Definition of expire Expire

/ɪkspajˈɹ/ - [ikspayr] - ex•pire

We found 19 definitions of expire from 6 different sources.

What does expire mean?

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Verb expires, expiring, expired
expire - 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"
		die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, 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
		be born come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"
		change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
		die off, die out become extinct; "Dinosaurs died out"
		die back, die down suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back"
		die down become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down"
		abort terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
		asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
		buy it, pip out be killed or die;
		drown die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
		predecease die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"
		conk out, go bad, give out, give way, break down, die, fail, go, break end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
		famish, starve die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
		fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
		succumb, yield be fatally overwhelmed
expire - expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"
		exhale, breathe out
		breathe in, inhale, inspire draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
		take a breath, suspire, respire, breathe undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
		snort make a snorting sound by exhaling hard; "The critic snorted contemptuously"
		blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
expire - lose validity; "My passports expired last month"
		run out
		discontinue put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

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Wiktionary

expire (Verb)
To die.
expire (Verb)
To become invalid.
expire (Verb)
To exhale; to breathe out.
expire (Verb)
To exhale something.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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.
expire (v. t.)
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.
expire (v. t.)
To emit; to give out.
expire (v. t.)
To bring to a close; to terminate.
expire (v. i.)
To emit the breath.
expire (v. i.)
To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
expire (v. i.)
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.
expire (v. i.)
To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

expire
To cease to live.
expire
To lose validity, to cease to exist.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

expire
eks-pīr′, v.t. to breathe out: to emit or throw out from the lungs: to emit in minute particles.—v.i. to breathe out the breath of life: to die out (of fire): to die: to come to an end.—adj. Expī′rable, that may expire or come to an end.—ns. Expī′rant, one expiring; Expirā′tion, the act of breathing out: (obs.) death: end: that which is expired.—adj. Expī′ratory, pertaining to expiration, or the emission of the breath.—p.adj. Expī′ring, dying: pertaining to or uttered at the time of dying.—n. Expī′ry, the end or termination: expiration. [Fr. expirer—L. ex, out, spirāre, -ātum, to breathe.]

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expire, verb, present, 1st person singular of expire (infinitive).
expire, verb (infinitive).

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