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DEATH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of killing
Example:
he had two deaths on his conscience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("death" is a kind of...):
kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)
Derivation:
deathly (causing or capable of causing death)
die (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
die (suffer or face the pain of death)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The event of dying or departure from life
Example:
upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("death" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "death"):
fatality; human death (a death resulting from an accident or a disaster)
martyrdom (death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause)
megadeath (the death of a million people)
departure; exit; expiration; going; loss; passing; release (euphemistic expressions for death)
wrongful death (a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs)
Instance hyponyms:
Crucifixion (the death of Jesus by crucifixion)
Antonym:
birth (the event of being born)
Derivation:
die (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
die (suffer or face the pain of death)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The personification of death
Example:
Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
imaginary being; imaginary creature (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)
Instance hyponyms:
Grim Reaper; Reaper (Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe)
Derivation:
die (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
die (suffer or face the pain of death)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
Example:
the animal died a painful death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("death" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "death"):
cell death; necrobiosis ((physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells))
gangrene; mortification; necrosis; sphacelus (the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply))
brain death; cerebral death (death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops)
Derivation:
die (suffer or face the pain of death)
die (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The absence of life or state of being dead
Example:
he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("death" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "death"):
eternal rest; eternal sleep; quietus; rest; sleep (euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb))
defunctness; extinction (no longer in existence)
neonatal death (death of a liveborn infant within the first 28 days of life)
cot death; crib death; infant death; SIDS; sudden infant death syndrome (sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep)
Derivation:
die (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
die (suffer or face the pain of death)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A final state
Example:
the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
Synonyms:
death; destruction; end
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("death" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Derivation:
die (disappear or come to an end)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The time at which life ends; continuing until dead
Example:
a struggle to the last
Synonyms:
death; last
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("death" is a kind of...):
end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)
Derivation:
die (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
die (suffer or face the pain of death)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The time when something ends
Example:
a dying of old hopes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("death" is a kind of...):
end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "death"):
grave (death of a person)
Holonyms ("death" is a part of...):
life; life-time; lifespan; lifetime (the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death))
Antonym:
birth (the time when something begins (especially life))
Derivation:
die (disappear or come to an end)
Context examples:
Researchers at King's College London have discovered new mechanisms of cell death, which may be involved in debilitating neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
(New Mechanisms Found of Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Both overall dietary cholesterol consumption (from sources including eggs, meat and dairy) and egg consumption specifically were linked to a higher risk of heart problems and premature death, the study found.
(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Dorothy came to meet them and thanked the little mice warmly for saving her companion from death.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
When my mother died, we had to sell her home fairly soon after her death.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I had no fear of death.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The world slept, and it was like the sleep of death.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
There was a wilderness of beautiful white flowers, and death was made as little repulsive as might be.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
At my cry he dropped it from his grasp and turned as pale as death.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Researchers have found that NM-MRI signal is lower in the substantia nigra of people with Parkinson’s disease, reflecting the cell death that occurs in these patients.
(Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI identified as a potential biomarker for psychosis, National Institutes of Health)
The man met his death elsewhere, and his body was on the roof of a carriage.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
