death
(noun)
noun
1. the event of dying or departure from life
- her death came as a terrible shock
Similar word(s): decease, expiry
Definition categories: event, alteration, change, modification
2. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
- the animal died a painful death
Definition categories: phenomenon
3. the absence of life or state of being dead
- he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life
Definition categories: state
4. the time when something ends
- it was the death of all his plans
Similar word(s): demise, dying
Definition categories: time, end, ending
5. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- she stayed until his death
Similar word(s): last
Definition categories: time, end, ending
6. the personification of death
- Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city
Definition categories: person
7. a final state
Similar word(s): destruction, end
Definition categories: state
8. the act of killing
- he had two deaths on his conscience
Definition categories: act, kill, killing
Sentences with death as a noun:
- The death of my grandmother saddened the whole family.
- When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.
- England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all. death of the feudalism