croak-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: Die (perhaps metaphorically).

Examples:
The bill croaked in the Senate.
The old man croaked at 102.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Death
PropBank: croak.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: An animal makes a hoarse sound.

Examples:
Frogs croak for communication.

Mappings:
VerbNet: animal_sounds-38
FrameNet: Make_noise
PropBank: NM

Sense Number 3: A human makes a hoarse-sounding utterance.

Examples:
She croaks when she feels overworked.
He positively croaked at his daughter.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Make_noise,Communication_noise
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3