Die
Definition of Die
Pronunciation: dīs | v. i. | 1. | 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. She will die from want of care. - Tennyson. | | 2. | To suffer death; to lose life. | | 3. | To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished. | | 4. | To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc. | | 5. | To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin. | | 6. | To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; - often with out or away. | | 7. | (Arch.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face. | | 8. | To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor. | | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Any small cubical or square body. | | 3. | That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.Such is the die of war. - Spenser. | | 4. | (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado. | | 5. | (Mach.) 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. |
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