death
Meaning
- The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
- The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
- The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
- The collapse or end of something.
- The collapse or end of something.
- Spiritual lifelessness.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/d蓻胃/
Etymology
From Middle English deeth, from Old English d膿a镁, from Proto-West Germanic *dau镁u, from Proto-Germanic *dau镁uz (compare West Frisian dead, Dutch dood, German Tod, Swedish d枚d, Norwegian d酶d), from Proto-Indo-European *d拾贸wtus. More at die.
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