death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĕth
ipa: /dɛθ/
rhymes: -ɛθ
ipa: /diːθ/
ipa: /dɛːθ/
ipa: /dɛθ/
homophone: debt (th-stopping)
homophone: deaf (th-fronting)
Forms: form: deaths
form: deth
Etymology: From Middle English deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (compare West Frisian dead, Dutch dood, German Tod, Swedish död, Norwegian død), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die.
Senses: examples: text: My grandfather died a violent death, which saddened the whole family.
text: But foraſmuch as this [the faintneſs of the Heart] is a very bad and heavy diſtemper, and a fore-runner of death, therefore 'tis called a timely death.
ref: 1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. […] , To cure the faintneſs of the Heart, page 71:
text: Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: "‘Death,’" quoted Warwick, with whose mood the undertaker's remarks were in tune, "‘is the penalty that all must pay for the crime of living.’"
ref: 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
text: Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, […]
ref: 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
glosses: 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.
examples: text: The serial killer was sentenced to death.
text: Thirty years after Gao Chengyong embarked on a succession of 11 rape-murders of women in northwest China, a court sentenced him to death on Friday, following an investigation that involved sifting through 230,000 fingerprints.
ref: 2018 March 30, Chris Buckley, “‘Vicious’ Killer of 11 Women Gets Death Penalty in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2018, Asia Pacific:
glosses: 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.
Execution (in the judicial sense).
examples: text: When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.
text: And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sat on him was Death"
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 6:8:
text: [T]o thoſe, Jonathan, who know what death is, and what havock and deſtruction he can make, before a man can well wheel about—'tis like a whole age.
ref: 1762, [Laurence Sterne], chapter IX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume V, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […], →OCLC, page 51:
text: O boy! running man is out of death ... Anyway, they say she comes on a pale horse
ref: 1974, Anthony Banks, Michael Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, “Anyway”, in The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, performed by Genesis:
glosses: The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
examples: text: England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all.
text: Buyer (negotiating): You were at two-fifty on that one. Go on, then, what's the death on that? Seller: Two hundred pounds is the absolute death. Buyer: Sold. Thank you.
text: He may even find himself being blamed if the project dies a quick and horrible death at the box office or is unceremoniously axed by the network.
ref: 1983, Robert R. Faulkner, Music on Demand, page 90:
qualifier: preceded by the
glosses: The collapse or end of something.
examples: text: This bake sale is going to be the death of me!
qualifier: preceded by the
glosses: The collapse or end of something.
A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
raw_tags: followed by of-phrase
glosses: Spiritual lifelessness.
Synonyms: word: death
word: celestial transfer
word: decease
word: decomposition
word: defunction
word: dematerialization
word: demise
word: dirt nap
word: doom
word: exit
word: expiration
word: fatality
word: liquidation
word: mortality
word: quietus
word: repose
word: sleep of the just
word: sunset
word: the big sleep
word: crash
word: downfall
word: fall
word: (the) bane
word: (the) end
Hyponyms: word: Big One
Derived terms: accidental death
anally inflicted death sentence
angel of death
antideath
apparent death
article of death
at death's door
Black Death
black screen of death
blob of death
blue screen of death
brain death
catch one's death
cause of death
cell death
certain as death and taxes
certain as death or taxes
cheat death
civil death
click of death
clinical death
cold as death
common death adder
cone of death
corporate death penalty
cot death
crib death
crude death rate
culture of death
cyberdeath
dance of death
Darth
Darth Vader
date of death
dead
deadly
deadly diamond of death
death acids
death adder
death against
death and taxes
death angel
death barrier
death-bearing
death-bed
deathbed
death bed
