The noun death has 8 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (490) death, decease, expiry -- (the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren")
2. (311) death -- (the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death")
3. (62) death, last -- (the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last")
4. (37) Death -- (the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city")
5. (36) death -- (the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life")
6. (27) death, dying, demise -- (the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes")
7. (12) death -- (the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience")
8. (6) end, destruction, death -- (a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end")