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Meaning of 'expire' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expire [ v. i.]
- To emit the breath.
- To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
- To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.
- To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
2 . Expire [ v. t.]
- To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
- To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors.
- To emit; to give out.
- To bring to a close; to terminate.

Meaning of 'expire' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expire [ v]
Meaning (1):
- expel air
Example in sentence:
  • Exhale when you lift the weight
Meaning (2):
- lose validity
Example in sentence:
  • My passports expired last month
Meaning (3):
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Example in sentence:
  • She died from cancer;
  • The children perished in the fire;
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102;
  • The patient went peacefully

Nearby Words:

expand expanded expander expanding expanse expansibility expansible expansile expansion expansive

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