die

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Meaning: (intransitive)Tostopliving; tobecomedead; toundergodeath.c.1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe],Tamburlaine the Great.[…]The First Part[…], 2nd edition, part 1, London:[…][R. Robinson for]Richard Iones,[…], published1592,→OCLC; reprinted asTamburlaine the Great(A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press,1973,→ISBN,Act I, scene i:Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away,Our life is fraile, and we maydyeto day.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXV”, inIn Memoriam, London:Edward Moxon,[…],→OCLC,page54:The cheeks drop in; the body bows;Mandies: nor is there hope in dust:[…]followed byofas an indication of direct cause; general use:Hediedof malaria.1838, Boz [pseudonym;Charles Dickens], chapter 6, inOliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London:Richard Bentley,[…],→OCLC:"What did shedieof, Work'us?" said Noah."Of a broken heart, some of our old nurses told me," replied Oliver[…].2000, Stephen King,On Writing, Pocket Books, published2002, page85:In 1971 or 72, Mom's sister Carolyn Weimerdiedof breast cancer.followed byfromas an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context ofmedicineor the sciences:Hediedfrom heart failure.1865March 4,British Medical Journal, page213:She lived several weeks; but afterwards shediedfrom epilepsy, to which malady she had been previously subject.2007, Frank Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson,Sandworms of Dune, Tor, published2007, page191:"Or all of them willdiefrom the plague. Even if most of the candidates succumb[…]"followed byfor; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:Hediedfor the one he loved.1961, Joseph Heller,Catch-22, Simon & Schuster, published1999, page232:Englishmen aredyingfor England, Americans aredyingfor America, Germans aredyingfor Germany, Russians aredyingfor Russia. There are now fifty or sixty countries fighting in this war.2003, Tara Herivel, Paul Wright, editors,Prison Nation, Routledge, page187:Less than three days later, Johnson lapsed into a coma in his jail cell anddiedfor lack of insulin.(nowrare)followed bywithas an indication of direct cause:1598–1599(first performance),William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i]:Therefore let Benedicke like covered fire, / Consume away in sighes, waste inwardly: / It were a better death, todiewith mockes, / Which is as bad asdiewith tickling.1830, Joseph Smith,The Book of Mormon, Richards, published1854, page337:And there were some whodiedwith fevers, which at some seasons of the year was very frequent in the land.(now sometimesproscribed)followed bytoas an indication of direct cause (likefrom):I can't believe I justdiedto aturret!2014, S. J. Groves,The Darker Side to Dr Carter, page437:Dr Thomas concluded she haddiedto a blow to the head, which led to a bleed on the brain, probably a fall and had hit her head hard on the wooden bedpost, as there was blood on the bedpost.(still current)followed bywithas an indication of manner:Shediedwith dignity.(in bare form)to die in a certain form.Will Idiea happy man?; (transitive)To (stoplivingand)undergo(a specifieddeath).Hedieda hero's death.Theydieda thousand deaths.2019, Lou Marinoff,On Human Conflict: The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace, Rowman & Littlefield,→ISBN, page452:[…]he chose instead to suffer even greater personal pain, with unimaginable fortitude and resolve, albeit for a shorter time. Thus hedieda small death, in order to benefit the living. Similarly, a small and voluntary death wasdiedby Socrates.; (video games,slang)Toloseor beeliminatedfrom agame, particularly with adeathlikeanimation.Whenever my brotherdies, heragequits.1995, “Slobzone”, inComing Soon! magazine‎[1](video game review):Of course, Nazis are not present in this game. Instead, we have animals that will try to cover you with dirt. As soon as you get too dirty, you willdie.2009, Brian Sulpher, 9:15–9:30 from the start, inOnto Doom And Gloom‎[2](video game playthrough), via youtube:Oh look, I justdied.[…]I missed that jump again! That was dumb! Hey, I justdiedon the same freakin' Zinger.; (intransitive,figuratively)Toyearnintensely.I'mdyingfor a packet of crisps.I'mdyingfor a piss.1598–1599(first performance),William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii]:Yes, and his ill conditions; and in despite of all,diesfor him.2004, Paul Joseph Draus,Consumed in the city: observing tuberculosis at century's end, page168:I could see that he was dying,dyingfor a cigarette,dyingfor a fix maybe,dyingfor a little bit of freedom, but trapped in a hospital bed and a sick body.; (intransitive,uncommon,idiomatic)To be or becomehatedorutterlyignoredorcut off, as ifdead.The day our sister eloped, shediedto our mother.2015, Emily Duvall,Inclusions, page150:"My dad[…]beat us until we couldn't sit down."[…]"What about your mother?"[…]"She's alive.[…]My aunt visits her once a year, but I don't ask about my mother. Shediedto me the day she chose my father over protecting us." Luke's voice hitched with emotion.2017, Mike Hoornstra,Descent into the Maelstrom, page366:"You haven't been my son since you were ten years old. That boydiedto me the day he ran away. I don't know you. You are merely a shell that resembles someone I used to know, but you are dead to me. You are the bringer of pain and death. Leave me be. Leave me with my son, Jyosh." "Mother..." Barlun pleaded.; (intransitive,figuratively)To becomespirituallydead; tolosehope.Hedieda little inside each time she refused to speak to him.2011,Ingrid Michaelson, “Ghost”, inHuman Again‎[3]:Do you know that I went down / To the ground / Landed on both my broken-hearted knees... /[…]I didn't even cry / 'Cause pieces of me had alreadydied2024,Gracie Abrams, Audrey Hobert, “That's So True”, inThe Secret of Us‎[4], performed by Gracie Abrams:Made it out alive, but I think I lost itSaid that I was fine, said it from the coffinRemember how Idiedwhen you started walking?That's my life, that's my life; (intransitive,colloquial,hyperbolic)To bemortifiedorshockedby a situation.If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'lldie.; ; (intransitive,figurative,hyperbolic)To be soovercomewithemotionorlaughteras to beincapacitated.When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements anddied.1976, an anchorman on Channel Five in California, quoted inJournal and Newsletter[of the] California Classical Association, Northern Section:I literallydiedwhen I saw that.; (intransitive,of a machine)Tostopworking; tobreak downor otherwise lose "vitality".My cardiedin the middle of the freeway this morning.Sorry I couldn't call you. My phonedied.My batterydiedand my charger was at home.; (intransitive,of a computer program)Toabort, toterminate(as anerrorcondition).; (intransitive,of a legislative bill or resolution)Toexpireat theendof thesessionof alegislaturewithout having been brought to avote.The proposed gas taxdiedafter the powerful rural senator refused to let it out of committee.; Toperish; toceasetoexist; to becomelostorextinct.1714September 26 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison;Richard Steeleet al.], “WEDNESDAY, September 15, 1714”, inThe Spectator, number594; republished inAlexander Chalmers, editor,The Spectator; a New Edition,[…], volume VI, New York, N.Y.:D[aniel] Appleton & Company,1853,→OCLC:letting the secretdiewithin his own breastThe spelling has been modernized.1847,Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, inThe Princess: A Medley, London:Edward Moxon,[…],→OCLC:Great deeds cannotdie.1905,Lord Dunsany[i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany],The Gods of Pegāna, London:[Charles]Elkin Mathews,[…],→OCLC,page88:Through all the Worlds are sounds, the noises of moving, and the echoes of voices and song; but upon the River is no sound ever heard, for there all echoesdie.; Tosink; tofaint; topine; tolanguish, withweakness,discouragement,love, etc.1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,1 Samuel25:37:But it came to passe in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heartdiedwithin him, and he became as a stone.1965,Darby Slick, “Somebody to Love”, inSurrealistic Pillow‎[5], performed byJefferson Airplane, published1967:When the truth is found to be lies / And all the joy within youdies/ Don't you want somebody to love? / Don't you need somebody to love?; (often with "to")To becomeindifferent; toceaseto besubject.todieto pleasure or to sin; (architecture)Todisappeargraduallyin anothersurface, as wheremouldingsarelostin aslopedorcurvedface.; To becomevapid,flat, orspiritless, asliquor.; (of a stand-up comedian or a joke,slang)Tofailtoevokelaughterfrom theaudience.Then there was that time Idiedonstage in Montreal...

