Definitions for Death
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. death, decease, expirynoun

   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. deathnoun

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

   "the animal died a painful death"

3. deathnoun

   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, demisenoun

   the time when something ends

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

5. death, lastnoun

   the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

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

6. Deathnoun

   the personification of death

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

7. end, destruction, deathnoun

   a final state

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

8. deathnoun

   the act of killing

   "he had two deaths on his conscience"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. deathnoun

   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. deathnoun

   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. deathnoun

   Tarot card.

4. Deathnoun

   The personification of death.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. DEATHnoun

   Etymology: deaþ, Saxon.

   1. The extinction of life; the departure of the soul from the body.

   He is the mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Heb. ix. 15.

   They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity or death. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   Death, a necessary end,
   Will come, when it will come. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

   He must his acts reveal,
   From the first moment of his vital breath,
   To his last hour of unrepenting death. John Dryden, Æn. b. 6.

   2. Mortality; destruction.

   How did you dare
   To trade and traffick with Macbeth,
   In riddles and affairs of death? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   3. The state of the dead.

   In swinish sleep
   Their drenched natures lie, as in a death. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   4. The manner of dying.

   Thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. Ez. xxviii. 8.

   5. The image of mortality represented by a skeleton.

   I had rather be married to a death’s head, with a bone in his mouth, than to either of these. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.

   If I gaze now, ’tis but to see
   What manner of death’s head ’twill be,
   When it is free
   From that fresh upper skin;
   The gazer’s joy, and sin. John Suckling.

   6. Murder, the act of destroying life unlawfully.

   As in manifesting the sweet influence of his mercy, on the severe stroke of his justice; so in this, not to suffer a man of death to live. Francis Bacon, Essay 14.

   7. Cause of death.

   They cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. 2 Kings, iv. 40.

   He caught his death the last county-sessions, where he would go to see justice done to a poor widow woman. Joseph Addison, Spectat.

   8. Destroyer.

   All the endeavours Achilles used to meet with Hector, and be the death of him, is the intrigue which comprehends the battle of the last day. Alexander Pope, View of Epic Poetry.

   9. [In poetry.] The instrument of death.

   Deaths invisible come wing’d with fire;
   They hear a dreadful noise, and straight expire. John Dryden, In. Em.

   Sounded at once the bow; and swiftly flies
   The feather’d death, and hisses through the skies. John Dryden, Æn.

   Oft, as in airy rings they skim the Heath,
   The clam’rous plovers feel the leaden death. Alexander Pope.

   10. [In theology.] Damnation; eternal torments.

   We pray that God will keep us from all sin and wickedness, from our ghostly enemy, and from everlasting death. Church Catechism.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Death

   Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Death is an inevitable process that eventually occurs in almost all organisms. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the similar process seen in individual components of an organism, such as cells or tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said to die. As of the early 21st century, over 150,000 humans die each day, with ageing being by far the most common cause of death.Many cultures and religions have the idea of an afterlife, and also may hold the idea of judgement of good and bad deeds in one's life (heaven, hell, karma).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Deathverb

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

2. Deathverb

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

3. Deathverb

   manner of dying; act or state of passing from life

4. Deathverb

   cause of loss of life

5. Deathverb

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

6. Deathverb

   danger of death

7. Deathverb

   murder; murderous character

8. Deathverb

   loss of spiritual life

9. Deathverb

   anything so dreadful as to be like death

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Death

   Death is the permanent cessation of all biological functions that sustain a particular living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include biological aging, predation, malnutrition, disease, suicide, murder and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death. The death of an organism also results in a permanent absence of consciousness. In human societies, the nature of death has for millennia been a concern of the world's religious traditions and of philosophical inquiry. This may include a belief in some kind of resurrection, reincarnation or rebirth, or that consciousness permanently ceases to exist, known as oblivion. Commemoration ceremonies after death may include various mourning or funeral practices. The physical remains of a person, commonly known as a corpse or body, are usually interred whole or cremated, though among the world's cultures there are a variety of other methods of mortuary disposal. In the English language, blessings directed towards a dead person include rest in peace, or its initials RIP.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Death

