What (who) is Die - definition
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Die
·pl of Dice.
II. Die ·vi To suffer death; to lose life.
III. Die ·noun Any small cubical or square body.
IV. Die ·vi To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
V. Die ·noun That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.
VI. Die ·noun That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
VII. Die ·vi To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.
VIII. Die ·vi To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
IX. Die ·vi To perish in any manner; to Cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.
X. Die ·vi To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to Vanish;
- often with out or away.
XII. Die ·noun A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. ·see Dice.
XIII. Die ·noun A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, ·etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool.
XIV. Die ·noun A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.
XV. Die ·noun A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, ·etc.
XVI. Die ·vi To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to Expire; to Perish;
- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.
die
1. <jargon> crash. Unlike crash, which is used primarily
of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software.
See also go flatline, casters-up mode.
2. <electronics> Plural: dies. An unpackaged {integrated
circuit}.
[Jargon File ]
(2002-12-09)
die
die1
¦ verb (dies, dying, died)
1. stop living.
(die out) become extinct.
be forgotten.
2. (often die away/down) become less loud or strong.
3. informal used to emphasize strong desire, embarrassment, shock, etc.: I nearly died when I saw them.
(be dying for/to do something) be very eager for something.
Phrases
die a (or the) death Brit. fail utterly or come to an end.
die hard change very slowly: old habits die hard.
never say die said to encourage someone not to give up hope.
to die for informal extremely good or desirable.
Origin
ME: from ON deyja, of Gmc origin; related to dead.
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die2
¦ noun
1. singular form of dice.
2. (plural dies) a device for cutting or moulding metal or for stamping a design on coins or medals.
3. (plural dies) Architecture the cubic part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice; a dado or plinth.
Phrases
the die is cast a decision has been taken that cannot be changed.
(as) straight as a die
1. completely straight.
2. entirely open and honest.
Origin
ME: from OFr. de, from L. datum 'something given or played', neut. past participle of dare.
Usage
In modern standard English, the singular die (rather than dice) for sense 1 is relatively uncommon. Dice is widely used for both the singular and the plural.
Wikipedia
Die
Die, as a verb, refers to death, the cessation of life.
Die may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for Die
1. Die, die, die, die, die, eh!
Off Broadway's Drunk Shakespeare _ Talks at Google
2. -
- Die, you motherfuckers! Die!
Pulp Fiction
3. die.
Leymah Gbowee _ Live Conversation _ Talks at Google
4. die?
Strategy for You _ Rich Horwath _ Talks at Google
5. die.
Off-Broadway's The Imbible - A Spirited History of Drinking _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Die
1. Al–Nahar will not die, Lebanon will not die, freedom will not die.
2. Next to it a colleague had scrawled: Die ragheads die!
3. Related articles21.01.2003÷ Terminally ill Briton helped to die in Zurich 21.08.2001÷ Terminally ill woman fights for right to die 20.08.2001÷ Woman fights for right to die 07.10.2000÷ Judge confirms patients‘ right to die 11.08.2000÷ Motor neurone man, 1', wins the right to die 11.03.2000÷ Brady fails to win right to die in jail 24.06.1'''÷ Doctors to decide on right to die 10.03.1'''÷ Church members given right to die Useful linksVoluntary Euthanasia Society justice4diane.org.uk (Diane Pretty‘s official site) ukActNow.org Euthanasia.com Euthanasia World Directory
4. He would scream ‘I don‘t want to die, I don‘t want to die,‘‘‘ she said.
5. Sometimes we die." "Dying for Iraq is a horrible way to die," said Spec.