Examples:

EN: - she's gonna die.
ES: -Va a morir.
EN: "They had rather had let me die!
ES: - - Preferiría haber muerto.
EN: If you do not join us, you must die."
ES: Si tienes valor, serás de los nuestros. Si no lo tienes, morirás."
EN: And wherever I'll die and rest, there will always be, by my side, a strange man, dressed in black, like a monk.
ES: Y donde reposo y donde moriré, allí estará siempre a mi lado, un hombre extraño, vestido de negro, como un monje.
EN: "Confess your crime and you'll be saved, otherwise you'll die in the arena by the wild beasts."
ES: ¡Declárate culpable y serás liberado! De otro modo, morirás en la arena devorado por las fieras.
EN: Our family knows how to die!
ES: ¡nuestra familia sabe morir!
EN: "Alea boasts est!" (The die is cast!
ES: "Alea jacta est!" (¡La suerte está echada!
EN: But the flames of love die slowly in Assunta's heart.
ES: Pero la llama de antaño se apagaba poco a poco en el corazón de Assunta.
EN: Go to die.
ES: Vete al infierno.
EN: Then no matter what he chooses, to build the Lutai Imperial Garden or not, he has to die.
ES: Entonces, si construye el pabellón, morirá, si no lo construye, también morirá.
EN: According to what the man said, we should put the man's hair who we want to kill into the cooper pillar, and then he will die.
ES: Según lo que dijo esa persona, si ponemos el cabello de la persona a quien queremos matar en esta columna de cobre le dejaremos quemarle en cenizas.
EN: You'll die.
ES: No queda mucho tu vida.
EN: I'd rather die for the people than live on in degradation.
ES: Morir para salvar a todo el pueblo es mucho mejor que seguir viviendo así.
EN: If they're treacherous, they'll get burnt or die.
ES: Pero para las que sean infieles, desde quedarse heridos hasta morir quemadas.
EN: I'll die if I use more.
ES: Moriré si sigo usarla.

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