Die vs. Pass
Dieverb
(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
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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:
Dieverb
(transitive) To stop living and undergo (a specified death).
Dieverb
To yearn intensely.
Dieverb
(intransitive) To be utterly cut off by family or friends, as if dead.
Dieverb
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
Dieverb
To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
Dieverb
To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
Dieverb
To stop working, to break down.
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.
Dieverb
To be killed by an enemy. Usually followed by to or another preposition.
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.
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
Dieverb
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.
Dieverb
To suffer death; to lose life.
Dieverb
To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.
Dieverb
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
Dieverb
To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.
Dieverb
To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; - often with out or away.
Dieverb
To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
Dieverb
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
Dienoun
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.
Dienoun
Any small cubical or square body.
Dienoun
That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
Dienoun
That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.
Dienoun
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.
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;
Dieverb
suffer or face the pain of death;
Dieverb
be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame;
Dieverb
stop operating or functioning;
Dieverb
feel indifferent towards;
Dieverb
languish as with love or desire;
Dieverb
cut or shape with a die;
Dieverb
to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
Dieverb
lose sparkle or bouquet;
Dieverb
disappear or come to an end;
Dieverb
suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense);
Dieverb
(of a person, animal, or plant) stop living
Dieverb
become extinct
Dieverb
be forgotten
Dieverb
become less loud or strong
Dieverb
(of a plant) decay from the tip toward the root
Dieverb
die one after another until few or none are left
Dieverb
(of a fire or light) stop burning or gleaming
Dieverb
(of a machine) stop functioning or run out of electric charge
Dieverb
be very eager for something
Dieverb
used to emphasize how strongly one is affected by a particular feeling or emotion
Dieverb
have an orgasm.
Dienoun
singular form of dice
Dienoun
a device for cutting or moulding metal into a particular shape.
Dienoun
an engraved device for stamping a design on coins or medals.
Dienoun
the cubical part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice; a dado or plinth.
Passverb
To change place.
Passverb
(intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
Passverb
(transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
Passverb
(ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over.
Passverb
To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
Passverb
To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
Passverb
(sport) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
Passverb
(intransitive) To go from one person to another.
Passverb
(transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
Passverb
To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
Passverb
To change in state or status
Passverb
(intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
Passverb
(intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
Passverb
(intransitive) To die.
Passverb
To achieve a successful outcome from.
Passverb
To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
Passverb
To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
Passverb
(transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
Passverb
To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
Passverb
(transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
Passverb
(intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
Passverb
To move through time.
Passverb
To elapse, to be spent.
Passverb
To spend.
Passverb
(transitive) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
Passverb
(intransitive) To continue.
Passverb
(intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
Passverb
(transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
Passverb
(intransitive) To happen.
Passverb
To be accepted.
Passverb
(intransitive) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
Passverb
(sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex or other group to which they would not otherwise regard one as belonging (or belonging fully, without qualifier); especially to live and be known as white although one has black ancestry, or to live and be known as female although one was assigned male or vice versa.
Passverb
(intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
Passverb
(intransitive) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
Passverb
To do or be better.
Passverb
To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
Passverb
(transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
Passverb
To take heed.
Passnoun
An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
Passnoun
A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
Passnoun
A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
Passnoun
A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
Passnoun
An attempt.
Passnoun
Success in an examination or similar test.
Passnoun
(fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
Passnoun
(figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
Passnoun
A sexual advance.
Passnoun
(sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
Passnoun
(rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
Passnoun
Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
Passnoun
A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
Passnoun
(baseball) An intentional walk.
Passnoun
The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
Passnoun
(obsolete) Estimation; character.
Passnoun
A part, a division. Compare passus.
Passnoun
(cookery) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
Passnoun
An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
Passnoun
(computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
Passnoun
A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
Passverb
To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; - usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc.
Passverb
To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands.
Passverb
To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die.
Passverb
To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily.
Passverb
To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.
Passverb
To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; - followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation.
Passverb
To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.
Passverb
To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.
Passverb
To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along.
Passverb
To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.
Passverb
To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
Passverb
To take heed; to care.
Passverb
To go through the intestines.
Passverb
To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed.
Passverb
To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.
Passverb
To decline to play in one's turn; in euchre, to decline to make the trump.
Passverb
To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc.
Passverb
To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
Passverb
To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand.
Passverb
To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
Passverb
To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence.
Passverb
To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.
Passverb
To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate.
Passverb
To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law.
Passverb
To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
Passverb
To make, as a thrust, punto, etc.
Passnoun
An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass.
Passnoun
A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
Passnoun
A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.
Passnoun
A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.
Passnoun
State of things; condition; predicament.
Passnoun
Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass.
Passnoun
Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.
Passnoun
Estimation; character.
Passnoun
A part; a division.
Passnoun
In football, hockey, and other team sports, a transfer of the ball, puck, etc., to another player of one's own team, usually at some distance. In American football, the pass is through the air by an act of throwing the ball.
Passnoun
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls;
Passnoun
(military) a written leave of absence;
Passnoun
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate;
Passnoun
the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks;
Passnoun
any authorization to pass or go somewhere;
Passnoun
a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions;
Passnoun
a flight or run by an aircraft over a target;
Passnoun
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
Passnoun
a difficult juncture;
Passnoun
one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer);
Passnoun
you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent;
Passnoun
a permit to enter or leave a military installation;
Passnoun
a complementary (free) ticket;
Passnoun
a usually brief attempt;
Passnoun
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team;
Passnoun
success in satisfying a test or requirement;
Passverb
go across or through;
Passverb
pass by;
Passverb
make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
Passverb
pass by;
Passverb
place into the hands or custody of;
Passverb
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point;
Passverb
travel past;
Passverb
come to pass;
Passverb
go unchallenged; be approved;
Passverb
pass (time) in a specific way;
Passverb
guide or pass over something;
Passverb
transmit information ;
Passverb
disappear gradually;
Passverb
go successfully through a test or a selection process;
Passverb
go beyond;
Passverb
accept or judge as acceptable;
Passverb
allow to go without comment or censure;
Passverb
transfer to another; of rights or property;
Passverb
pass into a specified state or condition;
Passverb
be identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else; as by denying one's own ancestry or background;
Passverb
throw (a ball) to another player;
Passverb
be inherited by;
Passverb
cause to pass;
Passverb
grant authorization or clearance for;
Passverb
pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
Passverb
eliminate from the body;
Passadjective
of advancing the ball by throwing it;
