Overview of noun die

The noun die has 3 senses

• die, dice -- (a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers)


• die -- (a device used for shaping metal)


• 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)

Overview of verb die

The verb die has 11 senses

• 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 -- (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 -- (suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith")


• die -- (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")


• fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down -- (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")


• die -- (feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery")


• die -- (languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave")


• die, die out -- (cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts")


• die -- (to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player)


• die, pall, become flat -- (lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall")


• die -- (disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!")


• die -- (suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die")