Search Result:expire
KK Pronunciation
〔 IkˋspaIr 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ikˊspaiә 〕
Overview of verb expire
The verb expire has 3 senses
- run out, expire -- (lose validity; "My passports expired last month")
- die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it -- (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102")
- exhale, expire, breathe out -- (expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight")