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The Meaning of expire

  • (v. t.) To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
  • (v. t.) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors.
  • (v. t.) To emit; to give out.
  • (v. t.) To bring to a close; to terminate.
  • (v. i.) To emit the breath.
  • (v. i.) To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
  • (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.
  • (v. i.) To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.

Synonyms

go , beetle off , conk out , choke , breathe out , bolt , croak , exit , perish , snuff it , pass away , cash in one's chips , run off , poop out , conk , bolt out , run down , drop dead , run out , drain , fail , peter out , die , pop off , buy the farm , give out , give-up the ghost , pass , kick the bucket , spill , decease , exhale , fall , function , come about , murmur , give way , elapse , hold out , pass out , run , go past , lead , top , put across , go by , devolve , operate , cronk , travel , occur , last , scrag , fade , go away , excrete , reach , move , spend , rifle , slide by , asphyxiate , foul , turn over , run low , die out , plump , legislate , happen , egest , fret , authorise , exceed , fleet , get out , overstep , endure , give , draw , make it , congest , blend in , run short , get going , locomote , back up , choke off , make pass , suffocate , grumble , slip away , authorize , live , return , blend , go out , fall out , hap , slip by , go on , sink , eliminate , lapse , belong , mutter , clog , pass off , go bad , become flat , survive , blow over , get , take place , gag , overhaul , throttle , become , go through , evanesce , live on , communicate , hand , clog up , swoon , fit , go across , sound , overtake , transcend , glide by , gnarl , extend , start , depart , faint , stifle , pall , proceed , break down , clear , stall , travel by , hold up , pass along , break , go along , surpass , guide , pass by , leave , strangle , work , pass on , emanate , give forth , cease , decline , wither

Antonyms

be born , come into being , flourish , rise again , begin , come to life , grow , rise from the dead , be immortal , exist , live , survive

Rhymes

admire , afire , alkire , aspire , backfire , beijer , berkshire , biedermeier , crossfire , devonshire , dire , dwire , eir , esquire , fire , frymire , gire , glenayre , guire , gunfire , gyr , haywire , hellfire , hire , hyre , inquire , inspire , ire , izaguirre , lancashire , lyre , maguire , martyre , mcguire , mcintire , mcquire , mire , myre , perspire , quire , reacquire , require , retire , safire , schreyer , scire , shire , shropshire , skier , smyre , spire , squire , tyre , untermeyer , whitmire , wiltshire , wire , wyre