dying Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the time when something ends
   death; demise.
   
   • it was the death of all his plans
   • a dying of old hopes
2. verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
   
   • 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. verb suffer or face the pain of death
   die.
   
   • Martyrs may die every day for their faith
4. verb be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
   die.
   
   • I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered
   • We almost died laughing during the show
5. verb stop operating or functioning
   die; give out; give way; break; go; go bad; conk out; fail; break down.
   
   • The engine finally went
   • The car died on the road
   • The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
   • The coffee maker broke
   • The engine failed on the way to town
   • her eyesight went after the accident
6. verb feel indifferent towards
   die.
   
   • She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery
7. verb languish as with love or desire
   die.
   
   • She dying for a cigarette
   • I was dying to leave
8. verb cut or shape with a die
   die out; die.
   
   • Die out leather for belts
9. verb to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
   die.
   
10. verb lose sparkle or bouquet
    become flat; die; pall.
    
    • wine and beer can pall
11. verb disappear or come to an end
    die.
    
    • Their anger died
    • My secret will die with me!
12. verb suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
    die.
    
    • Whosoever..believes in me shall never die
13. adjective in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
    
    • a dying man
    • his dying wish
    • a dying fire
    • a dying civilization
14. adjective satellite eagerly desirous
    anxious.
    
    • anxious to see the new show at the museum
    • dying to hear who won

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