Die vs. Expire
Difference Between Die and Expire
Dieverb
To stop living; become dead; expire
plants that died in the first frost of the season.Expireverb
To come to an end; terminate
My membership in the club has expired.Dieverb
To cease existing, often gradually; fade
The sunlight died in the west.Expireverb
To breathe one's last breath; die
The patient expired early this morning.Dieverb
To experience an intense, seemingly unbearable reaction to something
nearly died of embarrassment.Expireverb
To exhale; breathe out.
Dieverb
(Informal) To want something very much. Usually used in the progressive aspect
I am dying for a box of chocolates. She was dying to see the exhibit.Expireverb
To breathe (something) out.
Dieverb
To stop working or operating
The motor died when we ran out of gas.Expireverb
(Archaic) To give (something) off.
Dieverb
To become indifferent
had died to all worldly concerns.Expireverb
(intransitive) To die.
The patient expired in hospital.Dieverb
To cut, form, or stamp with or as if with a die.
Expireverb
(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
My library card will expire next week.Dienoun
A small cube marked on each side with from one to six dots, usually used in pairs in gambling and in various other games.
Expireverb
(ambitransitive) To exhale; to breathe out.
Dienoun
dice (used with a sing. verb) A game of chance using dice.
Expireverb
(transitive) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
Dienoun
An engraved metal piece used for impressing a design onto a softer metal, as in coining money.
Expireverb
(transitive) To bring to a close; to terminate.
Dienoun
One of several component pieces that are fitted into a diestock to cut threads on screws or bolts.
Expireverb
lose validity;
My passports expired last monthDienoun
A part on a machine that punches shaped holes in, cuts, or forms sheet metal, cardboard, or other stock.
Expireverb
pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
She died from cancerThey children perished in the fireThe patient went peacefullyDienoun
A metal block containing small conical holes through which plastic, metal, or other ductile material is extruded or drawn.
Expireverb
expel air;
Exhale when you lift the weightDienoun
pl. dies(Architecture)The dado of a pedestal, especially when cube-shaped.
Dieverb
(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
Dieverb
followed by of; general use:
Dieverb
followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicineSciences:}}
Dieverb
followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
Dieverb
followed by with as an indication of direct cause:
Dieverb
(still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
She died with dignity.Dieverb
(transitive) To stop living and undergo (a specified death).
He died a hero's death.They died a thousand deaths.Dieverb
To yearn intensely.
Dieverb
(intransitive) To be utterly cut off by family or friends, as if dead.
The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.Dieverb
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.Dieverb
To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.Dieverb
To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.Dieverb
To stop working, to break down.
My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.Dieverb
To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
Dieverb
To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
Dieverb
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
Dieverb
(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
to die to pleasure or to sinDieverb
To be killed by an enemy. Usually followed by to or another preposition.
I can't believe I just died to a squirrel!Dieverb
(architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
Dieverb
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
Dieverb
(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal...Dieverb
obsolete spelling of dye
Dienoun
The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.
Dienoun
A device for cutting into a specified shape.
Dienoun
A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
Dienoun
A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
Dienoun
An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
Dienoun
(electronics) (plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
Dienoun
Any small cubical or square body.
Dienoun
A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
Dienoun
(obsolete) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
Dienoun
(electronics) (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
Dienoun
obsolete spelling of dye
Dienoun
small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
Dienoun
a device used for shaping metal
Dienoun
a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
Dieverb
pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
She died from cancerThey children perished in the fireThe patient went peacefullyDieverb
suffer or face the pain of death;
Martyrs may die every day for their faithDieverb
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 discoveredWe almost died laughing during the showDieverb
stop operating or functioning;
The engine finally wentThe car died on the roadThe bus we travelled in broke down on the way to townThe coffee maker brokeThe engine failed on the way to townher eyesight went after the accidentDieverb
feel indifferent towards;
She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monasteryDieverb
languish as with love or desire;
She dying for a cigaretteI was dying to leaveDieverb
cut or shape with a die;
Die out leather for beltsDieverb
to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
Dieverb
lose sparkle or bouquet;
wine and beer can pallDieverb
disappear or come to an end;
Their anger diedMy secret will die with me!Dieverb
suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense);
Whosoever..believes in me shall never die
