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Meaning of die

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die

Pronunciation:/daɪ/

verb

Definitions

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

  2. To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).

    Example: He died a hero's death.

  3. To yearn intensely.

    Example: I'm dying for a packet of crisps.

  4. To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.

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

die

Pronunciation:/daɪ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.

  2. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.

  3. (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

noun

Definitions

  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.