die
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/daΙͺ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).βHe died a hero's death.β
- To yearn intensely.βI'm dying for a packet of crisps.β
- To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.βThe day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.β
noun
- A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
- That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
- (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
noun
- The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
noun
- A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
- Any hue, color, or blee.
verb
- To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
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Synonyms
be no morebite the big onebite the dustbuy the farmcease to becheck outcross overcross the riverexpiregive up the ghostgo to meet one's makerhop off the twigjoin the choir invisiblekick the bucketpasspass awaypass onpush up the daisies