Meaning

24 senses
  1. (intransitive)To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

  2. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

    (intransitive)Followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use

    He died of malaria.

  3. (intransitive)Followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences

    He died from heart failure.

  4. (intransitive)Followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes

    He died for the one he loved.

  5. (intransitive, proscribed, sometimes)Followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from)

    I can't believe I just died to a turret!

  6. (intransitive)Followed by with as an indication of manner

    She died with dignity.

  7. (intransitive)To die in a certain form.

    Will I die a happy man?

    cut or shape with a die

  8. (transitive)To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).

    He died a hero's death.

    They died a thousand deaths.

  9. (slang)To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.

    Whenever my brother dies, he ragequits.

  10. (figuratively, intransitive)To yearn intensely.

    I'm really dying to eat in that new restaurant.

    I'm dying for a piss.

  11. (idiomatic, intransitive, uncommon)To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.

    The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.

  12. (figuratively, intransitive)To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

    He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.

Examples

6944 sentences
  1. If you don't eat, you die.

    Якщо не їсти, то помреш. — aandrusiak

    ruЕсли не будете есть, вы умрёте. — OlegDudin

    deWenn man nicht isst, stirbt man. — MUIRIEL

  2. The old man died of cancer.

    Цей старий помер від раку. — iceman

    ruСтарик умер от рака. — odexed

    deDer alte Mann starb an Krebs. — MikeMolto

  3. My mother died during my absence.

    Поки мене не було, моя мати померла. — deniko

    ruМоя мать умерла в моё отсутствие. — marafon

    deMeine Mutter starb während meiner Abwesenheit. — Kamil

  4. My uncle died a year ago.

    Мій дядько помер рік тому. — deniko

    ruМой дядя умер год назад. — marafon

    deMein Onkel starb vor einem Jahr. — al_ex_an_der

  5. My grandfather died five years ago.

    Мій дідусь помер п'ять років тому. — ascolto

    ruМой дедушка умер пять лет назад. — marafon

    deMein Großvater starb vor fünf Jahren. — wolfgangth

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to stop living:
Русский
By meaning 1
to stop living:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to stop living:

Origin

From Middle English deyen, probably from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“t

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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Forms

dies, dying, died, died
Base formdie · to die
3rd person singulardies
Present participledying
Past simpledied
Past participledied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydie
he, she, itdies

Past simpleLesson

all personsdied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave died
he, she, ithas died

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill die

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

99 synonyms

Antonyms

10 antonyms

Word family

29 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • going to die
  • died in the
  • many people died
  • rather die than
  • died in a
  • want to die
  • died of cancer
  • die in prison
  • people died in
  • almost died
  • father died
  • parents died when

See also

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