die

Plural: dice, dies

Noun

a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
a device used for shaping metal
a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
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.
An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
Any small cubical or square body.
An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
Obsolete spelling of dye.

Verb

Verb Forms: died, dieing, dies, dying

To cease to live; to expire or pass away.
To cut, shape, or stamp with a specialized tool or mold.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- "She died from cancer"
suffer or face the pain of death
- "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
- "We almost died laughing during the show"
stop operating or functioning
- "The car died on the road"
feel indifferent towards
- "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
languish as with love or desire
cut or shape with a die
- "Die out leather for belts"
to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
lose sparkle or bouquet
disappear or come to an end
- "Their anger died"
- "My secret will die with me!"
suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
- "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
followed by with as an indication of direct cause
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from)
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
followed by with as an indication of manner
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
to die in a certain form.
To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
To yearn intensely.
To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
Obsolete spelling of dye.

Adv

per day

Examples

Clozapine 100 mg die a.m.
He died a hero's death.
He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.
He died for the one he loved.
He died from heart failure.
He died of malaria.
I can't believe I just died to a turret!
I rolled the die and moved 2 spaces on the board.
I'm dying for a packet of crisps.
I'm dying for a piss.
If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.
Most dice are six-sided.
My battery died and my charger was at home.
My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.
She died with dignity.
Sorry I couldn't call you. My phone died.
The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.
The machine could DIE out perfect letter tiles for Scrabble sets.
The proposed gas tax died after the powerful rural senator refused to let it out of committee.
Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal...
They died a thousand deaths.
to die to pleasure or to sin
When an important word spot is blocked, a player’s hopes often DIE.
When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.
Whenever my brother dies, he ragequits.
Will I die a happy man?

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English deyen, from Old English *dīeġan and Old Norse deyja, both from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced native Old English sweltan, whence Modern English swelt, and Old English steorfan, whence modern starve.

Synonyms

become flat, break, break down, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, conk out, croak, decease, dice, die out, drop dead, exit, expire, fail, give out, give way, give-up the ghost, go, go bad, kick the bucket, pall, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, assume room temperature, auger in, be a stiff, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord, bite the big one, bite the biscuit, bite the dust, buy it, cark it, cash in, check out, close one's eyes for the last time, code, cross over, cross rainbow bridge, cross the Great Divide, cross the Styx, cross the river, cube of chance, cube of fortune, decompose, dematerialize, depart, disincarnate, draw one's last breath, drop off the hooks, flatline, forfare, get to be like the one, give one's all, give up the ghost, go for a burton, go gentle into that good night, go out, go over to the majority, go the way of all flesh, go the way of the dinosaurs, go the way of the dodo, go the way of the dodo bird, go to glory, go to one's reward, go west, hand in one's checks, hand in one's dinner pail, hop off the twig, hop the twig, join the choir invisible, keel over, kick off, knock off, liquidate, lose my life for Jesus Christ, lose the number of one's mess, meet one's doom, meet one's end, meet one's maker, pass in one's checks, pass in one's marble, pass on, pass over, pass the river, pay nature's debt, pay the debt of nature, peg out, pop one's clogs, push up the daisies, shuffle off this mortal coil, sink, sleep with one's fathers, slip away, succumb, take a dirt nap, turn up one's toes, yield up the ghost

Antonyms

be born, breathe, come back to life, germinate, live, reincarnate, rise from the dead, sprout, subsist, survive

Scrabble Score: 4

die: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
die: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
die: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 4

die: valid Words With Friends Word