Dictionary Entry

expire

expire is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 11 senses

Definitions

1transitive verb
To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
2transitive verb
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.
3transitive verb
To emit; to give out.
4transitive verb
To bring to a close; to terminate.
5intransitive verb
To emit the breath.
6intransitive verb
To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
7intransitive verb
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.
8intransitive verb
To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
9verb
expel air
"Exhale when you lift the weight"
Synonyms
exhale
10verb
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"
Synonyms
choke conk croak decease die exit go pass perish
11verb
lose validity
"My passports expired last month"

Synonyms

exhale choke conk croak decease die exit go pass perish

Common word forms

expired expirer expires expiring

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