   deth, n. state of being dead: extinction or cessation of life: manner of dying: mortality: a deadly plague: cause of death: spiritual lifelessness: the killing of the animal in hunting.—ns. Death′-add′er, a poisonous Australian snake; Death′-ag′ony, the struggle often preceding death; Death′-bed, the bed on which one dies, the last illness; Death′-bell, the passing bell; Death′-blow, a blow that causes death; Death′-damp, a cold, clammy sweat preceding death.—n.pl. Death′-dū′ties, duties paid to government on the inheritance of property, real or personal, after the death of the former owner.—n. Death′-fire, a kind of light supposed to presage death.—adjs. Death′ful, Death′ly, deadly, destructive; Death′less, never dying: everlasting.—n. Death′lessness.—adj. Death′-like (Shak.), like a dead person, deadly.—n. Death′liness.—adj. Death′-marked, marked for or by death, destined to die.—n. Death′-mask, a plaster-cast taken from the face after death.—adj. Death′-prac′tised (Shak.), threatened with death by malicious arts.—ns. Death′-rate, the proportion of deaths to the population; Death′-ratt′le, a rattling in the throat which sometimes accompanies the last uneasy breathings of a dying person; Death's′-door, the point of death; Death's′-head, the skull of a human skeleton, or a figure of it; Death's′-man (Shak.), the public executioner; Death′-stroke, a death-blow; Death′-throe, the dying agony; Death′-tō′ken (Shak.), a sign or token of impending death, a plague-spot; Death′-trap, an unsafe building, vessel, or place that shuts up its occupants to almost certain death; Death′-warr′ant, an order from the authorities for the execution of a criminal; Death′-watch, a watch by a dying person: a popular name for several insects which produce a ticking noise, specially audible in the stillness of a death-chamber; Death′-wound, a wound which caused death.—Death's′-head moth, a species of hawk-moth, having pale markings on the back of the thorax somewhat like a skull.—Be death on, to be fond of, to be good at; Be in at the death, in hunting, to be up on the animal before the dogs have killed it.—Do, or Put, to death, to kill: to cause to be killed.—Gates, or Jaws, of death, death's door, the point of death.—To death, expressive of intensity, very much. [A.S. deáth; Ger. tod. See Dead and Die.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Death

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

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Death

   Death is a fact of life. That is to say, it is something that must be faced, encountered, accepted and tasted by all humans and living things someday.

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   Death is a matter of course. That is to say, it is a natural and expected thing.

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   Death

   Death is a transition from mortality (physical world) into immortality (afterworld).

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   Death

   Death is not actually the worst thing that can happen to any human or anybody. Rather, it is one of the best things that can happen to any human or anyone. Yes! you heard me right as ever, come to think of it (death) logically. If there is no death here (on earth) those who are going through misery, difficulty, hardship or poverty would keep on experiencing it forever or endlessly. Moreover, if there is no death here (on earth) those who are living life of affluence or luxury would keep on enjoying it forever or endlessly. That is to say, death serves or works as a breaking point between the life of affluence (luxury) and life of adversity (misfortune). Besides that, it (death) terminates the severity, acuteness, excessiveness, intensity or climax of everything and everyone. That is that, QED.

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   Death

   Death is the direct opposite of Life. And it marks the End of Life.

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   Death

   Death is unavoidable, unimpeachably (beyond doubt and criticism). In fact, you can manipulate and escape every other fact of life except death itself.

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   Death

   To pass on to no longer be living

   The man was ill and soon passed on

   
   

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   Death

   What is Death? Death is the unavoidable End of every living human and every living thing. -Emeasoba George

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1. Death

   A hideous man who called at least once during a lifetime usually toward the close. Patron of insurance companies. Nothing is known of his childhood. Historians claim he never had any. Possessed an ugly face; wore a sheet over his head, and always carried a scythe in his hands. Never brought happiness, although his visits frequently gave money to some one. Never could be bribed to pass a house he wished to enter. Many doctors and scientists have endeavored to kill him, but he continues to be a safe bet at 100 to 1. Heir: None. Ambition: A happy home and prosperous graveyards. Recreation: Sharpening scythes. Address: Always hung out a black cloth wherever he resided.

Matched Categories

1. • Imaginary Being
   • Killing
   • Organic Phenomenon
   • State

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Death' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #426

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Death' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1258

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Death' in Nouns Frequency: #141

Anagrams for Death »

1. hated

How to pronounce Death?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Death in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Death in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Death in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Death in a Sentence

1. Seneca:

   We deliberate about the parcels of life, but not about life itself, and so we arrive all unawares at its different epochs, and have the trouble of beginning all again. And so finally it is that we do not walk as men confidently towards death, but let death come suddenly upon us.

2. H.W. Mann:

   Truth, Reality, Consciousness. Always is what it is. No beginning, No end, No birth, No death. That which never changes, sets us free.

3. Buddha:

   To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

4. Lisa Bloom:

   I don't wish suicide on anyone, I don't gloat upon on anyone's death, but I will tell victims at least you have one less thing to worry about now, because most victims were still in fear of him.

5. Andrew McGuire:

   He's chicken, he suffers from gun-itis. It's a disease where you're scared to death of the gun lobby. That's what's really going on. If you have to shut up about something that is so murderous, it doesn't make any moral sense to me.

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