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die
Verb
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If a person or animal dies, it stops living.
My father died last year in a car crash, I really miss him.
The song is about her brother who died young at the age of ten.
Many more people die of heart attacks than from violence.
She died from being sick.
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If something dies, it stops existing.
The idea died once the money was all gone.
Rock and roll will never die.
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If a machine dies, it stops working.
The car died suddenly on the highway.
My computer died on me over the weekend.
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If you're dying for something, you want it very much.
I'm dying for a chance to meet him.
die
Noun
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A die is a piece of metal or other hard material used to shape, cut, or mold a product.
die
Noun
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A die is a cube, each side of which is marked with a different number of spots from 1 to 6.
spur
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noun
(= prod, prodding)
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves
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verb
incite or stimulate
The Academy was formed to spur research
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verb
give heart or courage to
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verb
goad with spurs
the rider spurred his horse
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verb
strike with a spur
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noun
a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on
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noun
any sharply pointed projection
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noun
tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
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noun
(= branch line)
a railway line connected to a trunk line
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verb
equip with spurs
spur horses
DES
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noun
(= diethylstilbestrol)
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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noun
(= diethylstilbesterol)
synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy