DEATH


Meaning of DEATH in English

■ noun

1》 the action or fact of dying or being killed.

↘an instance of a person or an animal dying.

2》 the state of being dead.

↘( Death ) the personification of the power that destroys life, often represented as a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe.

3》 the destruction or end of something: the ~ of her hopes.

Phrases

as sure as ~ quite certain.

at ~'s door so ill that one may die.

be the ~ of someone cause someone's ~.

be in at the ~ be present when a hunted animal is caught and killed.

↘be present when something fails or ends.

catch one's ~ ( of cold ) informal catch a severe cold.

do someone to ~ kill someone.

do something to ~ repeat something so frequently that it becomes tedious.

like ~ warmed up (or N. Amer. over ) informal extremely tired or ill.

put someone to ~ execute someone.

to ~

1》 until dead.

2》 used to emphasize a feeling or action: I'm sick to ~ of you.

Derivatives

~less adjective

~lessness noun

~like adjective

Origin

OE dēath , of Gmc origin; related to die 1 .

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