expire

About 0.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To die.

   The patient expired in hospital.

2. verb To spoil or rot; to reach the end of its shelf life and become unfit for consumption.
3. verb To lapse and become invalid.

   My library card will expire next week.

4. verb To come to an end; to conclude.
5. verb To exhale; to breathe out.
6. verb To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
7. verb To bring to a close; to terminate.
8. verb To cause to lapse; to invalidate.

   The site expires cached pages that are older than 24 hours.

Similar words

decease pass away die perish exit run out breathe out exhale go expiration

Often followed by

in on at with and before until after by

Word family

expired expires expiring