(verb) 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" choke, pass, give-up the ghost, decease, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, pass away, perish, die, croak, go, buy the farm, pop off, snuff it, conk, exit, drop dead, expire