perish

Verb

Synonyms: die decease go exit pass away expire pass kick the bucket cash in one's chips buy the farm conk give-up the ghost

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

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”Synonyms: die decease go exit pass away expire pass kick the bucket cash in one's chips buy the farm conk give-up the ghost drop dead pop off choke croak snuff it

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Perish \Per"ish\, v. t. To cause perish. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

perish the thought I hope it will never happen; -- a phrase used after mention of a possible undesirable event, sometimes facetiously. [PJC]

Perish \Per"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perished; p. pr. & vb. n. Perishing.] [OE. perissen, perisshen, F. p['e]rir, p. pr. p['e]rissant, L. perire to go or run through, come to nothing, perish; per through + ire to go. Cf. Issue, and see -ish.] To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away. [1913 Webster]

I perish with hunger! --Luke xv. 17. [1913 Webster]

Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. --Locke. [1913 Webster]