Definitions for Die
Die
die
Spelling: [dahy]
IPA: /daɪ/
Die is a 3 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.
You can make 15 anagrams from letters in Die (dei).
Definitions for Die
noun
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Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
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an engraved stamp for impressing a design upon some softer material, as in coining money.
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singular of dice.
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Architecture. dado (def 1).
Idioms
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die hard,
to die only after a bitter struggle.
to give way or surrender slowly or with difficulty:
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die standing up, Theater. (of a performance) to be received with silence rather than applause.
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never say die, never give up hope; never abandon one's efforts.
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to die for, stunning; remarkable:
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the die is cast, the irrevocable decision has been made; fate has taken charge:
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no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
plural noun
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small cubes of plastic, ivory, bone, or wood, marked on each side with one to six spots, usually used in pairs in games of chance or in gambling.
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poker dice.
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any of various games, especially gambling games, played by shaking and throwing from two to six dice or poker dice onto a flat surface.
Compare craps.
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any small cubes.
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Auto Racing. a jockeying for lead position between two or more drivers in which tactics are used to pass or keep from being passed.
Verb phrases
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die away, (of a sound) to become weaker or fainter and then cease:
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die down, to become calm or quiet; subside.
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die off, to die one after another until the number is greatly reduced:
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die out,
to cease to exist; become extinct:
to die away; fade; subside:
verb (used with object)
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to impress, shape, or cut with a die.
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to cut into small cubes.
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to decorate with cubelike figures.
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to lose by gambling with dice (often followed by away).
verb (used without object)
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to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
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(of something inanimate) to cease to exist:
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to lose force, strength, or active qualities:
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to cease to function; stop:
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to be no longer subject; become indifferent:
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to pass gradually; fade or subside gradually (usually followed by away, out, or down):
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Theology. to lose spiritual life.
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to faint or languish.
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to suffer as if fatally:
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to pine with desire, love, longing, etc.:
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to desire or want keenly or greatly:
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to play at dice.
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to cause or bring about by gambling with dice.
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Auto Racing. to duel with another car or cars in a dice.
Origin of Die
1150-1200; Middle English dien, deien Old Norse deyja. Cf. dead, death
Examples for Die
She might die, and if he ever returned it would be to realize the loss he had sustained.
Absolute directness was a part of her nature; she could die, but not manouvre.
In the 1980s, your community allowed hundreds of thousands of us to die because you believed AIDS was divine punishment.
He must be a cursed scoundrel to leave that poor lad there to die!
Asserting our right to free speech is the only to ensure that 12 people did not die in vain.
Though this too is debatable given that 25,000 to 40,000 people a year die of influenza—the vast majority of them unvaccinated.
Yves Albarello, MP of Seine-et-Marne, said the gunmen told police they were ready to “die as martyrs.”
What opening for extrication, unless, indeed, Emilia should die?
This operation is performed by the aid of a punch and die fitted into a screw-press.
They made it home, after which he did die, she nursing him to the end.