What does expire mean?
Definitions for expire
ɪkˈspaɪərex·pire
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word expire.
Princeton's WordNet
run out, expireverb
lose validity
"My passports expired last month"
die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff itverb
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
exhale, expire, breathe outverb
expel air
"Exhale when you lift the weight"
Wiktionary
expireverb
to die
The old librarian will expire next week.
expireverb
to become invalid
My library card will expire next week.
expireverb
to exhale; to breathe (out).
expireverb
to exhale (something).
He escaped the garage and will expire the carbon monoxide he had been breathing.
Etymology: From ex- + spiro
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To EXPIREverb
Etymology: expiro, Latin.
To save his body from the scorching fire,
Which he from hellish entrails did expire. Fairy Queen.Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.
This chaff’d the boar; his nostrils flames expire,
And his red eyeballs roll with living fire. John Dryden, Ovid.The fluid which is thus secreted, and expired forth along with the air, goes off in insensible parcels. John Woodward.
When as time flying with wings swift,
Expired had the term that these two javels
Should render up a reck’ning of their travels. Hubb. Tale.To Expireverb
If the inspiring and expiring organ of any animal be stopt, it suddenly dies. Izaak Walton, Angler.
For when the fair in all their pride expire,
To their first elements the souls retire. Alexander Pope.All thy praise is vain,
Save what this verse, which never shall expire,
Shall to thee purchase. Edmund Spenser.The dead man’s knell,
Is there scarce ask’d, for whom; and good mens lives
Expire before the flowers in their caps,
Dying or ere they sicken. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.The distance judg’d for shot of every size,
The linstocks touch, the pond’rous ball expires;
The vigorous seaman every porthole plies,
And adds his heart to every gun he fires. Dryden.A month before
This bond expires, I do expect return
Of thrice three times the value of this bond. William Shakespeare.
Wikipedia
Expire
Expire was an American hardcore punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, active from 2009 to 2017. They were signed to Bridge 9 Records.
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expire
To expire generally means to come to an end or cease to be valid after a certain period. This term is often used in relation to contracts, agreements, subscriptions, licenses, or perishable items like food and medicine which have a specific 'expiry' date after which they should not be used or consumed.
Webster Dictionary
Expireverb
to breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire
Expireverb
to give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors
Expireverb
to emit; to give out
Expireverb
to bring to a close; to terminate
Expireverb
to emit the breath
Expireverb
to emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony
Expireverb
to come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday
Expireverb
to burst forth; to fly out with a blast
Etymology: [L. expirare, exspirare, expiratum, exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See Spirit.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Expire
eks-pīr′, v.t. to breathe out: to emit or throw out from the lungs: to emit in minute particles.—v.i. to breathe out the breath of life: to die out (of fire): to die: to come to an end.—adj. Expī′rable, that may expire or come to an end.—ns. Expī′rant, one expiring; Expirā′tion, the act of breathing out: (obs.) death: end: that which is expired.—adj. Expī′ratory, pertaining to expiration, or the emission of the breath.—p.adj. Expī′ring, dying: pertaining to or uttered at the time of dying.—n. Expī′ry, the end or termination: expiration. [Fr. expirer—L. ex, out, spirāre, -ātum, to breathe.]
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Anagrams for expire »
prexie
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of expire in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of expire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of expire in a Sentence
Today, Russia is again slow-walking the export of food from Ukraine and with the Black Sea initiative set to expire on March 18 Russia has refused to commit to renewing it.
RNA is like snapchat messages that expire. RNA vaccines do NOT become a permanent part of your body. They are temporary messages instructing cells to make one viral protein temporarily, it takes 25 different coronavirus proteins to make a coronavirus, so there is no worry about the RNA making a virus.
We can return to Plan A in England and allow Plan B regulations to expire. As a result, from the start of Thursday next week, mandatory certification will end, organizations can, of course, choose to use the NHS COVID pass voluntarily, but we will end the compulsory use of COVID safety certification in England.
We have high wind warnings in effect, gale watches, flood watches and the soon-to-expire excessive heat warnings, the wind and the rain is moving on in and it will be significant Friday afternoon, through Friday night and early Saturday morning.
The children of these workers, known as Documented Dreamers, grow up in the United States, attend American schools, and graduate from American universities; however, they can be forced to self-deport at age 21 when their dependent visas expire. I’m honored to be introducing legislation to protect these young adults from aging out and provide them with a pathway to citizenship. By enabling Documented Dreamers to stay in the country they call home, we will make our nation more competitive and ensure all families are treated with dignity and respect.
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- изтичам, изпускамBulgarian
- udløbeDanish
- ablaufen, verfallen, erlöschen, ausatmenGerman
- caducar, vencerSpanish
- expirerFrench
- 失効Japanese
- uitademen, verstrijken, aflopen, uitblazen, vervallen, verlopenDutch
- utløpeNorwegian
- wygasnąćPolish
- vencer, expirarPortuguese
- истекать, истечьRussian
- löpa ut, gå utSwedish
- 失效Chinese
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