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cry
English
Etymology
From Middle English crien, from Old French crier (“to announce publicly, proclaim, scream, shout”) (whence Medieval Latin cr?d? (“to cry out, shout, publish, proclaim”)), from Frankish *kr?tan (“to cry, cry out, publish”), from Proto-Germanic *kr?tan? (“to cry out, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *greyd- (“to shout”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian kriete (“to cry”), Dutch krijten (“to cry”) and krijsen (“to shriek”), German Low German krieten (“to cry, call out, shriek”), German kreißen (“to cry loudly, wail, groan”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (kreitan, “to cry, scream, call out”), Latin gingr?tus (“the cackling of geese”), Middle Irish grith (“a cry”), Welsh gryd (“a scream”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?a??/
- Homophone: krai
- Rhymes: -a?
Verb
cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle crying, simple past and past participle cried)
- (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
- (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
- To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.
- 1652, Richard Crashaw, The Beginning of Heliodorus
- Love is lost, and thus she cries him.
- 1652, Richard Crashaw, The Beginning of Heliodorus
- Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
- 1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret: A Tale of the Real and the Ideal, Blight and Bloom; Including Sketches of a Place Not Before Described, Called Mons Christi
- I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath.
- 1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret: A Tale of the Real and the Ideal, Blight and Bloom; Including Sketches of a Place Not Before Described, Called Mons Christi
Conjugation
Synonyms
- bawl
- blubber
- sob
- wail
- weep
- whimper
- See also Thesaurus:weep
- See also Thesaurus:shout
Antonyms
- laugh
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
cry (plural cries)
- A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
- After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.
- A shout or scream.
- I heard a cry from afar.
- Words shouted or screamed.
- a battle cry
- A clamour or outcry.
- (collectively) A group of hounds.
- 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II, in Edward Hawkins, The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Vol. I, W. Baxter, J. Parker, G. B. Whittaker (publs., 1824) pages 124 to 126, lines 648 to 659.
- 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II, in Edward Hawkins, The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Vol. I, W. Baxter, J. Parker, G. B. Whittaker (publs., 1824) pages 124 to 126, lines 648 to 659.
- (by extension, obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
- (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
- "Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse.
- A desperate or urgent request.
- (obsolete) Common report; gossip.
Derived terms
- battle cry
- hue and cry
- war cry
Translations
See also
- breastfeeding
- crocodile tears
References
- Webster, Noah (1828) , “cry”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
- cry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- cry in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Cyr, Cyr., RYC
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French cri.
Noun
cry m (plural crys)
- cry; shout
Descendants
- French: cri
Scots
Etymology
Middle English, from Old French crier.
Verb
cry (third-person singular present cries, present participle cryin, past cried, past participle cried)
- to call, to give a name to
- A body whit studies the history is cried a historian an aw.
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die
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?, IPA(key): /da?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophones: dye, Di, Dai, daye
Etymology 1
From Middle English deyen, from Old English d?e?an and Old Norse deyja, both from Proto-Germanic *dawjan? (“to die”). Displaced Old English sweltan.
Verb
die (third-person singular simple present dies, present participle dying, simple past and past participle died)
- (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- followed by of; general use:
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Penguin 1985, page 87:
- "What did she die of, Work'us?" said Noah. "Of a broken heart, some of our old nurses told me," replied Oliver.
- 2000, Stephen King, On Writing, Pocket Books 2002, page 85:
- In 1971 or 72, Mom's sister Carolyn Weimer died of breast cancer.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Penguin 1985, page 87:
- followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences:
- 1865, British Medical Journal, 4 Mar 1865, page 213:
- She lived several weeks; but afterwards she died from epilepsy, to which malady she had been previously subject.
- 2007, Frank Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Sandworms of Dune, Tor 2007, page 191:
- "Or all of them will die from the plague. Even if most of the candidates succumb. . ."
