A new user has searched for ocean
See Videos&Games

The definition of death

15 Definitions of: death

    1. noun, the permanent end of all functions of life in an organism or some of its cellular components
    2. noun, an instance of this
    3. noun, a murder or killing
    4. noun, termination or destruction
    5. noun, a state of affairs or an experience considered as terrible as death
    6. noun, a cause or source of death
    7. noun, a personification of death, usually a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe
    8. noun, a) to death or to the death until dead b) to death excessively
    9. noun, at death's door likely to die soon
    10. noun, catch one's death (of cold) to contract a severe cold
    11. noun, do to death a) to kill b) to overuse (a joke, etc) so that it no longer has any effect
    12. noun, in at the death a) present when an animal that is being hunted is caught and killed b) present at the finish or climax
    13. noun, like death warmed up very ill
    14. noun, like grim death as if afraid of one's life
    15. noun, put to death to kill deliberately or execute ▷ See also fatal ▷ See also, lethal ▷ See also, mortal ▷ See also, necro- ▷ See also, thanato-
    16. Show me some examples of this word: death
    17. Show me the etymology of the word: death
Synonyms: loss, release, obliterate, ruin, dying, demise, bereavement, end, passing, departure And more...
Antonyms: birth, beginning
 

From Collins

©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of death