The Meaning of die

• (v. i.) 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.
• (v. i.) To suffer death; to lose life.
• (v. i.) To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.
• (v. i.) To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
• (v. i.) To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.
• (v. i.) To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away.
• (v. i.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
• (v. i.) To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) Any small cubical or square body.
• (n.) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
• (n.) That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (pl. ) of Dice

Synonyms

dice , 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 , fail , go bad , give way , give out , conk out , go , break , break down , die out , pall , become flat

Antonyms

be born

Homophones

dai , dye

Rhymes

acidify , adl-tabatabai , ai , akai , alai , alibi , alkali , ally , altai , alumni , alveoli , amplify , apply , awry , aye , bae , bandai , barkai , beatify , beautify , belie , bely , bi , bligh , bly , blye , bonsai , botfly , brunei , brye , buckeye , bugeye , butterfly , buy , by , bye , bye-bye , cai , calcify , certify , chi , chiengmai , chubais , chugai , clarify , classify , codify , comply , crucify , cry , crye , cspi , cy , dai , dalai , decertify , declassify , decry , defy , deify , demystify , deny , detoxify , dignify , disqualify , dissatisfy , diversify , dongmei , drip-dry , dry , drye , dubai , dui , dwi , dye , edify , electrify , exemplify , eye , fae , falsify , fi , firefly , fly , fortify , frei , fry , frye , fye , gadfly , gae , gemini , glorify , goldeneye , good-bye , goodby , goodbye , gratify , guy , hawkeye , hereby , heye , hi , hi-fi , high , horrify , hy , i , identify , imply , indemnify , intensify , isty , iwai , jai , july , justify , kanai , kansai , kauai , kokusai , kwai , lahaie , lai , lanai , lehigh , lie , liquefy , lorelei , lullaby , ly , lye , magnify , magpie , mai , mcfly , mei , mihai , misapply , misidentify , mistry , modify , mollify , molokai , mordecai , mortify , multiply , mummify , my , mystify , nearby , necktie , ngai , nicolae , nigh , nikolai , notify , nuclei , nullify , nye , occupy , ossify , outcry , overbuy , overfly , oversimplify , oversupply , pacify , personify , petrify , phi , phy , pi , pie , pigsty , ply , potpie , preoccupy , pri , private-eye , pry , psi , pty , purify , pye , qualify , quantify , rabbi , ramify , ratify , reclassify , rectify , rely , reply , requalify , retry , reunify , rye , sai , samurai , satisfy , semidry , shai , shanghai , shoofly , shy , sigh , signify , simplify , sinai , sky , sligh , sly , slye , solidify , specify , speechify , spry , spy , standby , stimuli , stratify , stultify , sty , sundai , supply , sy , tai , terrify , testify , thai , thereby , thigh , thy , tie , tokai , try , tsai , ty , tye , typify , unclassify , underlie , underly , unify , untie , uruguay , verify , versailles , vi , vie , vilify , vy , wai , whereby , why , wry , wrye , wye , xuemei , y , zhuhai