- 1865, British Medical Journal, 4 Mar 1865, page 213:
- followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
- 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Simon & Schuster 1999, page 232:
- Englishmen are dying for England, Americans are dying for America, Germans are dying for Germany, Russians are dying for Russia. There are now fifty or sixty countries fighting in this war.
- 2003, Tara Herivel & Paul Wright (editors), Prison Nation, Routledge 2003, page 187:
- Less than three days later, Johnson lapsed into a coma in his jail cell and died for lack of insulin.
- 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Simon & Schuster 1999, page 232:
- (now rare) followed by with as an indication of direct cause:
- 1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene I:
- Therefore let Benedicke like covered fire, / Consume away in sighes, waste inwardly: / It were a better death, to die with mockes, / Which is as bad as die with tickling.
- 1830, Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon, Richards 1854, page 337:
- And there were some who died with fevers, which at some seasons of the year was very frequent in the land.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene I:
- (uncommon, nonstandard outside video games) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
- 2014, S. J. Groves, The Darker Side to Dr Carter, page 437:
- Dr Thomas concluded she had died to a blow to the head, which led to a bleed on the brain, probably a fall and had hit her head hard on the wooden bedpost, as there was blood on the bedpost.
- 2014, S. J. Groves, The Darker Side to Dr Carter, page 437:
- (still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
- followed by of; general use:
- (transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- 2019, Lou Marinoff, On Human Conflict: The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace, Rowman & Littlefield (?ISBN), page 452:
- […] he chose instead to suffer even greater personal pain, with unimaginable fortitude and resolve, albeit for a shorter time. Thus he died a small death, in order to benefit the living. Similarly, a small and voluntary death was died by Socrates.
- 2019, Lou Marinoff, On Human Conflict: The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace, Rowman & Littlefield (?ISBN), page 452:
- (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
- 1598, Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene II:
- Yes, and his ill conditions; and in despite of all, dies for him.
- 2004 Paul Joseph Draus, Consumed in the city: observing tuberculosis at century's end - Page 168
- I could see that he was dying, dying for a cigarette, dying for a fix maybe, dying for a little bit of freedom, but trapped in a hospital bed and a sick body.
- 1598, Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene II:
- (rare, intransitive) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- 2015, Emily Duvall, Inclusions, page 150:
- "My dad […] beat us until we couldn't sit down." […] "What about your mother?" […] "She's alive. […] My aunt visits her once a year, but I don't ask about my mother. She died to me the day she chose my father over protecting us." Luke's voice hitched with emotion.
- 2017, Mike Hoornstra, Descent into the Maelstrom, page 366:
- "You haven't been my son since you were ten years old. That boy died to me the day he ran away. I don't know you. You are merely a shell that resembles someone I used to know, but you are dead to me. You are the bringer of pain and death. Leave me be. Leave me with my son, Jyosh." "Mother..." Barlun pleaded.
- 2015, Emily Duvall, Inclusions, page 150:
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- (figuratively, intransitive, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- 1976, an anchorman on Channel Five in California, quoted in Journal and Newsletter [of the] California Classical Association, Northern Section:
- I literally died when I saw that.
- 1976, an anchorman on Channel Five in California, quoted in Journal and Newsletter [of the] California Classical Association, Northern Section:
- (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working, to break down.
- (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- (intransitive, of a legislative bill or resolution) To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
- To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
- letting the secret die within his own breast
- Great deeds cannot die.
- To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- His heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
- (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
- To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
Usage notes
- In Middle and Early Modern English, the phrase is dead was more common where the present perfect form has died is common today. Example:
- 1611, King James Bible
- I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (Gal. 2:21)
Synonyms
- (to stop living): bite the dust, bite the big one, buy the farm, check out, cross over, cross the river, expire, succumb, give up the ghost, pass, pass away, pass on, be no more, meet one's maker, be a stiff, push up the daisies, hop off the twig, kick the bucket, shuffle off this mortal coil, join the choir invisible
- See also Thesaurus:die
Derived terms
Related terms
- dead
- death
Translations
See die/translations § Verb.
