ENGLISH: die - CREOLE: mouri



Overview of noun die



The noun die has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (6) dice, die -- (small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers)

2. (1) die -- (a device used for shaping metal)

3. die -- (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)



Overview of verb die



The verb die has 11 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (142) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it -- (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "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")

2. (1) die -- (suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith")

3. (1) die -- (be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame; "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show")

4. (1) fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down -- (stop operating or functioning; "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")

5. die -- (feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery")

6. die -- (languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave")

7. die, die out -- (cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts")

8. die -- (to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player)

9. die, pall, become flat -- (lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall")

10. die -- (disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!")

11. die -- (suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die")

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