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die

 
 
/daɪ/ verb (present participle dying, past tense and past participle died)

Translation

[I] to stop living
ölmek
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.456
be dying for sth; be dying to do sth informal to very much want to have, eat, drink, or do something
bir şeyi yapmaya/bir şey için can atmak, ölmek, çok istemek, kıvranmak
I'm dying for a drink. Sit down, I'm dying to hear all about it.928
to die for informal If something is to die for, it is extremely good.
çok arzu etmek, özlemini çekmek, uğrunda ölmek
→ See also die hard9562444
die away phrasal verb
If something, especially a sound, dies away, it gradually becomes less strong and then stops.
(ses) yavaş yavaş azalıp kaybolmak, dinmek
1811
die down phrasal verb
If something, especially noise or excitement, dies down, it gradually becomes less loud or strong until it stops.
(heyecan gürültü) yavaşça etkisini azaltarak kaybolmak/durmak, hafiflemek, dinmek
She waited for the laughter to die down before she spoke.1811
die off phrasal verb
If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, all of that group dies over a period of time.
nesli tükenmek, birer birer yok olmak
456
die out phrasal verb
to become more and more rare and then disappear completely
ortadan kalkmak, birer birer kaybolmak, gittikçe nesli tükenmek, nadir bulunur hale gelmek
Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago.456
(Definition of die verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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