die
English
/daɪ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- (transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- (intransitive) To yearn intensely.
- (rare) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- (intransitive) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- (intransitive) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- (figurative) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- (intransitive) To stop working, to break down.
- (intransitive) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
- To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
- To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English deyen inherited from Old English dīeġan derived from Old Norse deyja (die) inherited from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (die) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (die, run, smoke, whirl, waft, steam, flow, haze, stink, shake, vapour, dark, dwindle).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰew-
Gloss
die, run, smoke, whirl, waft, steam, flow, haze, stink, shake, vapour, dark, dwindle
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
🎲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antideath English
- back English
- cast English
- counterdie English
- cyberdeath English
- death English
- death book English
- death door English
- death flight English
- death star English
- death-bearing English
- death-sough English
- death-stiffness English
- deathbed English
- deathblow English
- deathbook English
- deathbound English
- deathbox English
- deathcare English
- deathcore English
- deathday English
- deathen English
- deather English
- deathfat English
- deathfic English
- deathful English
- deathgrind English
- deathless English
- deathlike English
- deathlock English
- deathlore English
- deathly English
- deathmaking English
- deathmatch English
- deathmonger English
- deathproof English
- deathpunk English
- deathrock English
- deathscape English
- deathsman English
- deathsome English
- deathstalker English
- deathstyle English
- deathtime English
- deathtrap English
- deathward English
- deathwards English
- deathwatch English
- deathwatch beetle English
- deathwise English
- deathwish English
- deathworthy English
- deathy English
- dieback English
- diecast English
- dieless English
- diemaker English
- dier English
- diesinker English
- diesinking English
- diest English
- diestock English
- dieth English
- diework English
- dying English
- dyingly English
- dyingness English
- gigadeath English
- instadeath English
- maker English
- megadeath English
- message English
- multideath English
- never-dying English
- nondeath English
- nondying English
- permadeath English
- pool of death English
- predeath English
- prodeath English
- purple death English
- redie English
- sinker English
- sinking English
- stock English
- undeath English
- undying English
- funebris Latin
- funeralis Latin
- funerarius Latin
- funeraticius Latin
- funero Latin
- funus Latin
- fūnerantem Latin
- fūnere Latin
- fūnereus Latin
- fūnerārius Latin
- fūnus Latin
- funeralone Italian
- θέω Ancient Greek
- *dʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuryos Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰw-iH-to- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéw-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰówtus Proto-Indo-European
- dø Norwegian Bokmål
- *daudaz Proto-Germanic
- *dawjaną Proto-Germanic
- *dawwō Proto-Germanic
- *dewaną Proto-Germanic
- *dukk- Proto-Germanic
- *dunstą Proto-Germanic
- *dwaiskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *staumaz Proto-Germanic
- dö Swedish
- ダイイング・メッセージ Japanese
- døy Norwegian Nynorsk
- dīeġan Old English
- dīġan Old English
- धावति Sanskrit
- धावति, ধাৱতি Sanskrit
- धाव् Sanskrit
- deeth Middle English
- deyen Middle English
- díth Irish
- deyja Old Norse
- dø Danish
- *duti Proto-Slavic
- deyja Icelandic
- دویدن Persian
- դի Old Armenian
- dóenacht Old Irish
- doyggja Faroese
- vdekje Albanian
- *douwen Old Dutch
- *dowinis Proto-Celtic
- doian Old Saxon
- døia Old Swedish
- dø̄ia, døia Old Swedish
- dee Scots
- dai Tok Pisin
- *den(i)- Proto-Albanian
- dae Pijin
- dier
- back
- cast
- dieth
- death
- dying
- maker
- redie
- diest
- stock
- deathy
- sinker
- deathly
- undeath
- deathen
- message
- deather
- dyingly
- diework
- diecast
- undying
- sinking
- dieback
- dieless
- deathfat
- deathful
- predeath
- diestock
- diemaker
- nondeath
- deathfic
- deathbed
- deathbox
- deathday
- nondying
- prodeath
- antideath
- deathblow
- deathcare
- deathwish
- deathpunk
- deathward
- deathtrap
- deathlock
- deathcore
- dyingness
- gigadeath
- deathsome
- deathwise
- deathlore
- deathbook
- deathtime
- megadeath
- deathless
- deathrock
- deathlike
- deathsman
- diesinker
- deathgrind
- death book
- deathproof
- counterdie
- deathstyle
- instadeath
- death door
- deathmatch
- permadeath
- deathbound
- cyberdeath
- diesinking
- deathscape
- death star
- deathwards
- deathwatch
- multideath
- never-dying
- deathworthy
- deathmaking
- deathmonger
- death-sough
- death flight
- deathstalker
- purple death
- death-bearing
- pool of death
- death-stiffness
- deathwatch beetle