died
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
An inflected form of die · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 635 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 30,073 times across 155,552 chapters — 0.014% 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
died 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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She died and her children were broken-hearted.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1
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Their father died suddenly--and they did not come.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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You were so young when she died that you seem more her child.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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In this perplexity one of our men died, and one man and a boy were washed overboard.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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My father prov'd himself a gentleman, Sold all 's land, and, like a fortunate fellow, Died ere the money was spent.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1