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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024death•like (deth′līk′),USA pronunciation adj. - resembling death.
- 1540–50; death + -like; compare Old English dēathlīc deathly
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024death /dɛθ/USA pronunciation n. - the act of dying;
the end of life. [uncountable]jogging right up to the day of his death.[countable]all those deaths due to drunk driving. - the state of being dead:[uncountable]hands as cold as death.
- [count;
usually singular] end;
destruction;
extinction:Democracy for that country meant the death of civilization as they knew it. - [usually: Death;
proper noun] the agent of death represented as a person, usually pictured as a robed figure or skeleton carrying a scythe. - [ count;
usually singular;
the + ~ ] a cause of death:You'll be the death of me yet!
Idioms- Idioms at death's door, in serious danger of dying;
gravely ill:at death's door several times from heart attacks. - Idioms do to death:
- [ do + obj + to + ~] to do so often that boredom sets in:a comic plot that's been done to death.
- Idioms put to death, to kill;
execute: [ put + obj + to + ~]:They put him to death immediately.[ put + to + ~ + obj]:That government put to death over 1,000 dissidents. - Idioms to death, to a degree that cannot be endured any longer:sick to death of your bickering.
death•like, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024death (deth),USA pronunciation n. - the act of dying;
the end of life;
the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death. - an instance of this:a death in the family; letters published after his death.
- the state of being dead:to lie still in death.
- extinction;
destruction:It will mean the death of our hopes. - manner of dying:a hero's death.
- (usually cap.) the agent of death personified, usually represented as a man or a skeleton carrying a scythe. Cf. Grim Reaper.
- ReligionAlso called spiritual death. loss or absence of spiritual life.
- Religion[Christian Science.]the false belief that life comes to an end.
- bloodshed or murder:Hitler was responsible for the death of millions.
- a cause or occasion of death:You'll be the death of me yet!
- [Archaic.]pestilence;
plague. Cf. Black Death. - Idioms at death's door, in serious danger of death;
gravely ill:Two survivors of the crash are still at death's door. - Idioms, Informal Terms be death on, [Informal.]
- to be excessively strict about:That publisher is death on sloppily typed manuscripts.
- to be snobbish about or toward.
- to be able to cope with easily and successfully:The third baseman is death on pop flies.
- Idioms do to death:
- to kill, esp. to murder.
- to repeat too often, to the point of becoming monotonous and boring:That theme has been done to death.
- in at the death:
- Sport[Fox Hunting.]present at the kill.
- present at the climax or conclusion of a situation.
- Idioms put to death, to kill;
execute. - Idioms to death, to an extreme degree;
thoroughly:sick to death of the heat.
- bef. 900; Middle English deeth, Old English dēath; cognate with German Tod, Gothic dauthus; akin to Old Norse deyja to die1; see -th
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged decease, demise, passing, departure.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged birth, life.
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