Expire (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

• Exhale
• Breathe Out

Hypernyms

• Suspire
• Breathe
• Respire

Hyponyms

• Blow
• Snort

Related Words

• Expiration (noun)
• Expiratory (adjective)

Meaning ²

Lose validity; "My passports expired last month".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

• Run Out

Hypernyms

• Discontinue

Related Words

• Expiration (noun)

Meaning ³

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".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Pop Off
• Croak
• Die
• Pass
• Decease
• Cash In One's Chips
• Perish
• Conk
• Choke
• Buy The Farm
• Exit
• Drop Dead
• Pass Away
• Go
• Give-up The Ghost
• Kick The Bucket
• Snuff It

Hypernyms

• Change State
• Turn

Hyponyms

• Buy It
• Stifle
• Predecease
• Abort
• Fall
• Asphyxiate
• Drown
• Pip Out
• Starve
• Succumb
• Suffocate
• Yield
• Famish

Related Words

• Expiration (noun)