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died

/daɪd/

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verb

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

Examples :

"My grandfather died peacefully in his sleep last night. "

body organism human person being

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To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).

Examples :

"My grandfather died peacefully in his sleep last night. "

organism physiology biology medicine body human

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To yearn intensely.

Examples :

"She died for a chance to sing on stage, practicing every day until her voice was hoarse. "

emotion soul mind

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To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.

Examples :

"The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother."

attitude emotion society

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To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

Examples :

"He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him."

soul mind emotion

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To be mortified or shocked by a situation.

Examples :

"She practically died when she realized she'd accidentally called her teacher "Mom" in front of the whole class. "

sensation emotion attitude

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To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.

Examples :

"When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died."

emotion sensation

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(of a machine) To stop working, to break down.

Examples :

"My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning."

machine technical

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(of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).

Examples :

"The program died unexpectedly, so I lost all my unsaved work. "

computing technology

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To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.

Examples :

"My grandfather died peacefully in his sleep last night. "

biology physiology human organism being

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To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

Examples :

"The student's enthusiasm for math gradually died as the difficult problems piled up. "

physiology mind soul emotion condition

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(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.

Examples :

"to die to pleasure or to sin"

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To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

Examples :

"The intricate carving on the wooden panel slowly died into the smooth, curved surface. "

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To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

Examples :

"The open bottle of soda had been left out overnight and all the fizz died, leaving it tasting flat and sweet. "

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(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.

Examples :

"Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal..."

entertainment language

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To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

Examples :

"The sunset died the clouds a fiery orange. "