Decease - English meaning

verb

(of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound.

Usage examples:

The frogs settled in the shade, croaking happily

noun

A characteristic deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow.

Usage examples:

A female frog can pick out a mate's voice from a cacophony of croaks

verb

Present participle of croak

noun

A piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail and found as one of a pair at a window.

Usage examples:

She drew the curtains and lit the fire

verb

Provide with a curtain or curtains.

Usage examples:

Is it ok if we only curtain the lower windows?

phrase

A short or medium-length hairstyle in which hair is parted (= separated) in the middle of the head and falls on each side of the face

Usage examples:

The eighties had mullets but in the nineties, it was all about curtains., hair curtains are back, a…

noun

The action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism.

Usage examples:

He had been depressed since the death of his father

noun

The end of life

Usage examples:

[ c ] a sudden/natural death, [ u ] i hope she finds the peace in death she never found in life., […

noun

Extremely bored, frightened, etc.

Usage examples:

She's frightened to death of snakes.

noun

A person's death.

Usage examples:

Mr grisenthwaite's tragic demise

verb

Convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease.

Usage examples:

The manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms

noun

The end of the operation or existence of something

Usage examples:

Huge corporate farms have led to the demise of many small, family-owned farms.

adjective

On the point of death.

Usage examples:

He visited his dying mother

verb

(of a person, animal, or plant) stop living.

Usage examples:

He died of tuberculosis

Present participle of die

noun

A final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.

Usage examples:

The end of the year

verb

Come or bring to a final point; finish.

Usage examples:

When the war ended, policy changed

suffix

Denoting a person or thing to be treated in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Dividend

noun

The ending of the fixed period for which a contract is valid.

Usage examples:

The expiration of the lease

noun

The end of a period of time during which an agreement or official document can be used

Usage examples:

He stayed on past the expiration of his tourist visa.

noun

→  expiry

Usage examples:

Trading was brisk as the quarterly expiration of options and futures spurred demand for shares.

noun

The end of the period for which something is valid.

Usage examples:

The expiry of the patent

noun

The end of an agreement or a document after a fixed length of time

Usage examples:

The expiry of sth the restrictions must apply for not more than two years beyond the expiry of any …

noun

The situation in which something that lasts for a fixed length of time comes to an end or stops being in use

Usage examples:

The expiry of a lease/visa, expiry date what is the expiry date of your credit card? (= what is the…

phrase

An occasion when a number of people die

Usage examples:

The plane crashed with serious loss of life., an incident is judged significant if it results in lo…

adjective

Going past.

Usage examples:

Passing cars

noun

The passage of something, especially time.

Usage examples:

With the passing of the years she had become a little eccentric

verb

Move or cause to move in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

He passed through towns and villages

noun

Death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life.

Usage examples:

Then there are those who brim with passion not just for the state-approved quietus, but with fury f…

verb

Extinguish (a candle or flame).

Usage examples:

A breeze snuffed out the candle

verb

Inhale or sniff at (something).

Usage examples:

They smoked and snuffed a great deal

noun

The charred part of a candle wick.