1. In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
   "a dying fire"; "a dying civilization"; "a dying man"; "his dying wish"
    
2. Eagerly desirous
   "dying to hear who won";
   - anxious

1. The time when something ends
   "a dying of old hopes";
   - death, demise
    
2. People who are about to die
   "The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying"

1. Cease to live
   "She died from cancer";
   - decease [archaic], perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], conk [informal], give up the ghost [informal], drop dead [informal], pop off [informal], croak [informal], snuff it [informal], cash in [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], flatline [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], pass on
    
2. Stop operating or functioning
   "The car died on the road";
   - fail, go bad, give way, give out, conk out [informal], go, break, break down, pack up [Brit, informal], give up the ghost [informal]
    
3. Disappear or come to an end
   "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"
    
4. Suffer or face the pain of death
   "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
    
5. 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"
    
6. Feel indifferent towards
   "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
    
7. Languish as with love or desire
   "She's dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
    
8. Lose sparkle or bouquet
   "The champagne had died in the open bottle";
   - pall, become flat
    
9. (religion) suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
   "Whosoever … believes in me shall never die"
    
10. Cut or shape with a die
    "Die out leather for belts";
    - die out
     
11. (baseball) to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
    "Two runners died on base in the ninth inning"

Sounds like: dyein

Derived forms: dyings

See also: eager, keen, last, moribund

Type of: ache, break down, change, change state, cut out, disappear, end, ending, endure, experience, feel, go away, lose it [informal], pine, play, snap, suffer, turn, vanish, yearn, yen

Antonym: nascent

Part of: life, lifespan, lifetime

Encyclopedia: Dying, In Other Words