noun : DYING
Source: WordNet 3.1
verb : DYING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
- 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
) 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" ;
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2. (
) suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" ;
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3. (
) 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" ;
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4. (
) 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" ;
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5. (
) feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery" ;
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6. (
) languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" ;
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8. (
) to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player ;
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9. (
) lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" ;
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10. (
) disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!" ;
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11. (
) suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die" ;
Adjective : DYING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) 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" ;
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