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Word entry · 3 letters

die

Best crossword clue

"End one's life, poetically"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /daɪ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted deiStarts with DEnds with E4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To cease living; also a single cube used in dice games.

Word origin

From Middle English deyen, probably from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced native Old English sweltan, whence Modern English swelt, and Old English steorfan, whence modern starve.

Used in a sentence

  • Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away, Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.
  • The cheeks drop in; the body bows; Man dies: nor is there hope in dust: […]
  • He died of malaria.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01End one's life, poetically3 letters
02Pass away3 letters
03Dice3 letters
04Stop living3 letters

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