Etymology : Middle English deeth, from Old English dEath; akin to Old Norse dauthi death, deyja to die; more at DIE
Pronunciation : deth
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. end of life; dying; destruction. death\death\ (d&ebreve;th), n. [oe. deth, dea?, as. de??; akin to os. dō?, d. dood, g. tod, icel. dau?i, sw. & dan. d?d, goth. dau?us; from a verb meaning to die. see:
die, v. i., and cf. dead.].
2. the cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.note: local death is going on at all times and in all parts of the living body, in which individual cells and elements are being cast off and replaced by new; a process essential to life. general death is of two kinds; death of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death), and death of the tissues. by the former is implied the absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the ultimate structural constituents of the body. when death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until after a considerable interval.
3. total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory. the death of a language can not be exactly compared with the death of a plant. peile.
4. manner of dying; act or state of passing from life. a death that i abhor. let me die the death of the righteous. xxiii.
5. 4. cause of loss of life. swiftly flies the feathered death. he caught his death the last county sessions.
6. personified: the destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe. death! great proprietor of all. and i looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that sat on him was death. vi.
7. 6. danger of death. "in deaths oft." xi.
8. 7. murder; murderous character. not to suffer a man of death to live.
9. (theol.) loss of spiritual life. to be carnally minded is death. viii.
10. 9. anything so dreadful as to be like death. it was death to them to think of entertaining such doctrines. and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death. xvi. 16.note: death is much used adjectively and as the first part of a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc.
11. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.
12. Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory.
13. Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.
14. Cause of loss of life.
15. Personified: The destroyer of life, conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe.
16. Danger of death.
17. Murder; murderous character.
18. Loss of spiritual life.
19. Anything so dreadful as to be like death. the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience" the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city" the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death" the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life" the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes".
20. 1. Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal. 1.5 million people are in immediate danger of death from starvation. the thirtieth anniversary of her death There had been a death in the family He almost bled to death after a bullet severed an artery. ¡Ù birth, life.
21. A particular kind of death is a particular way of dying. They made sure that he died a horrible death.
22. The death of something is the permanent end of it. It meant the death of everything he had ever been or ever hoped to be. = end.
23. If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die. He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door.
24. emphasis If you say that you will fight to the death for something, you are emphasizing that you will do anything to achieve or protect it, even if you suffer as a consequence. She'd have fought to the death for that child.
25. emphasis If you refer to a fight or contest as a fight to the death, you are emphasizing that it will not stop until the death or total victory of one of the opponents. He now faces a fight to the death to reach the quarter-finals.
26. emphasis If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately. Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death.
27. If someone is put to death, they are executed. Those put to death by firing squad included three generals.
28. You use to death after a verb to indicate that a particular action or process results in someone's death. He was stabbed to death. relief missions to try to keep the country's population from starving to death He almost bled to death after the bullet severed an artery.
29. emphasis You use to death after an adjective or a verb to emphasize the action, state, or feeling mentioned. For example, if you are frightened to death or bored to death, you are extremely frightened or bored. He scares teams to death with his pace and power. programmed cell death Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley near death experience sudden infant death syndrome crib death.
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