dies¹ /dīˈēz, dēˈās/ (Latin)

Day

dies fasti /fasˈtī or fäsˈtē/ or dies profesti /pro-fesˈtī or -tē/ plural noun

Days on which judgement could be pronounced and on which courts could be held in ancient Rome

dies faustus /fösˈtəs or fowsˈtŭs/ noun

A lucky day

dies festi /fesˈtī or -tē/ or dies feriae /ferˈi-ē or -ī/ plural noun

Days of actual festival

dies infaustus /in-fösˈtəs or in-fowsˈtŭs/ noun

An unlucky day

dies irae /īrˈē or ērˈī/ noun

1. The day of wrath
2. The day of judgement (from a Latin hymn)
3. The hymn itself, used in the Mass for the dead

dies nefasti /ni-fasˈtī or ne-fäsˈtē/ plural noun

Days on which a judgement could not be pronounced and on which assemblies of the people could not be held in ancient Rome

dies non /non or nōn/ noun

A day on which judges do not sit, or one on which normal business is not transacted

die¹ /dī/

1. To lose life
2. To perish
3. To wither
4. (of an engine) to stop working
5. To languish, suffer, long, or be very eager (for), esp in be dying for (informal)
6. To be overcome by the effects (of)
7. To merge. See also dying

dieˈ-away adjective

Languishing, fading

dieˈhard noun

1. An irreconcilable conservative
2. A resolute, obstinate or dauntless person

adjective

1. Irreconcilably conservative
2. Resolute, obstinate

die away

To disappear by degrees, become gradually inaudible

die back (botany)

To die by degrees from the tip backwards (dieˈback noun)

die down

1. To subside
2. (of plants) to die above ground, leaving only roots or rootstocks

die game

To keep up one's spirit to the last

die hard

1. To struggle hard against death, to be long in dying
2. To be difficult to suppress, eradicate, or persuade

die off

To die quickly or in large numbers

die out

To become extinct, to disappear

die the death (theatre slang)

To arouse no response from one's audience

never say die

Never give up

to die for (informal)

Highly desirable or alluring

die² /dī/

1. A stamp for impressing coins, etc
2. A cubical part of a pedestal
3. Applied to various tools for shaping things by stamping or cutting
4. (pl dice) same as dice¹

dieˈ-cast transitive verb

To shape (metal or plastic) by casting in a metal mould

dieˈ-casting noun

dieˈ-sinkˈer noun

dieˈ-sinkˈing noun

The engraving of dies for embossing, etc

dieˈ-stock noun

A contrivance for holding the dies used in screw-cutting

dieˈ-work noun

Ornamentation of a metal surface by impressions with a die

straight as a die

(ie a gaming dice) completely honest

the die is cast

1. An irrevocable step has been taken
2. There is no turning back now

• unshakably
• unshakeable
• unshakeably
• unshaked
• unshaken
• unshakenly
• unshale
• unshaled
• unshales
• unshaling
• unshamed
• unshape
• unshaped
• unshapelier
• unshapeliest
• unshapely
• unshapen
• unshapes
• unshaping
• unshared
• unsharpened
• unshaved
• unshaven
• unsheathe
• unsheathed