Princeton's WordNet

1. death, decease, expiry(noun)

   the event of dying or departure from life

   "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"

2. death(noun)

   the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism

   "the animal died a painful death"

3. death(noun)

   the absence of life or state of being dead

   "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"

4. death, dying, demise(noun)

   the time when something ends

   "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

5. death, last(noun)

   the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

   "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"

6. Death(noun)

   the personification of death

   "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"

7. end, destruction, death(noun)

   a final state

   "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

8. death(noun)

   the act of killing

   "he had two deaths on his conscience"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. death(noun)ɛθ

   the end of sb's life

   She lived here until her death.; the number of deaths at the hospital; a slow/sudden/violent death

2. deathɛθ

   the number of people killed in a disaster, war, etc.

   The death toll has reached 452.

3. deathɛθ

   the state of being dead

   I'm not afraid of death.; victims who were beaten to death; What was the cause of death?

4. deathɛθ

   to kill sb as a punishment

5. deathɛθ

   the time when sth ends

   the death of privacy in the 21st century

6. deathɛθ

   indicates that sth frustrates sb very much

   Calculus will be the death of me.

7. deathɛθ

   very much; = extremely

   Rollercoasters scare me to death.; bored to death

Wiktionary

1. death(Noun)

   The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

   The death of my grandmother saddened the whole family.

2. death(Noun)

   The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

   When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.

3. death(Noun)

   Tarot card.

4. Death(ProperNoun)

   The personification of death.

Origin: deeth, from deaþ, from *dauþuz (compare West Frisian dead, Dutch dood, German Tod, Swedish död), from *dʰautus. More at die.

Webster Dictionary

1. Death(verb)

   the cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants

2. Death(verb)

   total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory

3. Death(verb)

   manner of dying; act or state of passing from life

4. Death(verb)

   cause of loss of life

5. Death(verb)

   personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe

6. Death(verb)

   danger of death

7. Death(verb)

   murder; murderous character

8. Death(verb)

   loss of spiritual life

9. Death(verb)

   anything so dreadful as to be like death

The Roycroft Dictionary

1. death

   1. To stop sinning suddenly. 2. To resign one's membership in the Ananias Club. 3. A readjustment of life's forces.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Death

   Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.

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