7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dice \Dice\, n.; pl of {Die}.
Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also
the game played with dice. See {Die}, n.
{Dice coal}, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical
fragments. --Brande & C.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Die \Die\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Died}; p. pr & vb n. {Dying}.]
[OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf Icel. deyja akin to
Dan. d["o]e, Sw d["o], Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd?jan to
harass), OFries d?ia to kill, OS doian to die, OHG. touwen
OSlav. daviti to choke, Lith. dovyti to torment. Cf {Dead},
{Death}.]
1. To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to
live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of
the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish;
-- said of animals and vegetables; often with of by
with from and rarely for before the cause or occasion
of death; as to die of disease or hardships; to die by
fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.
To die by the roadside of grief and hunger.
--Macaulay.
She will die from want of care --Tennyson.
2. To suffer death; to lose life.
In due time Christ died for the ungodly. --Rom. v.
6.
3. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or
extinct; to be extinguished.
Letting the secret die within his own breast.
--Spectator.
Great deeds can not die. --Tennyson.
4. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness,
discouragement, love, etc
His heart died within, and he became as a stone. --1
Sam. xxv. 37.
The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that
they died for Rebecca. --Tatler.
5. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as to die
to pleasure or to sin.
6. To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to
vanish; -- often with out or away
Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the
brightness. --Spectator.
7. (Arch.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as
where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
8. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
{To die in the last ditch}, to fight till death; to die
rather than surrender.
``There is one certain way,'' replied the Prince
[William of Orange] `` by which I can be sure never
to see my country's ruin, -- I will die in the last
ditch.'' --Hume (Hist.
of Eng. ).
{To die out}, to cease gradually; as the prejudice has died
out
Syn: To expire; decease; perish; depart; vanish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Die \Die\, n.; pl in 1 and (usually) in 2, {Dice} (d[=i]s); in
4 & 5, {Dies} (d[=i]z). [OE. dee, die, F. d['e], fr L. datus
given thrown, p. p. of dare to give throw. See {Date} a
point of time.]
1. A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to
six and used in playing games by being shaken in a box
and thrown from it See {Dice}.
2. Any small cubical or square body.
Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies.
--Watts.
3. That which is or might be determined, by a throw of the
die; hazard; chance.
Such is the die of war. --Spenser.
4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and
cornice; the dado.
5. (Mach.)
a A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or
shaped as to give a certain desired form to or
impress any desired device on an object or surface,
by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals,
coining, striking up sheet metal, etc
b A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in
connection with a punch, for punching holes, as
through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming
cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.
c A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made
in one piece or composed of several parts for forming
screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate
parts which make up such a tool.
{Cutting die} (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to
a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather,
cloth, paper, etc
{The die is cast}, the hazard must be run; the step is taken
and it is too late to draw back the last chance is taken
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
die
n 1: small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate
random numbers [syn: {dice}]
2: a device used for shaping metal
3: a tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting
male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes
or rods
v 1: pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes
and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from
cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The
patient went peacefully" [syn: {decease}, {perish}, {go},
{exit}, {pass away}, {expire}] [ant: {be born}]
2: suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day
for their faith"
3: be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense
emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame; "I was
dying with embarrassment when my little lie was
discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show"
4: stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went";
"The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke
down on the way to town"; "The coffe maker broke"; "The
engine failed on the way to town" [syn: {fail}, {give way},
{give out}, {conk out}, {go}, {break}, {break down}]
5: feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and
eventually entered a monastery"
6: languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a
cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
7: cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts" [syn: {die
out}]
8: to be on base at the end of an inning, of a baseball player
9: lose sparkle or bouquet, as of wine or beer; pall" is an
obsolete word [syn: {pall}, {become flat}]
10: disappear or come to an end "Their anger died"; "My secret
will die with me!"
11: suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense);
"Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
die v. Syn. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used primarily
of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software. See also
{go flatline}, {casters-up mode}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
die
1. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used primarily
of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software.
See also {go flatline}, {casters-up mode}.
2. An unpackaged {integrated circuit}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-05-28)
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
DIE, n. The singular of "dice." We seldom hear the word because
there is a prohibitory proverb, "Never say die." At long intervals,
however, some one says: "The die is cast," which is not true, for it
is cut. The word is found in an immortal couplet by that eminent poet
and domestic economist, Senator Depew:
A cube of cheese no larger than a die
May bait the trap to catch a nibbling mie.
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