Definition of expire

"expire" in the verb sense

1. run out, expire

lose validity

"My passports expired last month"

2. die, decease, perish, 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

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"

3. exhale, expire, breathe out

expel air

"Exhale when you lift the weight"

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Quotations for expire

Day is the Child of Time,
And Day must cease to be:
But Night is without a sire,
And cannot expire.
One with Eternity. [ R. H. Stoddard ]

Beware what earth calls happiness; beware all joys but joys that never can expire. [ Young ]

Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends should expire on the same day. [ Fenelon ]

expire in Scrabble®

The word expire is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters expire:

EXPIRE
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word expire

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In expire

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expire in Words With Friends™

The word expire is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters expire:

EXPIRE
(96)
 

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Words within the letters of expire

2 letter words in expire (5 words)

3 letter words in expire (4 words)

4 letter words in expire (3 words)

6 letter words in expire (1 word)

expire + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence expire

Words that start with expire (5 words)

Words with expire in them (3 words)

Words that end with expire (1 word)

Word Growth involving expire

Shorter words in expire

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Longer words containing expire

expired nonexpired

expired unexpired

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