Die

dī, v.i. to lose life: to perish: to wither: to languish: to become insensible:— pr.p. dy′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. died (dīd).— adj. Die′-away′ , languishing.— Die away , to disappear by degrees, become gradually inaudible; Die game , to keep up one's spirit to the last; Die hard , to struggle hard against death, to be long in dying; Die off , to die quickly or in large numbers; Die out , to become extinct, to disappear. [From a Scand. root seen in Ice. deyja , Dan. d[ö]e , Scot. dee ; akin to Mid. High Ger. touwen , whence Ger. tod , todt . The A.S. word is steorfan , whence our starve .]