ALL meanings of death
death
D d - variable noun death Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal. 3
- countable noun death A particular kind of death is a particular way of dying. 3
- singular noun death The death of something is the permanent end of it. 3
- noun death the permanent end of all functions of life in an organism or some of its cellular components 3
- noun death an instance of this 3
- noun death a murder or killing 3
- noun death termination or destruction 3
- noun death a state of affairs or an experience considered as terrible as death 3
- noun death a cause or source of death 3
- noun death a personification of death, usually a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe 3
- noun death the act or fact of dying; permanent ending of all life in a person, animal, or plant 3
- noun death the personification of death, usually pictured as a skeleton in a black robe, holding a scythe 3
- noun death the state of being dead 3
- noun death any ending resembling dying; total destruction 3
- noun death any condition or experience thought of as like dying or being dead 3
- noun death the cause of death 3
- noun death murder or bloodshed 3
- noun death pestilence 3
- noun death act of dying 1
- noun death way of dying 1
- noun death instances of dying 1
- noun death symbol carrying scythe 1
- noun death state of being dead 1
- abbreviation DEATH destruction 1
- noun death end 1
- noun death the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death. 1
- noun death an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 1
- noun death the state of being dead: to lie still in death. 1
- noun death extinction; destruction: It will mean the death of our hopes. 1
- noun death manner of dying: a hero's death. 1
- noun death (usually initial capital letter) the agent of death personified, usually represented as a man or a skeleton carrying a scythe. Compare Grim Reaper. 1
- noun death Also called spiritual death. loss or absence of spiritual life. 1
- noun death Christian Science. the false belief that life comes to an end. 1
- noun death bloodshed or murder: Hitler was responsible for the death of millions. 1
- noun death a cause or occasion of death: You'll be the death of me yet! 1
- noun death Archaic. pestilence; plague. Compare Black Death. 1
- idioms death at death's door, in serious danger of death; gravely ill: Two survivors of the crash are still at death's door. 1
- idioms death be death on, Informal. to be excessively strict about: That publisher is death on sloppily typed manuscripts. to be snobbish about or toward. to be able to cope with easily and successfully: The third baseman is death on pop flies. 1
- idioms death do to death, to kill, especially to murder. to repeat too often, to the point of becoming monotonous and boring: That theme has been done to death. 1
- idioms death in at the death, Fox Hunting. present at the kill. present at the climax or conclusion of a situation. 1
- idioms death put to death, to kill; execute. 1
- idioms death to death, to an extreme degree; thoroughly: sick to death of the heat. 1
- noun death The action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism. 1
- noun death 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. 0
- noun death (often capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. 0
- noun death (the death) The collapse or end of something. 0