DEATH
What does "DEATH" mean?
The permanent ending of all vital functions and life in an organism.
Meanings
- The irreversible cessation of life in a living being. The doctors recorded the time of death as just after midnight.
- The personification of mortality, often shown as a robed skeleton. In the painting, Death plays chess with a weary knight. figurative
- The end, destruction, or ruin of something abstract. The new highway spelled the death of the old roadside diners. figurative
Word origin
From Old English 'dēaþ', from Proto-Germanic 'dauþuz', from the verbal root meaning 'to die'; related to German 'Tod' and Old Norse 'dauði'.
Remember it
DEATH contains 'eat' in the middle - even time consumes everything in the end.
A little poem
Candle at the sill-
the same wind that fed the flame
leans down and takes it.
haiku
What it teaches
Knowing the candle burns down is exactly what makes its light worth watching.
Quick facts
What does DEATH mean?
The permanent ending of all vital functions and life in an organism.
Is DEATH a valid word?
Yes — DEATH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DEATH?
DEATH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DEATH come from?
From Old English 'dēaþ', from Proto-Germanic 'dauþuz', from the verbal root meaning 'to die'; related to German 'Tod' and Old Norse 'dauði'.
What can DEATH teach us?
Knowing the candle burns down is exactly what makes its light worth watching.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.