Entry Word: expire

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to come to an end <speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired> — see cease 1
2 to let or force out of the lungs <he vows to hold on to that belief until he expires his last breath> — see exhale 1
3 to stop living <made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards> — see die 1