Definizione monolingua

die

die (third-person singular simple present dies, present participle dying, simple past and past participle died) (intransitive)

1. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
   1. Followed by of. General use.
      • 1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Penguin 1985, p. 87:

        ""What did she die of, Workus?"" said Noah. ""Of a broken heart, some of our old nurses told me,"" replied Oliver.

      • 2000, Stephen King, On Writing, Pocket Books 2002, p. 85:

        In 1971 or 72, Moms sister Carolyn Weimer died of breast cancer.

   2. Followed by from. General use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences.
      • 1865, British Medical Journal, 4 Mar 1865, p. 213:

        She lived several weeks; but afterwards she died from epilepsy, to which malady she had been previously subject.

      • 2007, Frank Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Sandworms of Dune, Tor 2007, p. 191:

        ""Or all of them will die from the plague. Even if most of the candidates succumb. . .""

   3. Followed by for. Often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes.
      • 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Simon & Schuster 1999, p. 232:

        Englishmen are dying for England, Americans are dying for America, Germans are dying for Germany, Russians are dying for Russia. There are now fifty or sixty countries fighting in this war.

      • 2003, Tara Herivel & Paul Wright (Eds.), Prison Nation, Routledge 2003, p. 187:

        Less than three days later, Johnson lapsed into a coma in his jail cell and died for lack of insulin.

   4. (now rare) Followed by with. Now rare as indicating direct cause.
      • 1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene I:

        Therefore let Benedicke like covered fire, / Consume away in sighes, waste inwardly: / It were a better death, to die with mockes, / Which is as bad as die with tickling.

      • 1830, Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon, Richards 1854, p. 337:

        And there were some who died with fevers, which at some seasons of the year was very frequent in the land.

   Noun
   

   die (plural dies or dice)

   
   
   1. (plural: dice) A polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
      • 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning the human understanding. In: Wikisource. Wikimedia: 2007. § 46.

        If a die were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter ;

   2. (plural: dies) The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.
   3. (plural: dies) A device for cutting into a specified shape.
   4. (plural: dies) A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
   5. (plural: dies) An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
   6. (plural: dice or dies) A fragment of a completed integrated circuit wafer, among those produced by fracturing the wafer as specified in its design, that includes a portion that (unless defective) can provide the electronic function for which it was designed, but whose further mechanical subdivision would irreversibly impair that function.
   Pronoun
   

   die m. and f., pl.

   
   
   1. (relative) who, which, that

      Ik ken geen mensen die dat kunnen.

      Dont know any people who can do that.

      Oh, maar ik ken iemand die dat wel kan!

      Oh, but I know somebody who can!

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   1. the (definite article)

Definizione dizionario die

	morire
	to stop living
	To cease to live.

	dado
	polyhedron used in games of chance
	An object with many (usually 6) faces, each with a different value, that is used in many games to randomly select a number.

	conio
	embossed device used in stamping

	matrice
	device for cutting into a specified shape

	piastrina
	fragment of a completed integrated circuit wafer

cubo

	plinto
	cubical part of a pedestral

cessare

crepà

decedere

estinguersi

finire

fustella

mancare

murì

perire

spegnersi

spirare

stampo

terminare

trafila

trapassare

Altri significati:

die (esp. foliage as winter approaches)

(intransitive) To be cut off from family or friends.

(in imperative) to fuck off

(intransitive, video games) To cause the death of a player character while controlling it.

(plural: dice) A polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.

(intransitive, figuratively) To have an orgasm.

to become spiritually dead

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

(intransitive, of a machine) to stop working, to break down.

(plural: dies) The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.

(plural: dies) A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.

(plural: dies) An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.

(to) die

die (peacefully)

(intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

(plural: dies) A device for cutting into a specified shape.

(intransitive, colloquial) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.

to be mortified or shocked

to be cut off from family or friends

wither (plant)

(plural: dice or dies) A fragment of a completed integrated circuit wafer, among those produced by fracturing the wafer as specified in its design, that includes a portion that (unless defective) can provide the electronic function for which it was designed, but whose further mechanical subdivision would irreversibly impair that function.

to stop working