perish
per‧ish /ˈperɪʃ/ BrE AmE verb
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: perir, from Latin perire 'to be destroyed']
1. [intransitive] formal or literary to die, especially in a terrible or sudden way:
Hundreds perished when the ship went down.
2. [intransitive and transitive] especially British English if rubber or leather perishes, it decays
3. perish the thought! spoken old-fashioned used to say that you hope what someone has suggested will never happen:
If we lose, perish the thought, Watford will take first place.
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THESAURUS
▪ die to stop being alive, as a result of old age or illness: I want to see Ireland again before I die. | No wonder your plants always die – you don’t water them enough. | His son died of liver cancer three years ago.
▪ pass away to die – used when you want to avoid using the word ‘die’, in order to show respect or to avoid upsetting someone: My wife had just passed away, and I didn’t want to be around people.
▪ pass on to pass away – use this especially when you believe that the soul has a life after the death of the body: I’m sorry, Emily, but your mother has passed on.
▪ lose your life to be killed in a terrible event: Hundreds of people lost their lives when the ship overturned in a storm.
▪ perish literary to die in a terrible event – used especially in literature and news reports: Five children perished before firefighters could put out the blaze.
▪ give your life/lay down your life formal to die in order to save someone, or because of something that you believe in: We honor the men and women who have given their lives in service of their country.
▪ drop dead informal to suddenly die, when people do not expect you to: One day, he came home from work and dropped dead of a heart attack.
▪ kick the bucket/pop your clogs British English, buy the farm American English informal to die – used when you are not talking seriously about death: It’s not like I’m going to kick the bucket tomorrow.
perishhu| ◎ | ['peri∫] | | ※ | nội động từ | | | ■ | diệt vong; chết; bỏ mạng, bỏ mình | | | ■ | tàn lụi, héo rụi; hỏng đi | | ※ | ngoại động từ | | | ■ | làm chết; làm bỏ mạng | | | ☆ | to be perished with cold | | | rét chết đi được | | | ☆ | to be perished with hunger | | | đói chết đi được | | | ■ | làm tàn lụi, làm héo rụi; làm hỏng | | | ☆ | the heat has perished all vegetation | | | cái nóng làm cây cối héo rụi hết | | | ■ | làm mất phẩm chất tự nhiên |
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