DYING
dying
(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”
dying, anxious(p)
(adjective) eagerly desirous; “anxious to see the new show at the museum”; “dying to hear who won”
death, dying, demise
(noun) the time when something ends; “it was the death of all his plans”; “a dying of old hopes”
DIE
die
(verb) suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); “Whosoever..believes in me shall never die”
die
(verb) disappear or come to an end; “Their anger died”; “My secret will die with me!”
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
(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”
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
(verb) stop operating or functioning; “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”
die, pall, become flat
(verb) lose sparkle or bouquet; “wine and beer can pall”
die
(verb) to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
die, die out
(verb) cut or shape with a die; “Die out leather for belts”
die
(verb) be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame; “I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered”; “We almost died laughing during the show”
die
(verb) languish as with love or desire; “She dying for a cigarette”; “I was dying to leave”
die
(verb) feel indifferent towards; “She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery”
die
(verb) suffer or face the pain of death; “Martyrs may die every day for their faith”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
dying (not comparable)
Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
Antonyms
• nascent
Noun
dying (countable and uncountable, plural dyings)
The process of approaching death; loss of life; less precisely, death.
Noun
dying pl (plural only)
(with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
Verb
dying
present participle of die
Etymology 2
Verb
dying
(nonstandard) present participle of dye
Anagrams
• dingy
Source: Wiktionary
Dy"ing, a.
1. In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies.
2. Of or pertaining to dying or death; as, dying bed; dying day; dying words; also, simulating a dying state.
Dy"ing, n.
Definition: The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life.
DIE
Die, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Died; p. pr. & vb. n. Dying.] Etym: [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. döe, Sw. dö, Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd to harass), OFries. d to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen, OSlav. daviti to choke, Lith. dovyti to torment. Cf. Dead, Death.]
1. To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought. To die by the roadside of grief and hunger. Macaulay. She will die from want of care. Tennyson.
2. To suffer death; to lose life. In due time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom. v. 6.
3. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished. Letting the secret die within his own breast. Spectator. Great deeds can not die. Tennyson.
4. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc. His heart died within, and he became as a stone. 1 Sam. xxv. 37. The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that they died for Rebecca. Tatler.
5. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.
6. To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away. Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness. Spectator.
7. (Arch.)
Definition: To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
8. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor. To die in the last ditch, to fight till death; to die rather than surrender. "There is one certain way," replied the Prince [William of Orange] " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, -- I will die in the last ditch." Hume (Hist. of Eng. ).
– To die out, to cease gradually; as, the prejudice has died out.
Syn.
– To expire; decease; perish; depart; vanish.
Die, n.; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, Dice (dis); in 4 & 5, Dies (diz). Etym: [OE. dee, die, F. dé, fr. L. datus given, thrown, p. p. of dare to give, throw. See Date a point of time.]
1. A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice.
2. Any small cubical or square body. Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies. Watts.
3. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance. Such is the die of war. Spenser.
4. (Arch.)
Definition: That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.
5. (Mach.) (a) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc. (b) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing. (c) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool. Cutting die (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather, cloth, paper, etc.
– The die is cast, the hazard must be run; the step is taken, and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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