Expire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired.
  • verb-intransitive. To breathe one's last breath; die: The patient expired early this morning.
  • verb-intransitive. To exhale; breathe out.
  • v. To breathe (something) out.
  • v. Archaic To give (something) off.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to die
  • v. to become invalid
  • v. to exhale; to breathe (out).
  • v. to exhale (something).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
  • v. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale
  • v. To emit; to give out.
  • v. To bring to a close; to terminate.
  • verb-intransitive. To emit the breath.
  • verb-intransitive. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die
  • verb-intransitive. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct
  • verb-intransitive. To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To breathe out; expel from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; emit from the lungs: opposed to inspire.
  • To give out or forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or volatile matter; exhale; yield.
  • To exhaust; wear out; bring to an end.
  • To emit the breath: opposed to inspire. Specifically
  • To emit the last breath; die.
  • To come to an end; close or conclude, as a given period; come to nothing; cease; terminate; fail or perish; end: as, the lease will expire on the first day of May; all his hopes of empire expired.
  • To come out; fly out.
  • Synonyms Perish, etc. See die.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • v. expel air
  • v. lose validity
  • Antonym
    inspire   
    Verb Form
    expired    expires    expiring   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    exhale    emit    terminate    die    cease    perish    end   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gire    Gyr    Tyre    admire    afire    aspire    dire    fire    gire    hire   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts