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dies definition and meaning

pl. of Dice
v. i. 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.
v. i. To suffer death; to lose life.
v. i. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.
v. i. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
v. i. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.
v. i. To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away.
v. i. To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
v. i. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
n. 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.
n. Any small cubical or square body.
n. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
n. That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. 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.
pl. of Die

Crossword clues for dies

- Breathe one’s last
- Caddies kept Peter out
- Casting mould
- Cease living
- Cease to be alive
- Cutting tool
- Drop off the perch
- Dwindle, ... out
- Expire
- Fade away
- Fail
- Gambling cube
- Kick the bucket of dye, say
- Lose life
- Metal form for stamping coins and medals
- Pass away
- Pass on alternative advice
- Perish
- Persevere, never say ...
- Peter out to get casting mould
- The ... is cast
- The German may lose power
- Toss one and chance your luck or meet your doom
- valar dohaeris translates to all men must in game of thrones
- Weaken
- Ceases to exist when casting moulds
- Drops off the perch
- Dwindles, ... out
- Perishes
- Withers