死 — meaning in English

English meaning

• death noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
• doom noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.

Senses

死 is used for these senses in English:

• death 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.
• death (preceded by the) The collapse or end of something.
• defunction (obsolete) Death.
• doom Death.

death — full definition

1. noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
2. noun The end or collapse of something non-living, used figuratively.
3. name The personification of death, traditionally shown as a hooded, skeletal figure carrying a scythe.

doom — full definition

1. noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
2. verb To condemn someone or something to a certain, usually terrible, fate.

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