Etymology 2
From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of d? (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh?- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum.
Noun
die (plural dies)
- The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- (electronics) (plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- Any small cubical or square body.
- Some young creatures have learnt their letters and syllables, and the pronouncing and spelling of words, by having them pasted or written upon many little flat tablets or dies.
Noun
die (plural dice)
- (plural dies nonstandard) An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
- (obsolete) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
- (electronics) (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
Usage notes
The game of dice is singular. Thus in "Dice is a game played with dice," the first occurrence is singular, the second occurrence is plural. See also the usage notes under "dice".
Synonyms
- cube of chance
- cube of fortune
Derived terms
- loaded dice
- the die is cast
- tool and die
- d4
- d6
- d8
- d10
- d12
- d20
- d100
- d1000
Translations
See die/translations § Noun.
Etymology 3
Variant spelling.
Noun
die (plural dies)
- Obsolete spelling of dye
Verb
die (third-person singular simple present dies, present participle dying, simple past and past participle died)
- Obsolete spelling of dye
- 1739, John Cay, An abridgment of the publick statutes in force and use from Magna Charta, in the ninth year of King Henry III, to the eleventh year of his present Majesty King George II, inclusive, Drapery, XXVII. Sect. 16:
- Also no dyer shall die any cloth, except he die the cloth and the list with one colour, without tacking any bulrushes or such like thing upon the lists, upon pain to forfeit 40 s. for every cloth. And no person shall put to sale any cloth deceitfully dyed,
- 1739, John Cay, An abridgment of the publick statutes in force and use from Magna Charta, in the ninth year of King Henry III, to the eleventh year of his present Majesty King George II, inclusive, Drapery, XXVII. Sect. 16:
Anagrams
- 'Eid, 'eid, -ide, EDI, EID, Eid, IDE, IED, Ide, eid, ide
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- di (obsolete)
Etymology
From Dutch die, which is used only as a demonstrative in Dutch. The replacement of the article de with stronger die is also common in Surinamese Dutch and among non-native speakers of Dutch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
- IPA(key): /?i/ (article only; contracted form, particularly after prepositions and conjunctions)
Article
die (definite)
- the (definite article)
Pronoun
die
- this one, these; that one, those; he, she, it, they
- Ek het dokter toe gegaan en die het gesê ek moet in bed bly.
- I went to the doctor and he / she said I had to stay in bed.
- Ek het dokter toe gegaan en die het gesê ek moet in bed bly.
Usage notes
- The corresponding determiner (“this/that”, “these/those”) is usually spelt dié in order to distinguish it from the definite article. This spelling is also sometimes used for the pronoun, though this is unnecessary.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di??/, [?d?i??]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognate with Latin fell?, Sanskrit ???? (dhayati, “to suck”). Compare causative dægge, Gothic ???????????????????????????? (daddjan, “suckle”).
Noun
die c
- breast milk, mother's milk, when sucked from the breast
Derived terms
- savndiet
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
die (imperative di, infinitive at die, present tense dier, past tense diede, perfect tense har diet)
- to suck (being nursed)
References
- “die,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “die,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch die, a merger of Old Dutch thie, th?, thia, thiu and similar forms of the demonstrative. As in Old High German ther, der it replaced the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
- Hyphenation: die
- Rhymes: -i
Determiner
die
- that (masculine, feminine); referring to a thing or a person further away.
- die boom
- that tree
- die vrouw
- that woman
- die boom
- those (plural); referring to things or people further away.
- die vensters
- those windows
- die vensters
Inflection
Descendants
- Afrikaans: die
Pronoun
die m or f or pl
- (relative) who, whom, which, that
- Ik ken geen mensen die dat kunnen.
- I don't know any people who can do that.
