Definition of "die"
- verb
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
To stop living and undergo (a specified death).
To yearn intensely.
To be utterly cut off by family or friends, as if dead.
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
To stop working, to break down.
To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- noun
A polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.
A device for cutting into a specified shape.
A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.).
A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
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.
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