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die1
- pronunciation:
- daI
- phrases:
- die out
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
died, dies, dying |
| definition 1: |
to stop living; become dead.
- synonyms:
- decease, expire, pass away, perish
- antonyms:
- live, survive
- similar words:
- depart, end, succumb
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| definition 2: |
to fade away; gradually disappear (usu. fol. by away, down, or out).
- synonyms:
- evanesce, fade away
- antonyms:
- come up, endure, intensify
- similar words:
- disappear, dwindle, perish, peter out, vanish, wane, waste
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| definition 3: |
to lose force or stop operating.
The engine died.- synonyms:
- cease, fail, stop
- similar words:
- break, collapse, go, terminate
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| definition 4: |
to yearn or long for something, esp. from love or desire.
- synonyms:
- crave, hunger, long, pine
- similar words:
- covet
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| related words: |
blight, dissipate, fall, hunger, perish, stall |
| phrase: |
die out |
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