to stop living or to come to an end
Sadly, the old oak tree will die without enough water.
My phone battery dies after just two hours of use.
A small cube (or similar shape) with its faces numbered one to six, used in games of chance to generate random numbers.
The kids grabbed the dice and started playing a board game.
He rolled the dice and cheered when he got double sixes.
✦ From Middle English deys, plural of dee (die), from Old French dez, from Late Latin datum ("given; what is given, plaything"), from Latin datus, past participle of dō ("I give").
a small cube with numbered sides, used in games of chance
To start the board game, each player rolls a die.
The die landed on six, so I move six spaces.
a specialized tool or mold used to cut, shape, or stamp material
The machinist placed the metal sheet under the die to cut the exact shape.
A cookie cutter is actually a simple kind of die.
present participle of die
The old tree was slowly dying after the lightning strike.
Without water, the fish were dying in the hot sun.
Cut (vegetables, herbs, or other food) into small cubes.
Mom diced the potatoes for the stew.
The sous-chef diced onions while the head chef prepared the sauce.
✦ Derived from the noun 'dice', alluding to cutting food into cube shapes like dice.