- Oh, maar ik ken iemand die dat wel kan!
- Oh, but I know somebody who can!
- Ik ken geen mensen die dat kunnen.
Usage notes
A preceding comma may alter the meaning of a clause starting with a relative pronoun. Compare the following sentences:
- Alle arbeiders die staken zullen op sancties moeten rekenen.
- All workers who are on strike should expect sanctions.
- Alle arbeiders, die staken, zullen op sancties moeten rekenen.
- All workers, who are on strike, should expect sanctions.
In the first sentence, only the workers on strike are advised to expect sanctions. In the second sentence, the parenthetical phrase indicates that all the workers are on strike, and should all expect sanctions.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?/ (stressed)
- IPA(key): /d?/ (unstressed)
- Rhymes: -i?
Article
die (definite)
- inflection of der:
- nominative/accusative singular feminine
- nominative/accusative plural
Declension
Pronoun
die (relative or demonstrative)
- inflection of der:
- nominative/accusative singular feminine
- nominative/accusative plural
- (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
- (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
- (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
Usage notes
In a subordinate clause, die indicates a person or thing referenced in the main clause. It is used with plural or feminine singular antecedents.
Declension
Anagrams
- Eid
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
- ti (Wiesemann spelling system)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti(?)/
Article
die (definite)
- inflection of där:
- nominative/accusative singular feminine
- nominative/accusative plural all genders
Declension
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Interlingua
Noun
die (plural dies)
- A day.
Derived terms
- De die in die (“From day to day”)
- Un die (“One day, sometime”)
- Le die sequente (“The next day, the following day”)
Italian
Etymology
From Latin di?s, back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *dj?m, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.e/
- Hyphenation: dì?e
Noun
die m (invariable)
- Obsolete form of dì.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?di.e?/, [?d?ie?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?di.e/, [?d?i??]
Noun
di?
- ablative singular of di?s ("day").
- Sine die.
- Without a day.
- Sine die.
Mandarin
Romanization
die
- Nonstandard spelling of di?.
- Nonstandard spelling of dié.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch thie, thia, from Proto-Germanic *sa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?/, /di/
Article
die
- the; definite article.
Inflection
This article needs an inflection-table template.
- Alternative nominative: de
- Neuter nominative: dat
- des; der; den
Descendants
- Dutch: de
- Limburgish: d'r, de
Determiner
die
- that, those
- who, which, that
Inflection
This determiner needs an inflection-table template.
- Neuter nominative: dat
- dies; dien; diere, dier
Descendants
- Dutch: die, dat
- Limburgish: dae
Further reading
- “die (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “die (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch th?o, from Proto-Germanic *þeuh?.
Noun
dië f or n
- thigh
Descendants
- Dutch: dij
- Limburgish: die, diech
Further reading
- “die (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “die (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page IV
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin di?s.
Noun
die m (plural dies)
- day
Antonyms
- nuite
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Probably from Danish die, from Old Danish di, from Germanic *dijana-, *dejana-
Verb
die (imperative di, present tense dier, passive dies, simple past and past participle dia or diet, present participle diende)
- to suck, suckle (of a baby on the breast)
- to breastfeed, nurse (of a mother with her baby)
References
- “die” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “die_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Probably from Danish die, from Old Danish di, from Germanic *dijana-, *dejana-
Verb
die (present tense diar, past tense dia, past participle dia, passive infinitive diast, present participle diande, imperative di)
- to suck, suckle (of a baby on the breast)
- to breastfeed, nurse (of a mother with her baby)
Alternative forms
- dia
References
- “die” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German diu, from Proto-Germanic *sa. Compare German die.
Article
die f (definite)
- the
Declension
Saterland Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?/
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian th?, from Proto-Germanic *sa.
Article
die (feminine ju, neuter dät, plural do)
- the
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronoun
die
- oblique of du; thee, you
References
- “die” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch
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Noun
die
- Alternative form of dei
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