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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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