die-v; 8 Senses

Sense Number 1: expire; cease living or existing

Examples:
The children died in the fire.
She died of cancer.
Martyrs die every day for their faith.
He died a gruesome death.
She died to wordly things and entered a monastery.
Whosoever believes in me shall never die!
My secret will die with me.

Mappings:
VerbNet: disappearance-48.2
FrameNet: Death
PropBank: die.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 5, 10, 11
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
die_out 1
die_back 1
die_down 1
die_off 1

Sense Number 2: lessen in intensity

Examples:
The laughter died down.
The storm died away.
The murmur of whispered conversations slowly died away as the jury trudged back in.
The musician's violin died away like a voice fading away in the distance.
The furor has died down, but the Dixie Chicks haven't.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: die.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
die_down 2
die_away 1

Sense Number 3: to experience intense emotion

Examples:
She almost died of embarassment when her skirt split.
We died laughing during the show.
She was dying for a cigarette.
I was dying to leave.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 6

Sense Number 4: stop operating or functioning

Examples:
Should have expected problems when the coffee maker died this morning.
One week later, the car died and wouldn't restart.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: pall, become flat (of alcohol)

Examples:
It is a shame to devote years of effort to cellaring only to have your wine die in the bottle.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9

Sense Number 6: cut or shape with a die

Examples:
Die out leather for the belts.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
die_out 2

Sense Number 7: be on base at the end of an inning

Examples:
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Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8

Sense Number 8: continue to exist; idiomatic expression

Examples:
These stories die hard.
Old habits die hard.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
die_hard 1