Death

  • 61death on — {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Very successful in meeting or dealing with. * /Joe is death on fast balls. He usually knocks them out of the park./ 2. Disliking or strongly against; very strict about. * /The new teacher is death on students who come… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 62death — noun /dɛθ/ a) The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organisms existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. The death of my grandmother saddened the whole family.… …

    Wiktionary

  • 63death — Since death is the cessation of life, it cannot be experienced, nor be a harm, nor a proper object of fear. So, at least, have argued many philosophers, notably Epicurus and Lucretius . A prime consideration has been the symmetry between the… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 64Death — Recorded as Dart, Darte, Darthe, Death, Dearth and possibly others, this is an English surname of two possible origins. The most likely is French as shown below, but recent research has also strongly indicated an English source which may have… …

    Surnames reference

  • 65death — (The) Also known as the death seat. The position outside the leader, one horse off the rails or fence. The death is considered to be the toughest run in a race because the horse in the death position/seat will have to cover more ground than the… …

    Equestrian sports dictionary

  • 66death — [OE] Like dead, death comes from a Germanic verb base *dau , which also produced English die. To it was added the abstract noun suffix * tus, later * thuz, meaning ‘act, process, condition’. This produced prehistoric Germanic *dauthuz, source of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 67death\ on — adj. phr. informal 1. Very successful in meeting or dealing with. Joe is death on fast balls. He usually knocks them out of the park. 2. Disliking or strongly against; very strict about. The new teacher is death on students who come late to class …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 68death — I n 1. decease, demise, passing, expiration, departure, release, exit; end, cessation, dissolution, termination; brain death, Biol. biolysis, necrosis; rest, eternal rest, quietus, Sl. curtains, Euph. the great adventure. 2. angel of death, Grim… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 69death —  1. Unbearable.    ♣ The whole function s going to be death.  2. to death Very much indeed.    ♣ Frightened to death, etc …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 70death — [OE] Like dead, death comes from a Germanic verb base *dau , which also produced English die. To it was added the abstract noun suffix * tus, later * thuz, meaning ‘act, process, condition’. This produced prehistoric Germanic *dauthuz, source of… …

    Word origins