Dictionary entry details
• DIE (noun)
Meaning:
Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
dice; die
Hypernyms ("die" is a kind of...):
cube; square block (a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "die"):
five-spot (a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips)
four-spot (a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips)
six-spot (a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips)
Meaning:
A device used for shaping metal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("die" is a kind of...):
shaping tool (a tool for shaping metal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "die"):
stamp (a block or die used to imprint a mark or design)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("die" is a kind of...):
cutlery; cutter; cutting tool (a cutting implement; a tool for cutting)
• DIE (verb)
Meaning:
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
give-up the ghost; kick the bucket; pass away; perish; snuff it; drop dead; die; decease; croak; buy the farm; cash in one's chips; expire; pop off; exit; conk; choke; go; pass
Context examples:
She died from cancer / They children perished in the fire / The patient went peacefully / The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
Hypernyms (to "die" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "die"):
succumb; yield (be fatally overwhelmed)
fall (die, as in battle or in a hunt)
famish; starve (die of food deprivation)
predecease (die before; die earlier than)
drown (die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating)
buy it; pip out (be killed or die)
asphyxiate; stifle; suffocate (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen)
abort (cease development, die, and be aborted)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
be born (come into existence through birth)
Also:
die down (become progressively weaker)
die down (suffer from a disease that kills shoots)
die off; die out (become extinct)
Meaning:
Suffer or face the pain of death
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
Martyrs may die every day for their faith
Hypernyms (to "die" is one way to...):
endure; suffer (undergo or be subjected to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context examples:
I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered / We almost died laughing during the show
Hypernyms (to "die" is one way to...):
break down; lose it; snap (lose control of one's emotions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Meaning:
Stop operating or functioning
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
go bad; conk out; give way; give out; fail; die; break down; break; go
Context examples:
The engine finally went / The car died on the road / The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town / The coffee maker broke / The engine failed on the way to town / her eyesight went after the accident
Hypernyms (to "die" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "die"):
crash; go down (stop operating)
blow; blow out; burn out (melt, break, or become otherwise unusable)
misfire (fail to fire or detonate)
malfunction; misfunction (fail to function or function improperly)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
These cars won't die
Meaning:
Feel indifferent towards
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery
Hypernyms (to "die" is one way to...):
experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Languish as with love or desire
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context examples:
She dying for a cigarette / I was dying to leave
Hypernyms (to "die" is one way to...):
ache; languish; pine; yearn; yen (have a desire for something or someone who is not present)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Cut or shape with a die
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
die out; die
Context example:
Die out leather for belts
Hypernyms (to "die" is one way to...):
cut out (form and create by cutting out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
To be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "die" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
Domain category:
baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Lose sparkle or bouquet
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
become flat; pall; die
Context example:
wine and beer can pall
Hypernyms (to "die" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Disappear or come to an end
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
Their anger died / My secret will die with me!
Hypernyms (to "die" is one way to...):
disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The business is going to die
Meaning:
Suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Whosoever..believes in me shall never die
Domain category:
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
