Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - die

 I. intransitive verb  (~d; dying)  Etymology: Middle English ~n, from or akin to Old Norse deyja to ~; akin to Old High German touwen to ~  Date: 12th century  1. to pass from physical life ; expire  2.  a. to pass out of existence ; cease their anger ~d at these words  b. to disappear or subside gradually — often used with away, down, or out the storm ~d down  3.  a. sink, languish dying from fatigue  b. to long keenly or desperately dying to go  c. to be overwhelmed by emotion ~ of embarrassment  4.  a. to cease functioning ; stop the motor ~d  b. to end in failure the bill ~d in committee  5. to become indifferent ~ to worldly things  II. noun  (plural dice or ~s)  Etymology: Middle English dee, from Anglo-French de  Date: 14th century  1. plural dice a small cube marked on each face with from one to six spots and used usually in pairs in various games and in gambling by being shaken and thrown to come to rest at random on a flat surface — often used figuratively in expressions concerning chance or the irrevocability of a course of action the ~ was cast  2. plural ~s dado 1a  3. plural ~s any of various tools or devices for imparting a desired shape, form, or finish to a material or for impressing an object or material: as  a.  (1) the larger of a pair of cutting or shaping tools that when moved toward each other produce a desired form in or impress a desired device on an object by pressure or by a blow  (2) a device composed of a pair of such tools  b. a hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool used for forming screw threads  c. a mold into which molten metal or other material is forced  d. a perforated block through which metal or plastic is drawn or extruded for shaping