death-bed conversion
death bed conversion
death bell
death benefit
deathbird
deathblow
death blow
deathbook
death book
deathbound
deathbox
death by a thousand cuts
death by a thousand paper cuts
death by a thousand papercuts
death by chocolate
death by coconut
death by cop
death by misadventure
death by PowerPoint
death camas
death camp
death candle
death cap
death card
deathcare
death cell
death certificate
death chair
death chamber
death clerk
death clock
death-come-quickly
deathcore
death cross
death cult
death cultist
death cup
death-damp
deathdate
death date
deathday
death-dealing
death-defying
death disc
death diving
death-doom
death door
death drive
death drop
death duty
deathen
deather
death erection
death factor
deathfat
deathfear
deathfic
death-fire
death flag
death flight
deathful
death futures
death game
death glare
deathgrind
death grip
death growl
death grunt
deathhawk
death house
death-hunter
death instinct
deathism
death is the great leveller
death kit
death-knell
death knell
death knock
death lantern
deathless
deathlike
deathling
death list
deathlock
death loop
deathlore
deathly
deathmaking
death march
death mask
deathmatch
death-messenger
death messenger
death metal
death metaller
deathmonger
death-name
death note
death notification
death 'n' roll
death of despair
death-of-man
death of the author
death on
death panel
death penalty
death penny
death phase
death pile
death plane
death play
death pool
death-price
deathproof
deathpunk
death put
death rate
death-rattle
death rattle
death-ray
death ray
death ride
deathrock
death roll
death row
death save
deathscape
death seat
death sentence
death's-head
deathskull
death slide
death slot
deathsman
deathsome
death-sough
death spiral
death squad
deathstalker
death star
death stare
death-stare
death stick
death-stiffness
death-struggle
deathstyle
death tax
death threat
death throe
deathtime
death toll
deathtrap
death trap
Death Valley
deathward
deathwards
death warmed over
death warmed up
death warrant
deathwatch
deathwatch beetle
death-watch beetle
death whistle
deathwise
deathwish
death wish
death wobble
deathworthy
deathy
death zone
dice with death
die a death
die a thousand deaths
direct maternal death
do to death
dowry death
draw death
drink oneself to death
ego death
Euro death-knot
fan death
feel like death
fight to the death
first death
gay death
gigadeath
group of death
half to death
heat death
heat death of the universe
hug of death
identity death
in at the death
indirect maternal death
information-theoretic death
instadeath
in the article of death
jaws of death
kill-death ratio
kill-to-death ratio
Kimberley death adder
kiss of death
language death
laughing death
lesbian bed death
life after death
life-and-death
life-or-death
Life without Death
like death warmed over
like death warmed up
like grim death
living death
manner of death
maternal death
matter of life and death
matter of life or death
mechanism of death
megadeath
melodeath
melodic death metal
merchant of death
messenger of death
Mongolian death worm
multideath
near-death
near-death experience
nondeath
nothing is certain but death and taxes
pale as death
permadeath
pool of death
predeath
prodeath
pro-death
programmed cell death
psychic death
purple death
put to death
rain death
redeath
red ring of death
scared to death
scare someone to death
screen death
screen of death
second death
self-death
sickness unto death
sign one's death warrant
sign one's own death warrant
simultaneous death
smiling death
social death
strong as death
sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
sudden death
sudden death syndrome
sudden infant death syndrome
sudden oak death
sudden sniffing death syndrome
sudden unexpected death syndrome
sudden unexplained death syndrome
sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome
sure as death
sure as death and taxes
sure as death or taxes
sweet-after-death
table of death
thermal death time
till death do us part
till death us do part
time of death
to death
to the death
twink death
undeath
unlawful death
valley of death
valley of the shadow of death
voodoo death
wall of death
wheel of death
white screen of death
wrongful death
wrongful death statute
yellow light of death
yes to death
Yunnan sudden death syndrome
zip of death
Related terms: word: afterlife
word: cemetery
word: cremation
word: die
word: funeral
word: graveyard
word: morgue
word: mortal
word: mortician
word: mortuary
word: obituary
word: the big one
word: the big sleep
word: tombstone
word: farm upstate
word: devitalization
word: dead
word: corpse
word: interment
word: :Category:Death