die
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
Verb 4 meanings
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
“He died a hero's death.”
To yearn intensely.
“I'm really dying to eat in that new restaurant.”
To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
“The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.”
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Adverb 1 meaning
per day
“Clozapine 100 mg die a.m.”
Etymology
From Middle English deyen, probably from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced native Old English sweltan, whence Modern English swelt, and Old English steorfan, whence modern starve.
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DIE at a glance
DIE has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + E 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #865 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with die
All rhymes- INDIE6
- HOODIE10
- BIRDIE9
- FOODIE10
- KIDDIE12
- GOODIE8
- OLDIE6
- CADDIE10
- BADDIE10
- ROADIE7
- LADDIE8
- NUDIE6
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