "the king died a violent death"
- 2. used to emphasize that one wants to do or have something very much: informal "they must be dying for a drink"
A1. to stop being alive, either suddenly or slowly: Twelve people died in the accident. She died of/from hunger / cancer /a heart attack /her injuries. Do they count people who die with Covid-19 (= who have it when they die)? It is a brave person who will die for their beliefs. I would like to die in my sleep (= while I am sleeping).
verb. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. “She died from cancer”. 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.
Definition of die verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To stop living; become dead; expire: plants that died in the first frost of the season. 2. To cease existing, often gradually; fade: The sunlight died in the west. 3. To experience an intense, seemingly unbearable reaction to something: nearly died of embarrassment. 4. Informal To want something very much.
4 days ago · Definition of 'die' Word Frequency. die. (daɪ ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense dies , present participle dying , past tense, past participle died. 1. verb [no passive] When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living. A year later my dog died. [VERB] Sadly, both he and my mother died of cancer. [V + of/from]
verb. /daɪ/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to stop living Her husband died suddenly last week. The plants died within a week. die of/from something to die of/from cancer die for something He died for his beliefs.
Die definition, to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead. See more.
