die
/daɪ/ verb (present participle dying, past tense and past participle died)Definition
› [I] to stop living: At least 3,000 people have died in the earthquake. Many of the refugees died of hunger. She died from brain injuries after a road accident.
be dying for sth; be dying to do sth informal › to very much want to have, eat, drink, or do something: I'm dying for a drink. Sit down, I'm dying to hear all about it.
to die for informal › If something is to die for, it is extremely good. → See also die hard
(Definition of die verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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