| Main Entry: | expire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to an end |
Synonyms: |
bite the dust, buy it, cash in chips, cease, close, conclude, croak, decease, depart, die, elapse, end, finish, go, kick the bucket, lapse, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, quit, run out, stop, strike out, terminate, up and die |
Antonyms: |
bear, begin, commence, start |
| Main Entry: | expire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | breathe out |
Synonyms: |
emit, exhale, expel |
Antonyms: |
breathe in, inhale |
| Main Entry: | breathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take air in and let out |
Synonyms: |
draw in, exhale, expire, fan, gasp, gulp, inhale, insufflate, open the floodgates, pant, puff, respire, scent, sigh, sniff, snore, snort, use lungs, wheeze |
| Main Entry: | die |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; stop living |
Synonyms: |
be no more, be taken, breathe one's last, cease to exist, conk, croak, decease, demise, depart, drop, drop off, drown, expire, finish, give up the ghost, go way of all flesh, kick the bucket, perish, relinquish life, rest in peace, succumb, suffocate |
Antonyms: |
be born, begin, live |
| Main Entry: | die |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wither, dwindle |
Synonyms: |
abate, bate, break down, crumble, decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, dilapidate, diminish, disappear, droop, ease off, ebb, end, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, fail, fall, fizzle out, go bad, go downhill, halt, lapse, let up, lose power, melt away, moderate, molder, pass, peter out, rankle, recede, retrograde, rot, run down, run low, run out, sink, slacken, stop, subside, vanish, wane, weaken, wear away, wilt |
Antonyms: |
develop, flourish, grow, improve |
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abscond, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, clear, come to naught, decamp, dematerialize, depart, die, die out, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, drop out of sight, ebb, end, end gradually, escape, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, flee, fly, go, go south, leave, leave no trace, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, take flight, vacate, vamoose, wane, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
appear, arrive, come in |
| Main Entry: | elapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go by; slip away |
Synonyms: |
expire, flow, glide by, lapse, pass, pass away, pass by, roll by, roll on, run out, transpire, vanish |
| Main Entry: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
Synonyms: |
afford, beam, belch, breathe, cast out, disembogue, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, give out, give vent to, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, send forth, send out, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield |
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conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to an end |
Synonyms: |
abolish, abort, accomplish, achieve, break off, break up, call it a day, call off, cease, close, close out, complete, conclude, consummate, crown, culminate, cut short, delay, determine, discontinue, dispose of, dissolve, drop, expire, finish, get done, give up, halt, interrupt, pack it in, perorate, postpone, pull the plug, put the lid on, quit, relinquish, resolve, settle, sew up, shut down, stop, switch off, terminate, top off, ultimate, wind up, wrap, wrap up |
Antonyms: |
begin, commence, create, start |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die or kill |
Synonyms: |
abolish, annihilate, cease, depart, desist, destroy, die, expire, exterminate, extinguish, lapse, put to death, ruin, run out, wane |
Antonyms: |
bear, create, give birth |