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to die

to die

2 8.9
To cut or shape material by pressing it with a special tool
  • verb
  • /daɪ/
  • Specialized
: troquelar
  • Digitizers that use touch probes are common in the mold and die industry for capturing design data from wooden models.

Examples

  • OK, so for the die, my proposition is the die shows an even face.

  • The system is used to manufacture stamping dies and compression molds for the automotive industry.

    Academic text (1995)

  • With the new action die, the top is totally flat.

  • I bought a cheap tap and die set there for less than $10.

    Blog text (8)

  • OK, so back plate is split into two pieces for die casting reasons.

  • I installed the upper die backwards.

  • The customer can optimize earlier in the design cycle for die size and metal layers.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Drills, lathes, dies, punches, and molds turned wood, iron, and lead into small arms and bullets.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • John and Brenda Baust run the B&M Toolworks tool and die shop in Sedalia, MO.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The workers used a specialized die to shape the metal into precise parts for the machine.

Synonyms

to machine
vsto die
  • Specialized
6 6.3

To cut and shape metal or other material using a powered tool

focuses on cutting or forming with a fixed shaped tool for one specific shape

Idioms

to die for
  • Informal
36 7.9

So attractive and wanted that people would do a lot to have it

do or die
  • Informal
19 6.7

A situation when you must succeed because failure is not allowed

to live and die by
  • Informal
6 7.2

To depend completely on a belief or rule

cross my heart and hope to die
  • Informal
3 8.2

To promise honestly that you are telling the truth

live by the sword, die by the sword
3 8.3

People who use violence are likely to die violently

to die a thousand deaths
  • Informal
2 8.6

To feel very afraid or worried many times

sine die
  • Formal
1 9.9

With no date set to meet again

to die on one's arse
  • Offensive
9.9

To feel very bored and not interested in what is happening

Phrasal Verbs

to die of
560 1.1

To stop living because of a cause like disease or old age

to die out
44 3.7

To stop existing over time, for example animals or traditions

to die down
44 2.7

To become less strong or loud over time

to die hard
34 7.3

To last for a long time even when people try to stop or change it

to die off
28 5.8

Plants or animals gradually become fewer until none remain

to die away
9 4.2

To become quieter and then stop

to die back
  • Specialized
1 6.7

Plant shoots or leaves stop living from the tips inward

Compounds

do-or-die
  • Informal
5 7.2

Willing to do anything to succeed when the situation is urgent

never-say-die
  • Informal
3 7.4

A person who shows strong hope and refuses to give up

do-or-die moment
  • Informal
1 6.0

A time when someone must succeed or they will fail under great pressure

tool-and-die work
  • Specialized
1 8.1

Work of designing, making, and fixing metal tools and forms used to make parts

die-sinker
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A person who cuts designs in metal to make stamps for coins or medals

blanking die
  • Specialized
9.8

A tool that cuts flat material into an exact shape in one step

live-and-die
  • Australian
9.9

A small bush from the tropics whose leaves fold when touched and that has sharp thorns

How Specialized

blanking die
  • Specialized
9.8
to die
  • Specialized
2 8.9
shears
24 3.0
knife
  • NSFW
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

die infinitive
dying present participle
dies third person singular
died past
died past participle

Etymology

The verb die meaning to cut or shape material comes from the noun die, a tool or 'mould' used to press or cut shapes, so to die something is simply to shape it with that tool.