dying
dahy ing
- n the time when something ends
a dying of old hopes - v pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- v suffer or face the pain of death
- v 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 - v stop operating or functioning
- v feel indifferent towards
- v languish as with love or desire
She dying for a cigarette
I was dying to leave - v cut or shape with a die
- v to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
- v lose sparkle or bouquet
- v disappear or come to an end
- v suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
- a 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 - s eagerly desirous
dying to hear who won
- The dying man's ears, nose, mouth, hands, feet by holy unction were shrived.
- General surgeons, right now, are a dying breed; their residency programs have failed to fill for the past few years.
- The risk of dying from it is infinitesimal.