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dying

/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

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verb

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

Examples :

"My grandfather is dying of cancer. "

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To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).

Examples :

"My grandfather is dying of a heart condition. "

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verb

To yearn intensely.

Examples :

"My brother is dying to go on vacation; he's been working so hard lately. "

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To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.

Examples :

"The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother."

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To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

Examples :

"He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him."

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To be mortified or shocked by a situation.

Examples :

"When Sarah heard the news about her best friend's failing grade, she practically died. "

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To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.

Examples :

"When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died."

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(of a machine) To stop working, to break down.

Examples :

"My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning."

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(of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).

Examples :

"The spreadsheet program died when I tried to open a very large file. "

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To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.

Examples :

"The old oak tree, weakened by years of drought, is dying. "

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To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

Examples :

"My enthusiasm for school is dying; I'm feeling discouraged and weak about all my classes. "

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(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.

Examples :

"to die to pleasure or to sin"

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To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

Examples :

"The intricate carvings on the old wooden desk were dying into the smooth, sloping surface. "

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To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

Examples :

"The wine had been left out in the sun all day, and it was now dying. "

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(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.

Examples :

"Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal..."

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To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

Examples :

"The artist was dying the fabric a vibrant blue for her new collection. "

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noun

The process of approaching death; loss of life; less precisely, death.

Examples :

"The dying of the old factory building was a sad event for the town. "

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noun

(with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.

Examples :

"The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying."

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adjective

Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

Examples :

"The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!"

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adjective

Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

Examples :

"In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon."

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adjective

Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

Examples :

"His dying words were of his mother."

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