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dies

/daɪz/

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verb

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

Examples :

"The plant dies if you don't water it. "

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

Examples :

"The plant dies if you forget to water it. "

organism physiology biology being

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To yearn intensely.

Examples :

"She dies for a chance to sing on stage; it's been her dream since childhood. "

emotion mind soul

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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."

emotion mind attitude

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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."

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To be mortified or shocked by a situation.

Examples :

"Sarah dies when her mom starts singing loudly in the grocery store. "

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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."

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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."

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

Examples :

"The program dies if you try to divide by zero. "

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

Examples :

"The plant dies if you don't water it. "

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

Examples :

"After a long day at work, she dies to finally relax in a hot bath. "

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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 curved edge of the kitchen countertop smoothly dies into the backsplash, creating a seamless transition. "

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

Examples :

"The open bottle of soda dies quickly, losing all its fizz and becoming flat. "

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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..."

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The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.

Examples :

"The statue's base had a beautiful, carved dies. "

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A device for cutting into a specified shape.

Examples :

"The metal stamping factory uses dies to cut out the shapes for car parts. "

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A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)

Examples :

"The machinist used a set of dies to create the threads on the metal rod, allowing the nut to screw on securely. "

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A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.

Examples :

"The factory uses special dies to shape the metal into car parts. "

technical machine industry

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An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.

Examples :

"The old mint used hand-engraved dies to stamp each unique coin. "

device machine material art

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(plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

Examples :

"The technician carefully separated the dies from the silicon wafer, preparing them for packaging as individual computer chips. "

electronics technology device machine technical

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Any small cubical or square body.

Examples :

"The jeweler uses dies to cut metal into precise squares for the mosaic pattern. "

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A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

Examples :

"The artist carefully selected vibrant dies to achieve the rich, deep colours in her textile artwork. "

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Any hue, color, or blee.

Examples :

"The shop offered a wide selection of dies for fabric, ranging from bright pinks to deep blues. "

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To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

Examples :

"The artist carefully dies the fabric a deep blue for her new painting. "

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