die
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
How often you will meet it
Rank 564 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 34,547 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.016% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life also: decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire She died from cancerThe children perished in the fire
- suffer or face the pain of death Martyrs may die every day for their faith
- 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 discoveredWe almost died laughing during the show
- stop operating or functioning also: fail, go bad, give way, give out, conk out, go The engine finally wentThe car died on the road
- feel indifferent towards She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery
- languish as with love or desire She dying for a cigaretteI was dying to leave
die in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Love such as theirs could never die...
The Valley of the Giants · Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne · Chapter 1
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If I die in my bed they'll 'ave to up-end me like a milk-can.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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At last when he was told that he must die by slow torture he begged for protection.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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It never occurred to her as a possibility that she who was still fairly young could die suddenly and without warning.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1
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The dominating, unhurried note rang, echoed, and began to die away as they saw Brant's hand fall on Bob Floyd's shoulder.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1