die

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To stop living.

   His grandfather died last year at the age of ninety.

2. 2
   verb

   To gradually stop, fade, or come to an end.

   Their anger slowly died as they talked things through.

3. 3
   verb

   To want something very much (used as 'be dying to' or 'be dying for').

   I'm dying to try that new restaurant in town.

4. 4
   verb

   (in a game) To lose a life or be removed from play.

   My character died right before the end of the level.

Common collocations

• die of Verb + preposition/particle
• die from Verb + preposition/particle

From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum. Replaced Old English tasul, tesul (“die”), from Latin tessella (“die, cube”).

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