die | Lernwerd

Forms

1.To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- I can't believe I just died to a turret!
- In 1971 or 72, Mom's sister Carolyn Weimer died of breast cancer.
- Less than three days later, Johnson lapsed into a coma in his jail cell and died for lack of insulin.
2.To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- He died a hero's death.
- They died a thousand deaths.
3.To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.(slang)
- Whenever my brother dies, he ragequits.
- Oh look, I just died.[…]I missed that jump again! That was dumb! Hey, I just died on the same freakin' Zinger.
- Of course, Nazis are not present in this game. Instead, we have animals that will try to cover you with dirt. As soon as you get too dirty, you will die.
4.To yearn intensely.
- I'm really dying to eat in that new restaurant.
- Yes, and his ill conditions; and in despite of all, dies for him.
- I could see that he was dying, dying for a cigarette, dying for a fix maybe, dying for a little bit of freedom, but trapped in a hospital bed and a sick body.

1.The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
2.A device for cutting into a specified shape.
3.A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
4.A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.

Very common· #371

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.